Taken for a ride,
lost with many strides.Pardon the old port,
a typer's resort.
OR
Fight unworldly wrath,
sleep after a bath.Big bang creation?
Welcome inflation!
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The answer is:
spare tyre or spare tire.
Taken for a ride, lost with many strides.
The spare tyre sits in the boot and goes wherever the car goes. Many strides, that is excessive walking, can make you lose your "spare tyre" – the ring of spare fat around your waist.
Pardon the old port, a typer's resort.
These two lines are wordplay: Spare (pardon) Tyre (this old Phoenician port); (a typer's re) "sorted" or rearranged gives spare tyre.
Fight unworldly wrath, sleep after a bath.
Two lines of worplay again: spar (fight) + et (extraterrestrial, as Mea Cupla had already found out) + ire (wrath); spa (a bath) + retire (go to sleep).
Big bang creation? Welcome inflation!
The spare tire comes into play when there was a "big bang" of one of the regular tires; keep it well inflated in case you need it.
And the title, of course, ...
... hints at the spare tyre's use: It's "another one for the road", in case one of the other four for the road is punctured.
M Oehm
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2Super! The second line hints at another more colloquail version of the ans. – Tom Mar 18 '18 at 13:56
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1Ah, okay. I didn't know it was called that; we call it the "life belt". – M Oehm Mar 18 '18 at 18:54
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i think the answer is:
Alcohol
Taken for a ride,
Drinking too much alcohol generally makes one's head spin which is similar to being on a funfair ride (rollercoaster for example)
lost with many strides
Being drunk and walking home could easily get one lost.
Pardon the old port,
Port - a type of alcohol
a typer's resort.
Many writers have alcohol abuse problems.
Fight unworldly wrath,
Many people who are not generally considered angry or violent tend to get so when under the influence.
sleep after a bath.
Possibly refers to the sound sleep you get when drunk.Many people sleep well after a long hot bath or shower.
Big bang creation?
Alcohol is highly flammable and can lead to explosions. Could also be referring to the noise of a car accident as a result of driving under the influence.
Welcome inflation!
Alcohol is generally an item that increases in price proportionate to inflation.
And the title
refers to the last round before leaving a bar
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1haha unfortunately i can't see the wordplay answer at the moment. Thanks for the heads up as to why this current one is wrong! really appreciate it – Dexter Aug 24 '17 at 14:12
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Well I guess it could be
A spiral (track)
and explanation is here
Taken for a ride,
Usually used for races (sprints / horse rides)
lost with many strides.
racers may be losing with many strides apart
Pardon the old port,
To be provided ...
a typer's resort.
a type of 'record' (not necessarily a track record !!) where a typer is interested in
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Fight unworldly wrath,
unworldly corresponds to Extra Terrestrial.. to be taken as ET or E twice (ee) leading to WRATH + EE = WREATHE - a type of curling/spiral motion
sleep after a bath.
perhaps referring to resting after a sweat bath due to a race
Big bang creation?
Universe was 'spiralled' out with a big bang as per scientists' theories
Welcome inflation!
Inflation curves out / usually represented as a spiral
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1One fragment of this deduction is correct and is part of the answer (though there is a different answer from your nice one), – Tom Oct 17 '17 at 14:15
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Probably it is
Time for a ride
Loosing time with strides
Old port and typers became outdated
Sleep time
Big bang created time
Inflation comes with time too
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make sure there is a line between your non spoiler text and the spoiler text – Dexter Aug 25 '17 at 12:10
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1Spoiler markup is fiddly. All lines in a spoiler must be consecutive and begin with
>!. And paragraph markup doesn't work inside spoilers; you must introduce hard line breaks by ending a line with two or more spaces. – M Oehm Aug 25 '17 at 12:11