Started by AuLeaf
Start off with a citrusy highball / Then lop off first couple of eyeballs / And you'll get a verse / (Whose name comes from Erse) / Much like this one (but often more ribald) (8)
LIMERICK(-_ey)
Submitted by AuLeaf
| Clue ID | Clue | Explanation (hover) | Submitted By | Likes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2739 | Start off with a citrusy highball / Then lop off first couple of eyeballs / And you'll get a verse / (Whose name comes from Erse) / Much like this one (but often more ribald) (8) | LIMERICK(-_ey) | AuLeaf | 6 |
| 2744 | There once was a man from Peru / Who took in a novice anew / What followed was they / Had the oddest ballet / It could hardly be believed but it's true. (13) | NOVICE* inside INCA + BaLlEt = INCONCEIVABLE | skaldskaparmal | 6 |
| 2733 | The opposite of not the most / A joy without end and, um, close / Finale, not Grande / Cut short, starting Monday / Hugging is the longest word, almost (28) | rhyming most with almost? oh well ANTI (the opposite of) + DIS (not) + EST (the most) + A (a) + BLIS(-s) (joy without end) + HM (um) + (-clos)E (close finale) + NT (not) + ARIAN(-a) (Grande cut short) + M (starting monday), all around IS (hugging is) // ANTIDISESTABLISHMENTARIANISM = the longest word, almost |
EpicToast | 2 |
| 2729 | Me, and Alfonse, even, tour / beginning with Tesla, he glore / "the start, first cut: lame! / Just think, and then claim!" / The lengths were one four three and four (1, 4, 3, 4) | I+_L_O_S_+T_+T+HE+G_+_AME="just think and then claim" sorry not sorry |
summitwei | 1 |