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PECHA KUCHA cryptic clue almanac

PECHA KUCHA cryptic clue almanac

Presentation cupcake? - hah! Blast it.

Helen

*[CUPCAKEHAH]

Presentation is hacky hack, a little French tea consumed.

Talk by drunk hack, a little French tea consumed.

Nick

Both: PEU + CHA containing *[HACK]

Presenting Kurchatovium in dance after gym.

Neal

KU in CHA CHA after PE

Talk is cheap, hack wasted over a turn.

Nick

*[CHEAP HACK] containing U

OK unopened posh tea after cheap hack's talk.

Nick

K + U + CHA after *[CHEAP]

Peach Crumble and Potassium: posh tea presentation.

Matthew

Presenting peach crumble and potassium: posh tea.

Helen's amendment

Presenting for a limited time only… Peach crumble and potassium, posh tea!

Matthew's amendment

Presenting, for a limited time only: Peach crumble and potassium. Posh tea!

Nick's amendment of Matthew's amendment

All the above: *[PEACH] + K + U + CHA

Lecture leaves Pikachu befuddled after taking drug for iodine before tea.

Nick

*[PEKACHU] (Pikachu with E instead of I) + CHA

Spooner's slaughterer of relish gives lecture.

Speech given with relish by slaughterer, according to Spooner.

Nick

Spoonerism of Ketchup (relish) + Butcher (slaughterer)

Bet you could: you heard an instructional talk.

Nick

Homophone of "bet you could you"

"Lecture on Pi etc.? Why?" asks UK co head oddly.

Nick

Odd letters of Pi EtC wHy AsKs Uk Co HeAd

Even macho Chuck has hockey puck cut up for show and tell.

Nick

Even letters of a reverse (up) of mAcHo ChUcK hAs HoCkEy Pu (puck cut)

Install Unix and reboot Apache. Hack out a short presentation.

Andrew

Anagram (reboot) of *[APACHE HCK] (Hack minus (out) A), containing (install) U. NB no apparent indication that "Unix" = U.

Beginnings of hacker attack: Unix kernel panic and cache corrupted, all in just 6 minutes and 40 seconds!

Andrew

Anagram (corrupted) of *[HAUKP] (beginnings of hacker attack unix kernel panic) and *[CACHE].

Chit-chatting French fishing tailless Hawaiian skipjack tuna with a nice cup of tea.

Neal

PECH(E) (French fishing tailless) + AKU (Hawaiian skipjack tuna) + CHA

Mushroom is lifted before tea, and one leaves a short poem therein with illustrated guide.

Nick

Reverse (lifted) of CEP followed by CHA containing HAKU (HAIKU minus I)

In public demonstration of muscle, rugby players dance around university church.

Matthew

PEC (muscle) + HAKA (Rugby players dance) around U + CH

Presentation of a hundred country mushrooms is rejected with laughter within and without.

Nick

Reverse (rejected) of C (a hundred) + UK (country) + CEP (mushrooms) containing HA + HA

Discourse on divided churches, in top university article.

Nick

PEAK (top) + U + A containing CH + CH

'Sports church', in the style of French church, has a thousand inside for short presentation.

Nick

PE = "sports" + CH + AU = "in the style of French" + CH + A, with K = "thousand" inside

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