NO! I refuse to enter that territory. I know I can't do that. I like clever word play but when you have never heard of the words that are the answers, you know you are beaten. So, you can do Azed, @Duck59?
I even remember Ximenes!
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Attempt 2 got
Yorkshire Pudding
1 answer a day is enough though!
What others have I missed that you think I might get?
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NO! I refuse to enter that territory. I know I can't do that. I like clever word play but when you have never heard of the words that are the answers, you know you are beaten. So, you can do Azed, @Duck59?
Most of them. The Christmas one last Sunday is a bit tough...must have another bash at it later.
Brilliant You are really getting the hang of it! I can't remember which we gave answers to --- I'll have to check.Attempt 2 got
Yorkshire Pudding
1 answer a day is enough though!
What others have I missed that you think I might get?
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A mallard walks into a pub.
Landlord: what can I get you?
Mallard: quack.
Landlord: we'll have no fowl language in here.
Landlord: what can I get you?
Mallard: quack.
Landlord: we'll have no fowl language in here.
Cooked without duck (truly!). Suffering Christmas hangover? (4,6)
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Tip: neither of us would eat it.
You may need to know that 'duck', in crossword clues, can refer to the the letter o (from the zero score in cricket). It should be fairly straightforward if you take that into account and ignore punctuation. A lot of cryptic clues use punctuation to confuse.
I love it - especially with some chilli pickle and chips.
Here's one you can both eat:
Seduce with a bra! Recipe for naughtiness with Christmas dinner? (5,5)
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@Duck59 posted this clue: Tailless duck gets go-ahead for a relaxing drink (5,3)
Because I knew the answer I responded with an alternative: Manic teenager makes soothing drink.(5,3)
Both have the same answer. Quite straightforward! Well, my clue is easier. Try my clue first. @Duck59 's is not a straightforward anagram. Mine is!
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Perhaps because I haven't yet had my first coffee of the morning that clue didn't do much to help me sadly. What our how does the knowledge about a cricketing duck help me please? Is it a way of dividing the words up? Working out if there's an anagram to be found? All I get is coq au vin but that hardly meets the 4, 6 of the answer or the letters if there is an anagram to be had!
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I think I get this one. Manic means mixed up all together so the word in looking for is all one word, I.e. 8 letters, not separated out as normal? So I took the word teenager and the only soothing drink I could come up with from there was
tea
This pretty much have me the only option I could have which was
green tea