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Charlton Cryptic Clues

Redskin
Redskin Posts: 3,112
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A brief distraction from these troubling times, all currently Charlton related: They're quite hard.

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1) Sweet reduced by 33.3%

2) 50% of chocolate product missing: This means nothing in France

3) Chap - a communist- to die

4) Heavy and punishing catarrh? Yes

5) Sailor's boy receives letter from France

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  • LawrieAbrahams
    LawrieAbrahams Posts: 3,779
    2 Katrien
  • Covered End
    Covered End Posts: 51,981
    LawrieAbrahams said:

    2 Katrien

    Surely that would be 50% brain missing ?
  • Redskin
    Redskin Posts: 3,112
    edited December 2015
    LawrieAbrahams said:

    2 Katrien

    Correct!

    Kit-Kat/ nothing in French; rien

  • Redskin
    Redskin Posts: 3,112
    Covered End said:

    LawrieAbrahams said:

    2 Katrien

    Surely that would be 50% brain missing ?
    Now,now...

    You should have a go at 3)
  • iaitch
    iaitch Posts: 10,217
    1. Roland and Katrien, i.e two turds.
  • Redskin
    Redskin Posts: 3,112
    iaitch said:

    1. Roland and Katrien, i.e two turds.

    Ha! Doubly cryptic, so that's yours.

    Roly poly pudding
  • LawrieAbrahams
    LawrieAbrahams Posts: 3,779
    3 Cove red End
  • Redskin
    Redskin Posts: 3,112
    LawrieAbrahams said:

    3 Cove red End

    Skill

  • LawrieAbrahams
    LawrieAbrahams Posts: 3,779
    Is 4 Richard Murray?
  • Redskin
    Redskin Posts: 3,112
    edited December 2015
    LawrieAbrahams said:

    Is 4 Richard Murray?

    Hat - trick!

    Heavy= rich/ punishing= hard
    catarrh= murr/ yes= ay

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  • LawrieAbrahams
    LawrieAbrahams Posts: 3,779
    And the last one is Johnny Jackson.
  • Redskin
    Redskin Posts: 3,112
    LawrieAbrahams said:

    And the last one is Johnny Jackson.

    Well done, Lawrie. If I ever do another one, I'll pm you with it...

    Letter from France - French letter - Johnny / sailors - Jacks / boy ' son




  • Covered End
    Covered End Posts: 51,981
    Ok, I'll admit it. If you didn't explain them I'd never get them and even when you do explain them I'm still struggling.

    catarrh = murr ?
  • Off_it
    Off_it Posts: 28,838
    It's like reading a (bad) episode of 3-2-1

    At least that had Dusty Bin to keep you entertained
  • Redskin
    Redskin Posts: 3,112
    A couple of them were pretty hard, especially if you're unfamiliar with cryptic crosswords, but they do make sense.
    Murr is simply a form of catarrh as I discovered in the OED when I was struggling to work that part of the clue. Ahem...

    A Merry Christmas to you, Steve, and the family.
  • Covered End
    Covered End Posts: 51,981
    Redskin said:

    A couple of them were pretty hard, especially if you're unfamiliar with cryptic crosswords, but they do make sense.
    Murr is simply a form of catarrh as I discovered in the OED when I was struggling to work that part of the clue. Ahem...

    A Merry Christmas to you, Steve, and the family.

    I couldn't find murr in the New Little Oxford Dictionary, nor Google.

    Merry Xmas Paul, to you & your family.
  • LawrieAbrahams
    LawrieAbrahams Posts: 3,779
    Murr was pretty obscure but ay for yes is standard in cryptic crossword clues.
    I thought the clues were good.
  • thai malaysia addick
    thai malaysia addick Posts: 18,332
    LawrieAbrahams said:

    Murr was pretty obscure but ay for yes is standard in cryptic crossword clues.
    I thought the clues were good.

    Olly Catarrh of X Factor. Although, Olly Phlegm would be better.

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