May 09 2011
Word of the Week: Dragoman
DRAGOMAN [DRAG-er-mun] – professional interpreter or travel guide, often in a Middle Eastern setting. [From turgemana in Aramaic, translator.] Beirut visitors are advised to acquire sunscreen and a dragoman.
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May 09 2011
DRAGOMAN [DRAG-er-mun] – professional interpreter or travel guide, often in a Middle Eastern setting. [From turgemana in Aramaic, translator.] Beirut visitors are advised to acquire sunscreen and a dragoman.
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DC — 09 May at 12:21AM
Shows road to Arab state!
RV — 09 May at 07:47AM
Begin: "In conflict, never, ever surrender" (middle Eastern advisor).
Rupert — 09 May at 07:53AM
@DC beat me to my first choice (although I was going with tedious).
Medic has a game island guide.
RK — 09 May at 08:09AM
A Roman God converted with nothing to lose perhaps, on the road to Damascus.
Boniface — 09 May at 10:02AM
DRAGOMAN: Frolicking Magic Dragon - not Puff - back showing off Beirut (8)
DA — 09 May at 10:25AM
Been waiting for the dragon to bob up - poor old Mum in the beast - but not the Boniface twist. Some fine bids, but DC did get in early with a bell-ringer. Another bid:
Page trimmed in new Random Guide to Middle East
Anthony Douglas — 09 May at 12:58PM
Spoiler for the Times...
Psychic. Not a clue, an accusation! Who'd have thought there could be two 8-letter words of such obscurity on the same day?
RK — 09 May at 05:10PM
Borrowing from DA's idea...
Edition clutched by nomad: Rough Guide to the Middle East
Not sure if 'edition' is ok for RAG. Or even if the 'rough' is ok, for that matter. But had to give it a go.
JPR — 09 May at 09:13PM
A bell-ringer, a mix-up re Lara Bingle
Nib — 09 May at 10:25PM
Russian fellow fond of Rocky challenges, is a guide of the Middle East.
SK — 09 May at 10:37PM
Pull topless woman; she's a bilingual escort
SK — 09 May at 11:14PM
Nothing Grandma rehashed will help guide you to the promised land
Rupert — 10 May at 04:43AM
Back to using Oman, but thought of a neat clue for RA which I felt the urge to share.
Guide dog loses ring circling central Arab sultanate.
Rupert — 10 May at 04:45AM
@RK Paper is definitely OK for RAG, and I think the clue would still work. Edition is a bit sneaky.
Rough is perfectly fair.
Rupert — 10 May at 04:50AM
You can work on these for hours, and then see a better clue as soon as you hit submit. One of these days I want to compose a full 15x15, but at this rate it would take me a couple of months.
Guide dog edges around central Arab sultanate.
JPR — 11 May at 01:58PM
"Guide me O ... great ... land" (c): Losing elect, get confused
JPR — 14 May at 11:21AM
"Damn! Go!" Odd? Lara bungled after dropping laddo
Peta — 14 May at 12:48PM
Guide's mad organ playing.
JPR — 14 May at 01:59PM
Old play, "Morgan: A Suitable Case for Treatment" (no Polly for guide)
JPR — 14 May at 02:52PM
Pull headless, grown-up Girl Guide
Mauve — 14 May at 05:42PM
Do anagram wrongly, without a guide
JPR — 14 May at 06:41PM
Model anagrind outlined -- cookery guide!
DA — 14 May at 06:46PM
Nice one Mauve, a late entry for gold.
Some bona fide gems among these bids, with DC setting the pace. Liked the RK variation to rough guide, SK's spice and Rupert's dog inkling. A lead to pursue, I'd say.