tiger_lily111 Posted April 22, 2011 Report Share Posted April 22, 2011 1. My one & only. (Yet you step on me) 2. Fail to muddle through. (Turnover) 3. Pay your way. (Or stick it) 4. Don't play that hot-shot. (Practices at the bar) 5. Doesn't happen often. (Pitch it way down) 6. Executive vs party. (Bangin) 7. Got a whiff of that! (Remove impurities) 8. Sit on the edge. (Mom rules it.) 9. Dangerous when preceded by letters. (Sci-Fi weapon) 10.Quit your bellyaching! (Old horse) 11.Spice up my ... neck? 12.Turn keys to shear off are a different form compared to the others. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Thalia Posted April 23, 2011 Report Share Posted April 23, 2011 Long shot? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 fabpig Posted April 23, 2011 Report Share Posted April 23, 2011 Don't nag! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 fabpig Posted April 23, 2011 Report Share Posted April 23, 2011 (edited) 1. sole 8. perch 7. smelt and sole and perch and smelt are fish???? edit just got another Edited April 23, 2011 by fabpig Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 plainglazed Posted April 23, 2011 Report Share Posted April 23, 2011 1. sole 8. perch 7. smelt and sole and perch and smelt are fish???? edit just got another had roost for 8. but think your theme is better. had thought from the title maybe something like won, too, read, blew but now have wisened up a la Dr Seuss and your insight. but thought nag, too? ...hmmm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted April 23, 2011 Report Share Posted April 23, 2011 (2) flounder (9) ray [electric ray] and, though it doesn't fit the "Old Horse" part of the clue, "to bellyache" is, in a way, to (10) carp 1. sole 8. perch 7. smelt and sole and perch and smelt are fish???? edit just got another I am sure you are. It fits the title. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 tiger_lily111 Posted April 23, 2011 Author Report Share Posted April 23, 2011 Long shot? Short shrift, perhaps. Sorry. Don't nag! Ok, fine! 1. sole 8. perch 7. smelt and sole and perch and smelt are fish???? edit just got another & yup, there you go ... No need to keep fishing for clues. had roost for 8. but think your theme is better. had thought from the title maybe something like won, too, read, blew but now have wisened up a la Dr Seuss and your insight. but thought nag, too? ...hmmm (2) flounder (9) ray [electric ray] and, though it doesn't fit the "Old Horse" part of the clue, "to bellyache" is, in a way, to (10) carp I am sure you are. It fits the title. Also correct - though I think it does, a la PG & fabby. That leaves 3,4,5,6, & 11,12. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 plainglazed Posted April 23, 2011 Report Share Posted April 23, 2011 shark? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 tiger_lily111 Posted April 23, 2011 Author Report Share Posted April 23, 2011 shark? Yes indeed! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 fabpig Posted April 24, 2011 Report Share Posted April 24, 2011 Monkeyfaced prickleback Californian smoothtongue I know they're not right, but somehow I had to say them. Sorry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 fabpig Posted April 24, 2011 Report Share Posted April 24, 2011 I don't get the 1st part,but "pitch it way down" ...BASS? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 plainglazed Posted April 24, 2011 Report Share Posted April 24, 2011 pike drum? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted April 24, 2011 Report Share Posted April 24, 2011 Trolling are we? pike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted April 24, 2011 Report Share Posted April 24, 2011 barb - Any of various Old World freshwater fishes of the genus Barbus or Puntius and related genera. barb - A cutting remark. barb - A horse of a breed introduced by the Moors into Spain from northern Africa. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 tiger_lily111 Posted April 24, 2011 Author Report Share Posted April 24, 2011 Monkeyfaced prickleback Californian smoothtongue I know they're not right, but somehow I had to say them. Sorry. I don't get the 1st part,but "pitch it way down" ...BASS? Yup! pike drum? Correct to the 1st, keep beating on the 2nd. barb - Any of various Old World freshwater fishes of the genus Barbus or Puntius and related genera. barb - A cutting remark. barb - A horse of a breed introduced by the Moors into Spain from northern Africa. Hmm, I guess if you stretch a bit on each ... but I like the other answer better! Remaining: 6, 11, 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 fabpig Posted April 24, 2011 Report Share Posted April 24, 2011 High-hat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 fabpig Posted April 24, 2011 Report Share Posted April 24, 2011 southern hake? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 tiger_lily111 Posted April 24, 2011 Author Report Share Posted April 24, 2011 High-hat southern hake? Sorry fabby, no to both. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Wilson Posted April 24, 2011 Report Share Posted April 24, 2011 11.Spice up my ... neck? Kipper? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted April 25, 2011 Report Share Posted April 25, 2011 emperor? skipper? sergeant major vs grunt? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 tiger_lily111 Posted April 25, 2011 Author Report Share Posted April 25, 2011 11.Spice up my ... neck? Kipper? You're in the right body of water, I think. As far as I'm aware, what I have in mind is considered different. emperor? skipper? sergeant major vs grunt? Sorry, none of these.The descriptors are for a very American thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 plainglazed Posted April 27, 2011 Report Share Posted April 27, 2011 clam & oyster? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted April 27, 2011 Report Share Posted April 27, 2011 Knots? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted April 27, 2011 Report Share Posted April 27, 2011 Grouper Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 tiger_lily111 Posted April 27, 2011 Author Report Share Posted April 27, 2011 clam & oyster? Nope. The difference would be in the riddle 'style' ... more or less. Knots? Grouper Sorry Wb, neither of those. But welcome to the Den! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted April 27, 2011 Report Share Posted April 27, 2011 I was just about to post this, when I saw Williebear had just posted it and you denied it as the solution. The descriptors are for a very American thing. Grouper (Red Grouper, White Grouper, and Blue Grouper)??? As to the riddle 'style', am I correct in...The clue is a 'cryptic crossword'-like clue, with the word "off" hinting that the other letters are "out of place", i.e., an anagram? E.g., "Turn keys to shear" comprises the letters for oyster (as it does shark, ray, skate and a few other fishes) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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1. My one & only. (Yet you step on me)
2. Fail to muddle through. (Turnover)
3. Pay your way. (Or stick it)
4. Don't play that hot-shot. (Practices at the bar)
5. Doesn't happen often. (Pitch it way down)
6. Executive vs party. (Bangin)
7. Got a whiff of that! (Remove impurities)
8. Sit on the edge. (Mom rules it.)
9. Dangerous when preceded by letters. (Sci-Fi weapon)
10.Quit your bellyaching! (Old horse)
11.Spice up my ... neck?
12.Turn keys to shear off
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