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April 18 2011
SACCADE [sac-CARD] – 1. A sharp rein tug to check a horse; 2. Eyes' jerky motion when reading, or changing focus quickly. [French for jolt, from saquer to pull.] Web readers observe a different saccade pattern to book readers.
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PRS — 18 April at 01:39AM
In cul-de-sac, cadets shift focus rapidly
Brewed Cascade slows horses
Jerky eyes regularly search chandler
Rupert — 18 April at 06:24AM
PRS - I think the third one may be improved by using the horse definition to play off the use of chandler in the wordplay. Just a thought.
Rupert — 18 April at 06:30AM
In southeast Bangladesh, capital formerly reversed jerky eye movements.
DC — 18 April at 08:35AM
Jerk back as Clydesdale edges around!
Rupert — 18 April at 08:40AM
Check brownshirts destroying home of classical music.
RK — 18 April at 09:11AM
Quick action to rein in state church harbouring scoundrel
Boniface — 18 April at 09:14AM
Jerk spilling Cascade (7)
PRS — 18 April at 09:39AM
Rupert - please feel free to embellish the chandler, At that hour of the day I was just pleased to be able to link "eyes" and "search"
SK — 18 April at 11:02AM
"You Shook Me" signaled AC/DC sea-change (7)
SK — 18 April at 11:35AM
Or-
Scanning REM for AC/DC sea-change? (7)
JPR — 18 April at 03:18PM
picking up,
Wide awake, REM Stipe and chums begin 'Rebel Jack'
JPR — 18 April at 03:56PM
Remix "DC carcase" -- "Losing My Religion" says Pope for REM lookalike
RV — 18 April at 08:34PM
taking one dry end off a desiccated concoction: a jerky move.
DC, I like your one. Jerk is being used as the definition and in the wordplay as cad? have I got that right?
DC — 19 April at 12:25AM
Yeah. The whole thing is supposed to imply controlling a horse, but it's a teeny bit oblique.
Rupert — 19 April at 05:42AM
Totally off-topic, but I wondered if DA's ever been asked to do something like this?
http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/weddings/for-alexandria-couple-wedding-proposal-in-a-crossword-puzzle-just-fit/2011/04/16/AFQ2nKrD_story.html
Sam — 22 April at 09:10AM
Marquis swallows a measure causing rapid eye movement