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syzygy

5th April 2015, 02:27

Glad you can impress the ladies. (-;
Quite the little uproar, eh? Well, someone got their knickers in a knot. Sour grapes or PE?
Even Mattrom got flak, & he won, with an excellent clue obviously.
Ironically, in another thread, FJ touched on the flip-side - the exceedingly convoluted reductive anagrams which usually win:
http://www.crosswordsolver.org/forum/485374/offset/8
I'm not a fan of those either, but I've held my peace. [Chambers]

There were rebuttals to the tirade.

Bigbadmarty2 - not sure, but this might be a sly insinuation that Canadians are of small "stature".
Hey, this is the land of voyageurs & lumberjacks, ... or was.
http://www.crosswordsolver.org/forum/485532/offset/52

Busby for the defence (thanks, mate, if you're reading this, & hope you're not quitting):
http://www.crosswordsolver.org/forum/485532/offset/60

Haven't had that much reaction since a discussion about my clue for IAMBI.
It went something like "I beheaded a deer and got four feet as well (5)".
The animal activists went berserk & complained to admin who deleted the offending thread. I also got warning e-mail. Might still be in my archives. I'm saving this thread, just in case.
Found the follow-up. Lots of support. I see you were involved back then too:
http://www.crosswordsolver.org/forum/338933/offset/9

Keep up the good work - someone has to stir the pot now & then.

Cheers.
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