Saturday, December 8, 2007

Coming back to life...

Pardon the lull between posts. I was tied up with psenti-sem constraints ;)

Anyway, connect the following clues. The list is exhaustive.

A letter loses bet, finds another (5) ALPHA-{BET}

Cry of approval from the assassin (5) BRAVO [2]

Stop dividing Berlin, fellas! (7)CHARLIE (After Checkpoint Charlie)

River splits here, altered without Erbium deposits (5) (Altered - Er)* = DELTA

Recall the story of Greek nymph (4) ECHO [2]

Deceive, and run away to dance (7) FOX TROT

Game people play, and get flogged in return (4) GOLF <-

Thole misplaced in an inn (5) HOTEL*

Nation well within Diana's nation (5) INDIA[T]

A measure of thousand (4) KILO

I'm in the French capital city (4) L I'M A

Alternate name for a sound device (4) MIKE

Time when you need some time on your own (8)NOVEMBER {Lyrics of November rain...a bit arbit)

...so back vehicle to bag the award! (5)OS<-CAR

Parent pays 50% twice PA PA(4)

Becquerel lost his tail in the Canadian city (6)(BECQUEREL - {REL})* = QUEBEC

Bloomer loses start to a casanova... (5){-BL}OOMER* = ROMEO

.....and she'd probably die without the casanova in question! (6)JULIET

A riser amongst the range of mountains (6) SIERRA*

Got an idea for a ballroom dance? (5)TANGO*

A consistent piece of clothing (7) UNIFORM [2]

I cavort playfully, without a winner (6) VICTOR*

Quickly move away unknown drink (6)WHISK Y

Radiation rendered nameless (1-3) X-RAY

Pitcher possibly concerned with big apples (6) YANKEE

Possibly natal lingua franca (4) ZULU

Connect: NATO Phonetic alphabet.

Note: The first one is actually spelt ALFA. Anyway, wiki it up here.

1 comments:

Aravind said...

1.alpha
2.bravo
3.charlie
4.delta
5.echo
6.foxtrot
7.golf
8.hotel
9.india
10.kilo
11.lima
12.mike
13.november
14.oscar
15.papa
16.quebec
17.romeo
18.juliet
19.sierra
20.tango
21.uniform
22.victor
23.whiskey
24.x-ray
25.yankee
26.zulu

connect is phonetics