New Year Bullshit from the 1st of Jan
2 down: Offload, even times in the ultimate 11-across (tanker) of ill-repute (5, 6) It’s supposed to be offload even times in the ultimate = off loadeven xx in z = exxonvalde z = Exxon Valdez = tanker...
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6 down: Fund inquiries for how today’s theme translates to diehards? (5, 5) This is very almost a great clue: how today’s theme translates to diehards = means tests = fund inquiries. The problem: a...
View ArticleBullshit Query from DA’s 4th of 2010
16 down: Largely tense bunch of doctors animated comedy (8) A tough one if you’ve never heard of the show: largely tense bunch of doctors = largely future ama = Futurama = animated comedy. My peeve:...
View ArticleThe Bullshit from the last of Jan, 2010
4 down: I crack baseball side, well trimmed for online photo (9) Awkward and bullshit in my book: I crack baseball side, well trimmed = me gap IX well – wl = megapixel = online photo. A pixel is a...
View ArticleDA Bullshit from the 7/8th of April
4 down: Weaving couple opening 3-down? (4) While there have already been attempts made, I think each of those explanations bears a faint whiff of bullshit. Couple = hug just doesn’t cut it for me, nor...
View ArticleA Late Bullshit Contender from 8/9th of October, 2010
2 down: HHER 4-down (Presley) 27-across (hit)? The consensus seems to be that this clue is explained thusly: HHER = h her = Hard-Headed Woman = Presley hit. If so, that’s pretty ordinary. No better...
View ArticleDA Bullshit for the 12/13th of August, 2011
In celebration of this blog’s three years, time to bring back the bullshit call: 1 down: Wine hack (3) No one says cab for wine. Surely that’s a stretch too far. 15 across: Naval bigwig had doffed cap...
View ArticleDA Bullshit for the 26/27th of August, 2011
It’s not often I pull out DA Bullshit these days, but I thought 8 across particularly poor: 8 across: Continent’s foremost Norseman stores wheeled craft in garbage (8) First complaint: there’s wheeled...
View ArticleDA Bullshit from 6-7 July 2012
13a. Salmon No 6? (4) PARR Now that I’ve posted nice things in the DA Gold post, I can get on with my chest beating! WTF? PARR = Salmon? I’ve eaten it, fished for it, I know how to say it in 4...
View ArticleDA Bullshit for the 27/28th of July, 2012
There was a lot to like in the crossword (nonetheless to mean take the letter o out was genius), but there was one clue in particular to call bullshit on: 26A: Hands on boxes to rearrange show? (7) DIY...
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