[LURKERS] CN 8

[T-hawk]

Buns 2 - I think he's going for Ketchup and Dance. Not Fork: if it was Ketchup + Fork, you'd clue a food item that actually involves a fork, maybe Eggs.

Same principle I mentioned in game 9: you're not looking for the strongest word association, you're looking for what the spymaster is trying to indicate. This is a brilliant clue to link Ketchup + Dance, and not a great clue to link Ketchup + Fork.

Also notice the plural on Buns. You don't need that for Ketchup so it must mean something, and that leads to Dance, shake your buns.

[Molach]

If you need to clue ball + pistol you obiously say bullet.

Would glass + pistol need to be clued same way? I think I lean BALL as last red word.
(Would 'bulletproof' be allowed? We Norwegians are fond of making new words by gluing together two words...bulletproof does not point so heavily towards PISTOL, but perhaps just enough)

[Old Harry]

What is a glass bullet?

[T-hawk]

Bulletproof is legal for a clue, as it's a common compound word in English.

I don't know if Bullet is indicating Glass by way of that and ipecac just didn't think of cluing Bulletproof, or if Bullet is pointing somewhere else because he did.

I don't like Ball, seems you could do better for Pistol + Ball somehow (maybe "Policeman's").

[pjabrony]

I don't like Ball, seems you could do better for Pistol + Ball somehow (maybe "Policeman's").

Or just "ammo." Ball ammo is a thing.

[Lewwyn]

Buns 2 - I think he's going for Ketchup and Dance. Not Fork: if it was Ketchup + Fork, you'd clue a food item that actually involves a fork, maybe Eggs.

Same principle I mentioned in game 9: you're not looking for the strongest word association, you're looking for what the spymaster is trying to indicate. This is a brilliant clue to link Ketchup + Dance, and not a great clue to link Ketchup + Fork.

Also notice the plural on Buns. You don't need that for Ketchup so it must mean something, and that leads to Dance, shake your buns.

Nailed it.