Can You Decode the Usernames from These Cryptic Clues?

[Gokul43201]

24: It's got to be GCT then

Good one, Sid! That earns you a ban from 25, 26, and 27!

Explanation :

24. initially, three of the bases of the basis

initially => only the first letters (initials) count
basis (of life) = DNA
bases = A, T, G, C (from adenine, thymine, guanine and cytosine from the nucleotide bases of DNA)

 

[Gokul43201]

Jason was captain of the argus and if I remember he encountered medusa who could turn people to stone?

That's the correct answer and the first part is correct - Jason sailed the Argus in search of the Golden Fleece. But the second part - albeit a clever guess - is wrong; I don't think the Argonauts encountered Medusa in their journeys (perhaps, SA can confirm?). The only people I know that had anything to do with Medusa were Poseidon, who may have raped her, and Perseus, who slew her. In any case, you have credit for the solution.

But for completeness, the ROX needs accounting for.

 

[Gokul43201]

Ouch! I made a big mistake in Q21 - got my history and geography all messed up (I should Google these things to confirm I'm not screwing up big time).

Will correct it soon.

 

[neutrino]

But for completeness, the ROX needs accounting for.

Oh, that's right(R) by the beast(OX).

 

[siddharth]

Are we allowed to make up our own clues? If so,

31) Mister, try ride in it! It's mad!

 

[neutrino]

Are we allowed to make up our own clues? If so,

31) Mister, try ride in it! It's mad!

Dimitri Terryn?

 

[siddharth]

Dimitri Terryn?

explanation?

 

[neutrino]

explanation?

Anagram of Mister(Mr) try ride in it.

 

[Gokul43201]

Oh, that's right(R) by the beast(OX).

Correct.

Update on progress:

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 -- George Jones - solved by wolram & George (anagram of 'see no jogger')

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

5. the French back -- EL, Al, etc ('the' in French is le/la; backwards) - solved by siddharth & neutrino

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 -- mattmns (mount saint man = mt+st+man, and jumble it) - solved by neutrino

10. crazy as shelter -- heartless (anagram of 'as shelter') - solved by George

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

12. It flows through an Ouroboros -- cyclovenom - (Ouroboros is a snake swallowing its own tail) - solved by arunbg13. Shere Khan, with room -- SpaceTiger (Shere Khan = tiger (from, for instance, Kipling's Jungle Book, with room or space) - solved by neutrino

14. one turin collision -- neutrino (anagram) - solved by siddharth & neutrino

15. if real, then symmetric -- SelfAdjoint (think matrices) - solved by Sir George

16. See you in Mars -- Marcus (marCUs) - solved by 3trQN

17. Whip It band loses half a grand -- Evo (Devo - D) - solved by Astro

18. Terrible John Hunting -- Ivan Seeking (John = Ivan, Slavic and Hunting = Seeking) - solved by Astro

19. He's still alive - but then, he's not feline -- Schrödinger's Dog (reference to S's Cat) - solved by kurdt

20. short mountain of tomatoes missing, there exists some backwards mixture -- Tom Mattson (awaiting complete solution) - partially solved by Astronuc

21. in short, you are short of a racing state held in back of left hand - unsolved *this clue was corrected from its original version, which was erroneous

22. screwing around in a lord -- arildno (anagram) - solved by Lisa!

23. a bowl is a container -- Lisa (hiddenclue) - solved by siddharth

24. initially, three of the bases of the basis -- GCT (from the initials for guanine, cytosine and thymine) - solved by Siddharth

25. short engineer: 506 far off? - unsolved

26. Eerie garden of peril -- Danger (anagram as well as a synonym) - solved by Lisa!

27. Argus' captain is right by the beast -- JasonRox (Argus' captain = Jason, of Greek myth, right = R, beast = ox) - solved by kurdt and completed by neutrino

28. No longer man enough, we hear[/b] -- Rach (man enough sounds like - hence 'we hear' - maninoff) - solved by Siddharth

29. Mrs. Derek has her units of memory messed up -- BobG (Bo + GB) - solved by MIH

30. he had a vector hidden - DaveC (hidden clue) - solved by Siddharth

31. Mister, try ride in it! It's mad! - Dimitri Terryn (anagram) - solved by neutrino

32. Sheep and lion missing an eye somehow -- marlon (sheep = ram, lion - i = lon) - solved by Gokul

 

[siddharth]

23: Lisa (contained in a bowl is a container)

 

[neutrino]

Here's another one:
32. Sheep and lion missing an eye somehow.

Gokul, could you please highlight those clues which are yet to be solved?

 

[Gokul43201]

23: Lisa (contained in a bowl is a container)

Correct!

I'm also getting rid of the temporary ban rule - it's impossible to keep track of who's where. So everyone's back in - no curfews.

 

[Gokul43201]

Gokul, could you please highlight those clues which are yet to be solved?

Done! Unsolved clues are in bold.

 

[Gokul43201]

Here's another one:
32. Sheep and lion missing an eye somehow.

Marlon?

Sheep = ram, lion - i = lon

 

[neutrino]

Marlon?

Sheep = ram, lion - i = lon

Bingo! ...and thanks.

 

[siddharth]

30: DaveC (hidden)

How can you even think of such clues, Gokul? It's like an art!

 

[Gokul43201]

30: DaveC (hidden)

Correct, Sid!

That leaves 5 clues not completely cracked. Perhaps, in a little bit, I'll throw in some hints for the harder ones.

 

[siddharth]

28: Long shot, but is this Rach3? He used to be Rachmaninoff and maninoff sounds like man enough.

 

[Gokul43201]

28: Long shot, but is this Rach3? He used to be Rachmaninoff and maninoff sounds like man enough.

Long shot, but right on the target! Nicely done!

Of course, one doesn't need to know the history of Rach3 to solve this - but you do have to know about the Russian composer.

 

[Math Is Hard]

29. Mrs. Derek has her units of memory messed up - unsolved

BobG

Bo (Derek) + BG (GB backwards)
GB = Gigabyte

 

[Gokul43201]

29. Mrs. Derek has her units of memory messed up - unsolved

BobG

Bo (Derek) + BG (GB backwards)
GB = Gigabyte

Nice one, MIH!

Now who wouldn't like to see BobG in a Bo Derek "costume" !

 

[siddharth]

29. Mrs. Derek has her units of memory messed up - unsolved

BobG

Bo (Derek) + BG (GB backwards)
GB = Gigabyte

I'm 18 and I never thought of that! I spent a good 30 mins trying to anagram mrsderekbyte, and it's variations.

 

[neutrino]

Nice one, MIH!

Now who wouldn't like to see BobG in a Bo Derek "costume" !

For some reason I though Bo Derek was a male , and didn't consider that as being part of the clue.

 

[neutrino]

I'm 18 and I never thought of that! I spent a good 30 mins trying to anagram mrsderekbyte, and it's variations.

Yay...company!

 

[Math Is Hard]

Nice one, MIH!

Thanks!

Now who wouldn't like to see BobG in a Bo Derek "costume" !

uh oh, here comes another poll.

 

[Gokul43201]

For some reason I though Bo Derek was a male

How dare you blaspheme thusly? Go wash your mouth out with soap!

 

[neutrino]

Yes, Sir. :(

 

[Gokul43201]

Looks like we're left with the short ones! Time for some hints.

20. short mountain of tomatoes missing, there exists some backwards mixture -- Tom Mattson (awaiting complete solution) - partially solved by Astronuc

Notice the italics - and think math.
21. in short, you are short of a racing state held in back of left hand -

I've already said we're talking about horse racing. What state is associated with a horse race? And the complete answer to this clue is 6 letters long.

25. short engineer: 506 far off?

This too is 6 letters long - no wait. It's actually 4,6 - now that's a huge hint.Perhaps next time, I'll try and fashion a crossword.

 

[Jimmy Snyder]

Here's one that shouldn't be too hard.

DAMN JERSEYS

 

[neutrino]

Is #25 a jumble of ENGDVI? (Oops...have I told too much?)