Started by quatrevingtneuf
Bird that can turn its head, and keep turning it, and turning it, and turning it, and tu—uh… uh-oh… um… uh… bird with its head broken off (3)
OWL ("Bird that can turn its head, and keep turning it, and ...") = [f]OWL ("bird with its head broken off")
Sometimes it's about giving a fair, succinct, and unambiguous clue. Sometimes it's about sending a message
Submitted by bags
| Clue ID | Clue | Explanation (hover) | Submitted By | Likes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8000 | Bird that can turn its head, and keep turning it, and turning it, and turning it, and tu—uh… uh-oh… um… uh… bird with its head broken off (3) | OWL ("Bird that can turn its head, and keep turning it, and ...") = [f]OWL ("bird with its head broken off") Sometimes it's about giving a fair, succinct, and unambiguous clue. Sometimes it's about sending a message |
bags | 2 |
| 8008 | Booby is a kind of bird (3) | TIT ddef resubmitted this clue solely for the clue id get |
dohz | 2 |
| 7994 | Brock captured a legendary bird (3) | _ROC_ | dohz | 1 |
| 7997 | Bird lost without direction (enum 3) | (-n)EMU* | summitwei | 1 |
| 7999 | A United Kingdom bird (3) | A+UK | dohz | 1 |
| 8002 | Creature that might fly in the night? Prune wings: taken as base (3) | **INTERPRETATION 1** "Creature that might fly" = def "in _: taken as base" = connector indicating relationship between def and wp -- interpret "base" as in the NPL, meaning "the wordplay that the clue is written around" (yes i know this is tenuous shhh) "the night" = THE NIGHT (fodder) "_: prune wings" = hidden word indicator = HEN **INTERPRETATION 2** "Creature that might fly in the night?" = def "Prune wings: _" = remove first and last letters "taken" = TAKEN "_ as base" = anagram indicator ("base" as in "immoral, improper") = KEA **INTERPRETATION 3** "Creature that might fly in the night?" = DEF "Prune wings" = P_E "taken as base" = _N = PEN (https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/pen#Etymology_4) **INTERPRETATION 4** "Creature that might fly in the night?" = def "Prune wings:" = "remove first and last letter" "taken as base" = LOWLY = OWL |
Deusovi | 1 |
| 7993 | Orc battles legendary bird (3) | ROC - Sus anagram of ORC | TheNexinator | 0 |
| 7995 | Bird is regularly immoral (3) | _M_O_A_ :honk: |
dohz | 0 |
| 8001 | Bird down, from front to back (3) | LOW, take L from front to back |
phenomist | 0 |