h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

i agree

*resisting the urge to go for the dictionary cos there are so many words beginning with 't'*

even clarifying the clue might help. what's with the [ ] ? and i assume archaic is part of the clue, not a sign that the answer is archaic?

Yeah, the only 'dictionary' associated word starting with a 't' that came to mind was 'thesaurus' which only has (9) letters and is hardly archaic. Y'see I took that part of the clue to mean the word was an archaic name for dictionary. Who knows maybe it is....

We give up six7s, you win.

~jwf~

OK... embarrassing apology time...

For the life of me, I can't remember what the answer is and yes, it's because the clue (just the one word - archaic) is so ing obscure

So, I'll try again

EFt

(1) ... And forgive us our obfuscations,
As we forgive those who obfuscate against us...
(10)

hang on. i thought the dictionaries thing was cos six7s had too look up my previous clue?

"EFt (thank heavens for dictionaries)

(1) [as if I could use any more ] archaic (11) "

its the [brackets] that have thrown me. why not ( ) ?

*simulpost*



that archaic, huh?

this thread has just scrambled my brain. you should put a warning on this. i am hungry and need to watch the footy.

Of course I thought that 'as if I could use any more ' was referring to dictionaries...

Oh dear...

So now it's a 10 letter word starting with 't' that brings to mind some form of 'Obfuscation' in a Biblical (10 Commandments/Golden Rule) 'setting' then is it... ?

Why do I think it's still the same word and he just counted it differently this time...

We may have to have a new rule that words beginning with only (1) given letter can not be more than so many letters or syllables long. As kea suggests, the 't' section of the dictionary is quite thick. And I suspect a connection to obfuscation could be made for thousands of them ..not all 10 letters long of course...
*rambles and mutters off*

~jwf~

Fer cryin' out loud...

*this* clue is *not* cryptic, merely a simple (as in ?) find and replace... surely the quote is one of the most widely known in the countries of all regular contributors...



Or are you just winding me up in retaliation?

Nuff

Must be the numbing cold of the Great White North slowing my brain.
Of course it must be:

Trespasses

(5) evaluation (10)


me, you're right, it is quite simple (like me)
for your patience,
peace
jwf

*feeling about the same t*****ness as the 't' section of the dictionary*...

but this i can do -

assessment

(3) bregalad does hiphop with Aragorn's folk before time - there is a catch. (10)

Entrapment

this seems to make sense, although having very little LoTR knowledge I guess it could be very wrong

(3) I don't hire blockbuster videos, I RENT TNT ENEMA films instead


(the *I* is part of the clue)

entertainment

(3)exciting new theories include clean energy (6)

bregalad was the 'hasty' ent aka quickbeam (ents are sentient trees that can move around). most ents are slow and take a very long time doing things. hence the nice thought of quickbeam doing hiphop or rap

aragorn's folk were the 'men' in the book (compared to elves, hobbits, orcs etc)

Do I need to post a clue? It's actually a pretty easy one if you look at it the right way. (that was a statement, not a clue.

Ythika, couldn't see the wood for the trees

Entice

(3) Rejoice that you're NOT LIBERACE

Damn this is good, but not for my postings

(2) Rejoice that you're not liberace (10, anag*)

*no prizes for guessing what of

"Celebrate! Celebrate!
Another day of living!"


Celebration

(5) defense mechanism (15)



~jwf~

A t i o n _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

Should that be (6)?

R A T I O N alization??

I'm guessing that I'm right an going on

(2)It is what it sounds like (12 according to the Australian Oxford)

(good luck with the spelling, I obviously used the dictionary to check mine. Also good luck finding a word to follow )

Right on Ythika, it shoulda said 6. It's the trouble I have with having only five digits on the one hand. On the other hand, I have five more. Neither hand has six and it proves somewhat limiting. Good on ya for taking the initiative

Your word is

onomatopoeia

(1) this counted long before computers (6)



*dictionary .com said there is a three letter word 'eia' but it wanted me to sign up for the 'Premium edition' before it would tell me. Another online dictionary service that scans all other dictionaries said it found 232 listings for 'eia' and linked to each of their homepages but none of them would tell me what 'eia' is without registering for deeper access. So I went with a word using just the 'a'.*

~jwf~