Comments on: Shamateurism

By: Simon L

Simon L — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:45:08 +0000

Too obvious homophone indicator combined with not really precise enough primary clue…

DECADES: Sounds like home construction helpers can take many years.

DA — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 22:44:16 +0000

The ludicrous hidden.

PROFESSIONAL – Sector of PR – of ‘ess’ – I, on alert, accomplished

Or its reverse.

COMPUTING – IT turned back in picking nit up, mockingly

Mr X — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 22:32:27 +0000

The clue marred by overly obscure references:

STANDARDS: Flags “Polka Dots and Moonbeams”, “Salt Peanuts” and “Haunted Heart”, for example

Mr X — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 02:18:51 +0000

Here’s a clue that wouldn’t get past the censors due to its politically incorrect attitude to mental health issues:

COMMITTED: Dedicated or a raving loony ?

DA — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 01:44:53 +0000

MOVEMENTS: Twitches on stools?

FARFLUNG: Remote leaders of France and Russia find Luxembourg usurping Norwegian government

AND: Deoxyribonucleic acid reflected in conjunction

Mr X — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 22:50:48 +0000

Grammar ? We don’t need no stinking grammar !:

TWO DECADES: Twenty years sound like they’re overly rottens

marmaloid — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 06:45:12 +0000

Also being redundantly salacious:

DEVELOPMENTS: Search around for workmen in backstreet to get advances

Mr X — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 03:23:30 +0000

And to combine Simon’s musical finger-pointing with adult language we get:

RAP – Hip hop always winds up being crap

Mr X — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 02:19:25 +0000

The bleeding obvious approach:

NETWORKS: Webs in a net works OK

DA — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 01:47:40 +0000

Then there’s the taste issue:

LINUX: Free software shows kiss smothering bottom of Lucy van Pelt’s nervous brother