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- ScarfaceClaw
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Code name for group the produced the first nuclear bomb.
Please don’t listen to me. I’m Dewet Barry.
OK, can I borrow your yacht?
Well done I was just coming on to say I had solved it to find you had done it.ell wrote: Fri Nov 20, 2020 11:33 pm Looks like Mercator's projection
*(comers art) with "new" as anagrind + screen = projection.
I have two more to do
Turner’s gleamed romantically in the mexican sunlight (5,12)
Or
Abandoned by the somewhat incandescent. (5,6)
One M one P
Don't have "Mimosa" any more <Sob>. Went in the divorce. I use chartered yachts now. It does mean you can fly, pick one up and sail in places like the Barrier Reef. Take a while to get there by sea!
Come on Globby this should be meat and drink to you?Globus wrote: Sat Nov 21, 2020 9:47 amDon't have "Mimosa" any more <Sob>. Went in the divorce. I use chartered yachts now. It does mean you can fly, pick one up and sail in places like the Barrier Reef. Take a while to get there by sea!
My days of long passages are well behind me now. If I fall overboard it's nice to be in warm water!Openside wrote: Sat Nov 21, 2020 9:51 amCome on Globby this should be meat and drink to you?Globus wrote: Sat Nov 21, 2020 9:47 amDon't have "Mimosa" any more <Sob>. Went in the divorce. I use chartered yachts now. It does mean you can fly, pick one up and sail in places like the Barrier Reef. Take a while to get there by sea!
I'm well aquainted with Gerardus Mercator's projection. Not needed now with GPS (I've got 5 of those). I remember when they were a bit erratic as the Americans put in false readings to combat an enemy firing missiles at them, using their technology.
I was on a yacht in the Solent when we were trying out a system called "differential GPS" with the man who thought it up.
Done two Atlantic crossings (one from Cape Town delivering a cat to Chesapeake Bay) and it's boring as hell, especially if you have a dozy crew, who are just in it for the mileage to get their sailing qualifications. Never again. I know the BVI like the back of my hand though. Taken a few "celebrities" around there. It's Rolls Royce sailing, best around Christmas.
I meant crossword help not ancient sailing ditties.Globus wrote: Sat Nov 21, 2020 10:21 amMy days of long passages are well behind me now. If I fall overboard it's nice to be in warm water!Openside wrote: Sat Nov 21, 2020 9:51 amCome on Globby this should be meat and drink to you?Globus wrote: Sat Nov 21, 2020 9:47 am
Don't have "Mimosa" any more <Sob>. Went in the divorce. I use chartered yachts now. It does mean you can fly, pick one up and sail in places like the Barrier Reef. Take a while to get there by sea!
I'm well aquainted with Gerardus Mercator's projection. Not needed now with GPS (I've got 5 of those). I remember when they were a bit erratic as the Americans put in false readings to combat an enemy firing missiles at them, using their technology.
I was on a yacht in the Solent when we were trying out a system called "differential GPS" with the man who thought it up.
Done two Atlantic crossings (one from Cape Town delivering a cat to Chesapeake Bay) and it's boring as hell, especially if you have a dozy crew, who are just in it for the mileage to get their sailing qualifications. Never again. I know the BVI like the back of my hand though. Taken a few "celebrities" around there. It's Rolls Royce sailing, best around Christmas.
Thanks, Professor Google has already been most helpful.Openside wrote: Sat Nov 21, 2020 9:26 pmMercator projection is how the world map is displayed in 2D
I'm really confused. Thought that was referring to just the first clue - are all the quiz answers words that start with M or P?

You absolute star!!
What about it’s offspring may be facially fair, but can be improved elecrifyingly (6)
or
Crafty as you may find in Paris and back (6)
No letters in either ( doesn’t need to be M or P)
You absolute star!!
What about it’s offspring may be facially fair, but can be improved elecrifyingly (6)
or
Crafty as you may find in Paris and back (6)
No letters in either ( doesn’t need to be M or P)
Thanks for Astute that certainly fits with one of the other clues.ell wrote: Sun Nov 22, 2020 5:23 pm The second one is ASTUTE - as + tu + reversal of et.
The first might be Monday, but if so, I don't understand the second bit of the clue.
Monday was all I could come up with too but no idea the electrifying bit!!