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Stuck on a clue today.

"From this, be let out? I must be mad."

I've tried GANDISEEG, but it doesn't seem to fit.
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David Williams wrote:Stuck on a clue today.

"From this, be let out? I must be mad."

I've tried GANDISEEG, but it doesn't seem to fit.
I don't know you but I'm not surprised you read The Times.
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(x,x)?
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Matt Morrison wrote:(x,x)?
What emoticon is that supposed to be?

Edit: And before we get the letters, I'm going for INSANE ASYLUM (not that it really makes sense).
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Michael Wallace wrote:
Matt Morrison wrote:(x,x)?
What emoticon is that supposed to be?
An asleep owl with one ear. (Fuck that really works. To me.)
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Matt Morrison wrote:
Michael Wallace wrote:
Matt Morrison wrote:(x,x)?
What emoticon is that supposed to be?
An asleep owl with one ear. (Fuck that really works. To me.)
x for eyes means dead, surely? Asleep is like -.-.zZ or some shit.

Edit, wiki reckons (ΘεΘ;) for "asleep because of boredom".
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Michael Wallace wrote:
Matt Morrison wrote:
Michael Wallace wrote:What emoticon is that supposed to be?
An asleep owl with one ear. (Fuck that really works. To me.)
x for eyes means dead, surely? Asleep is like -.-.zZ or some shit.
It's clearly an owl that has been pecked to death by Mr Woodpecker (the question mark).
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Ryan Taylor wrote:It's clearly an owl that has been pecked to death by Mr Woodpecker (the question mark).
Like it, and man, how many times have a needed this emoticon?
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I typed "dead" to start with, but then a) I'm not really down with 'x' just representing dead when it looks more like asleep (I don't prescribe to geek rules, you know that), and then b) in combination with the hook-nosed comma, they do actually look like an owl's sleepy eyes rather than any generic sleepy, or dead, eyes.

Also, his ear is pierced with a diamond stud, like Marcus Hares's nose.
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Ryan Taylor wrote:
David Williams wrote:Stuck on a clue today.

"From this, be let out? I must be mad."

I've tried GANDISEEG, but it doesn't seem to fit.
I don't know you but I'm not surprised you read The Times.
Surely you would have expected me to read the Mail or the Telegraph.
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David Williams wrote:Surely you would have expected me to read the Mail or the Telegraph.
Stop replying to Ryan's lame attempts at humour and tell us how many letters :evil:
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Michael Wallace wrote:
David Williams wrote:Surely you would have expected me to read the Mail or the Telegraph.
Stop replying to Ryan's lame attempts at humour and tell us how many letters :evil:
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Don't let them tell you that he's "only sleeping".
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Michael Wallace wrote:
David Williams wrote:Surely you would have expected me to read the Mail or the Telegraph.
Stop replying to Ryan's lame attempts at humour and tell us how many letters :evil:
I'm afraid the point of all this is that I thought the answer was obvious! To Countdown aficionados at least. Charlie will know.
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Ryan Taylor wrote:Don't let them tell you that he's "only sleeping".
He's just had a mad night out and fallen asleep in the gutter - see that cigarette that's dropped from his mouth? That's because it was a WILD NIGHT.

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You've seen that One Foot in the Grave moment with the tortoise, yeah? Well this is a lot less funny than that.
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Ryan Taylor wrote:You've seen that One Foot in the Grave moment with the tortoise, yeah? Well this is a lot less funny than that.
I'm not even clicking on your links any more. Don't make me put you on my foe list :evil:
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Michael Wallace wrote:
Ryan Taylor wrote:You've seen that One Foot in the Grave moment with the tortoise, yeah? Well this is a lot less funny than that.
I'm not even clicking on your links any more. Don't make me put you on my foe list :evil:
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David Williams wrote:Stuck on a clue today.

"From this, be let out? I must be mad."
Sure you bought the right paper? It's not in my copy. Maybe you were passed off with the Telegraph instead.

edit - Ah, finally found it. I like the way you do crosswords. Wait until the next day when the answer's printed, and then do yesterday's crossword. :)
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David Williams wrote:Stuck on a clue today.

"From this, be let out? I must be mad."

I've tried GANDISEEG, but it doesn't seem to fit.
haha, nice one.
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AGOUTI was an answer in the LA Times Crossword the other day. I was amused.
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David Williams wrote:Stuck on a clue today.

"From this, be let out? I must be mad."

I've tried GANDISEEG, but it doesn't seem to fit.
I like it when they clue/cryptic component is merged, nice one.
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