Can You Decode the Usernames from These Cryptic Clues?

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In summary: Last name of a former quarterback that was a pro star in both Canada and the US together with the first (nick)name of a former college football...That would be Doug Flutie!
  • #36
There IS a member called "a moron", in fact.
 
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#7: https://www.physicsforums.com/member.php?u=50552

damn, arildno beat me. The link above is to the profile page for the user "a moron"
 
  • #38
Nah! That's too direct. And there'd be too many superfluous words in the clue, if that were to be the answer.
 
  • #39
gutterbrains
 
  • #40
7. be a moron, silly!

B a .....?
 
  • #41
7. Last name of a former quarterback that was a pro star in both Canada and the US together with the first (nick)name of a former college football coach.
 
  • #42
8. She performed a Vicker's test on the subject and proclaimed __________ !

9. mount Saint Man, clumsily

10. crazy as shelter
 
  • #43
George Jones said:
7. Last name of a former quarterback that was a pro star in both Canada and the US together with the first (nick)name of a former college football coach.
Correct George!

7. be a moron, silly
'silly' indicates there's an anagram involved - jumble 'be a moron' to get moonbear.

And for George's response, I believe he's talking about Warren Moon and Paul "Bear" Bryant
 
  • #44
Who do you think we are to solve these man, Ken Jennings?
 
  • #45
Gokul43201 said:
Correct George!

I guess I wasn't as obscure as I thought. :biggrin:
 
  • #46
8. Math Is Hard since a Vickers test is a hardness test.
 
  • #47
George Jones said:
I guess I wasn't as obscure as I thought. :biggrin:
Not to someone that knows the answer (and a little bit about football - can't help it, I'm a Buckeye).

11. Only a resumé? O, that's strange!

The next one is a wee bit of a stretch...so be warned.

12. It flows through an Ouroboros.
 
  • #48
George Jones said:
8. Math Is Hard since a Vickers test is a hardness test.
Correct again!

8. She performed a Vickers test on the subject and proclaimed __________ !
 
  • #49
12 is perrenial
 
  • #50
No cyrus - unless you have an explanation that beats my fairly convoluted one.
 
  • #51
Look at his Icon, the thing flows into itself as it goes round and round, you gutterbrain.
 
  • #52
11. Only a resumé? O, that's strange

O theswerve O ?
 
  • #53
Gokul43201 said:
11. Only a resumé? O, that's strange!

loseyourname
 
  • #54
Dammit, your too clever George!
 
  • #55
cyrusabdollahi said:
11. Only a resumé? O, that's strange

O swerve O
Couldn't have been closer! But sorry, no cigar.

As for Perennial's avatar, I'll let you have half a point for that (or half a pint, whichever you prefer) - but it's not anywhere near as obscure as the answer I intend for it.

PS : loseyourname is correct, George. By the way, I now dub thee, Sir George!
 
  • #56
Gokul43201 said:
As for Perennial's avatar

Here, I was thinking like Cyrus.
 
  • #57
So you know what the creature is. And what might flow through this creature?
 
  • #58
Gokul43201 said:
So you know what the creature is. And what might flow through this creature?

I thinking along this line, too.

Blood, venom, time, space ... SpaceTiger?
 
  • #59
George Jones said:
I thinking along this line, too.

Blood, venom, time, space ... SpaceTiger?
:smile: No George, but you were close.
 
  • #60
A recap of questions and answers, thus far:

1. fancy Russian included -- cyrus (hidden clue) - solved by cyrus

2. disenfranchize, without Che inside -- Franz (remove all the letters in 'Che inside' from 'disenfranchize') - solved by cyrus

3. see no jogger stumbling -- unsolved

4. handheld firework, somewhat spoonerized - larkspur (spoonerize 'sparkler') - solved by mattmns

5. the French back -- unsolved

6. In short, are you Schutzstaffel? -- Russ (are = R, you = U, Schutzstaffel = SS) - solved by arildno

7. be a moron, silly! -- moonbear (anagram of 'be a moron') - solved by George

8. She performed a Vicker's test on the subject and proclaimed __________ ! -- Math Is Hard (Math is a subject and the Vickers Test measures hardness) - solved by George

9. mount Saint Man, clumsily -- unsolved

10. crazy as shelter -- unsolved

11. Only a resumé? O, that's strange! -- loseyourname (anagram of 'only a resume o') - solved by George

12. It flows through an Ouroboros -- unsolved
 
  • #61
3. Yikes!

Time for bed.
 
  • #62
George Jones said:
3. Yikes!

Time for bed.
Yeah, it's bedtime for you. :biggrin:

I'll probably be turning in as well. I now call clue-making open to all.
 
  • #63
3. see no jogger stumbling -- unsolved

George jones.
 
  • #64
wolram said:
3. see no jogger stumbling -- unsolved

George jones.
That's right, wollie.

Answer is an anagram of 'see no jogger'.
 
  • #65
12. It flows through an Ouroboros -- unsolved

HRW
or

Entropy
 
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  • #66
"The French back"

Is it Doc Al?
Frech --> la -->back---> Al
 
  • #67
siddharth said:
"The French back"

Is it Doc Al?
Frech --> la -->back---> Al
I bet it's El Hombre Invisible. French is also = Le, I believe.

9. mount Saint Man, clumisliy

Mattms...he is quite clumsy, isn't he? :biggrin: Mount = mt Saint = st + man
 
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  • #68
Or it could be just
"EL"
 
  • #69
Gokul43201 said:
Yeah, it's bedtime for you. :biggrin:

I'll probably be turning in as well. I now call clue-making open to all.

Huh, it should be a game rule that no one goes to bed before his/her clues are solved :smile:
 
  • #70
Crazy as shelter

I'd have said shmoe for this if it had been "Crazy as shelters"

Shelters = homes ---crazy-> shmoe

Anyway, is shmoe the right answer?

The ouroborous one...

The circle of life, evolution --> Evo?
 

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