# Cruciverbally yours... **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 23, 2008, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cruciverbally-yours/434719 "2008-01-23T21:47:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2008, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cruciverbally-yours/434719/1 "2008-01-23T21:47:10Z")
I had an idea for a message board game just now…don’t know if it’s going to be any good, but here goes. The object is to figure out what common phrase, slogan, title, name, activity, etc., the puzzler is trying to obscure. Each phrase/title/whatever has to be described in crossword fashion. JJ1) (IN Expansively)(Yen) and the (Phila. Univ.) of (Demonic Shooter) ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2008, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cruciverbally-yours/434719/2 "2008-01-23T21:49:25Z")
[QUOTE=jayjay] JJ1) (IN Expansively)(Yen) and the (Phila. Univ.) of (Demonic Shooter) [/QUOTE] Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom. And, BTW, if you say “Phila. Univ.,” you’re indicating that the name is shortened, which it isn’t in this case. I think your best bet is to lock me out of this thread… 😛 ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2008, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cruciverbally-yours/434719/3 "2008-01-23T21:50:06Z")
[QUOTE=twickster] Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom. [/QUOTE] I know, that one was ridiculously easy. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2008, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cruciverbally-yours/434719/4 "2008-01-25T13:59:53Z")
Sorry I killed your game – I actually think it’s a good one. Came up with a couple to throw out there: 1. [Andrew Jackson’s number] [shower figures] for [Pitt flick] [Charlie and Emilio, e.g.] 2. [Gawain et al.] in [film in a Kieslowski trilogy] [joined a jam session] 3. [Oater greeting] I [Hoving’s employer, for short] [possessive pronoun] [before ship or land] 4. [It’s nothing to Venus] [draft] [PIN part] [upcoming Rob Marshall film] ---
**Author:** ![Nametag](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nametag/32/406_2.png) [@Nametag](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nametag)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2008, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cruciverbally-yours/434719/5 "2008-01-25T14:36:41Z")
1. Seven Brides for Seven Brothers; 2. Nights in White Satin; and 4. Love Potion Number Nine were easy enough, but who or what is a “Hoving”? ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2008, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cruciverbally-yours/434719/6 "2008-01-25T14:38:59Z")
[QUOTE=Nametag] …who or what is a “Hoving”? [/QUOTE] If I told you that, you’d know the answer. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Defensive\_Indifference](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/defensive_indifference/32/6502_2.png) [@Defensive\_Indifference](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Defensive_Indifference)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2008, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cruciverbally-yours/434719/7 "2008-01-25T14:56:15Z")
[QUOTE=twickster] If I told you that, you’d know the answer. :rolleyes: [/QUOTE] How I met your mother I had to look up Hoving. Sorry. I’ll be back after I concoct a suitably obnoxious new challenge. ---
**Author:** ![Spatial\_Rift\_47](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a8b319/32.png) [@Spatial\_Rift\_47](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spatial_Rift_47)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2008, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cruciverbally-yours/434719/8 "2008-01-25T15:09:22Z")
[QUOTE=twickster] 3. [Oater greeting] I [Hoving’s employer, for short] [possessive pronoun] [before ship or land] [/QUOTE] How does before ship or land = mother? ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2008, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cruciverbally-yours/434719/9 "2008-01-25T15:14:50Z")
[QUOTE=Spatial Rift 47] How does before ship or land = mother? [/QUOTE] Mother ship, motherland. What, you would have preferred a Norman Bates reference? ---
**Author:** ![Defensive\_Indifference](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/defensive_indifference/32/6502_2.png) [@Defensive\_Indifference](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Defensive_Indifference)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2008, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cruciverbally-yours/434719/10 "2008-01-25T15:15:06Z")
[QUOTE=Spatial Rift 47] How does before ship or land = mother? [/QUOTE] Mothership and motherland. OK, here’s mine: The [Newman-Neal downer][Hoover, for one] [internet anonymizer] ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2008, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cruciverbally-yours/434719/11 "2008-01-25T15:18:04Z")
Oooh, nice one! ---
**Author:** ![Defensive\_Indifference](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/defensive_indifference/32/6502_2.png) [@Defensive\_Indifference](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Defensive_Indifference)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2008, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cruciverbally-yours/434719/12 "2008-01-25T15:19:13Z")
[QUOTE=twickster] Oooh, nice one! [/QUOTE] You didn’t get it already, did you? ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2008, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cruciverbally-yours/434719/13 "2008-01-25T15:21:23Z")
[QUOTE=Bayard] You didn’t get it already, did you? [/QUOTE] Hudsucker Proxy Oh ye of little faith! ---
**Author:** ![Defensive\_Indifference](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/defensive_indifference/32/6502_2.png) [@Defensive\_Indifference](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Defensive_Indifference)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2008, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cruciverbally-yours/434719/14 "2008-01-25T15:26:40Z")
[QUOTE=twickster] Hudsucker Proxy Oh ye of little faith! [/QUOTE] I was hoping to make you work at it a little harder. OK, c’mon. Where’s your next one?! ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2008, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cruciverbally-yours/434719/15 "2008-01-25T15:28:22Z")
[QUOTE=Bayard] I was hoping to make you work at it a little harder. [/quote] Oh puh-leeze. I used to do this shit for a living! > [@Bayard](#): > > OK, c’mon. Where’s your next one?! I’m at work – might have one later, might not be till tonight. ---
**Author:** ![Ximenean](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/aca169/32.png) [@Ximenean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ximenean)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2008, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cruciverbally-yours/434719/16 "2008-01-25T15:42:50Z")
Us1) [Pester] [Wedgwood, say] and the [knowledge lover]'s [imperial measure] Us2) A [abdominal pain] in [magazine] [succeeds as a goalie] [Oz’s top network] ---
**Author:** ![Defensive\_Indifference](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/defensive_indifference/32/6502_2.png) [@Defensive\_Indifference](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Defensive_Indifference)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2008, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cruciverbally-yours/434719/17 "2008-01-25T15:56:06Z")
[QUOTE=twickster] Oh puh-leeze. I used to do this shit for a living! [/QUOTE] Really? Did you write crosswords? I had no idea. I appear to be overmatched even more than I thought. Yet, I will persevere! At least for a while. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2008, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cruciverbally-yours/434719/18 "2008-01-25T16:05:42Z")
[QUOTE=Bayard] Really? Did you write crosswords? I had no idea. I appear to be overmatched even more than I thought. Yet, I will persevere! At least for a while. [/QUOTE] I was a puzzle editor for 14 years. ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2008, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cruciverbally-yours/434719/19 "2008-01-25T16:12:47Z")
[QUOTE=Usram] Us1)Us2) A [abdominal pain] in [magazine] [succeeds as a goalie] [Oz’s top network] [/QUOTE] Think I’ve got this one: A stitch in time saves nine. Guess I should think up some also. Just gotta remember all of **Twickster** ’s past tips on creating puzzle clues. ---
**Author:** ![Mahna\_Mahna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e47c2d/32.png) [@Mahna\_Mahna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahna_Mahna)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2008, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cruciverbally-yours/434719/20 "2008-01-25T16:28:29Z")
[QUOTE=Usram] Us1) [Pester] [Wedgwood, say] and the [knowledge lover]'s [imperial measure] [/QUOTE] OOooh.. Oooh… I got it! Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone I’m not feeling inspired enough to create one of my own just yet… but once I’ve finished my morning coffee I’ll give it a go. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cruciverbally-yours/434719.md?page=2)