April 25 2011
Word of the Week: Cumshaw
CUMSHAW – a gift of appreciation, or tip. [Linking back to Chinese gan xie, grateful thanks] The whaler left his host a piece of scrimshaw as cumshaw for the dinner.
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April 25 2011
CUMSHAW – a gift of appreciation, or tip. [Linking back to Chinese gan xie, grateful thanks] The whaler left his host a piece of scrimshaw as cumshaw for the dinner.
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DC — 25 April at 12:13AM
Present company excepted, coach swum badly
RK — 25 April at 08:36AM
Tip off scum with hesitation
SK — 25 April at 09:37AM
Arrive safe 'n sound...thankfully present
SK — 25 April at 09:41AM
Or less tasteful-
Orgasm certainly sounded gratifying
Sam — 25 April at 10:14AM
Token cry over tec’s battered ego
Peta — 25 April at 10:17AM
Almost muck up playwright's offering.
RK — 25 April at 10:30AM
Present with dramatist
DA — 25 April at 10:34AM
Or:
Present C...er...Candida playwright
I'm taking a shine to Peta's idea - a deft Down clue.
RK — 25 April at 10:54AM
Cook CWA mush as a thank you
Peta — 25 April at 11:04AM
Wash muck off - no potassium present.
JPR — 25 April at 03:02PM
Muck clip, short ship, goes with hip tip
JPR — 25 April at 03:13PM
Bumphrey Hogart shez, "Total heart: That's a tip"
RV — 25 April at 04:11PM
Tip for poor shmuck spending weekend visiting backward state.
SK — 25 April at 04:51PM
Nice one RV.
DA — 25 April at 05:35PM
RV - you're developing a reputation for wowing in the WoW Dept. While convoluted, your clue is very tidy, and does the avoid the obvious GBS element.
RV — 25 April at 06:21PM
Thanks SK and DA. The WOW suits my slower pace. It takes me a day to come up with a clue!
RV — 25 April at 09:29PM
Token of appreciation was much maligned.
DC — 25 April at 11:44PM
Very neat.
JPR — 26 April at 11:55AM
piggybacking:
Was "Much Ado" offered as a gratuity?
DA — 26 April at 12:01PM
Piggybacking is kosher, JPR. And a nice clue. Perhaps with one tweak:
Was "Much Ado" a bonus offering?
Rupert — 27 April at 09:27AM
Offering crumbs and flakes, maybe, with no music.
Rupert — 27 April at 12:25PM
On reflection, using "with no music" to mean remove R&B is probably not fair. Would "with no kind of music" be better, or should I drop the idea entirely?