Comments on: Guardian 23959/Gordius – drunk and disorderly? http://www.fifteensquared.net/2006/12/28/guardian-23959gordius-drunk-and-disorderly/ Never knowingly undersolved. Wed, 19 Jun 2013 14:43:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: <![CDATA[Tony Davis]]> http://www.fifteensquared.net/2006/12/28/guardian-23959gordius-drunk-and-disorderly/#comment-511 Fri, 29 Dec 2006 18:22:11 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=150#comment-511 “Here’s skin off your nose” is a toast, in the same vein as “Here’s mud in your eye”, which I’m old enough to remember but not old enough to know the origin of.

]]> By: <![CDATA[nmsindy]]> http://www.fifteensquared.net/2006/12/28/guardian-23959gordius-drunk-and-disorderly/#comment-512 Thu, 28 Dec 2006 17:26:45 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=150#comment-512 Why anyone would pay 60p a minute for answers that are in the next day’s paper or on-line service is one of life’s mysteries that I’ve never solved. I guess usage rates are a commercial secret, but some people must be phoning and at those costs even small usage would pay off for the paper.

]]> By: <![CDATA[michod]]> http://www.fifteensquared.net/2006/12/28/guardian-23959gordius-drunk-and-disorderly/#comment-513 Thu, 28 Dec 2006 15:20:43 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=150#comment-513 It is interesting how often the experience of paper and online solvers seem to be diverging at the moment. As one of the former, I had no idea there was something called ‘cheat mode’… I’d feel a bit cheated myself if I were paying 60p a minute for the answers by phone. Alternatively, it could be that all those involved had one too many skins off their noses – which would also explain 2dn!

]]> By: <![CDATA[linxit]]> http://www.fifteensquared.net/2006/12/28/guardian-23959gordius-drunk-and-disorderly/#comment-514 Thu, 28 Dec 2006 14:41:15 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=150#comment-514 17dn – The clue in the online version is “German boy in store”. Maybe the editor deemed it too difficult and changed it, but forgot to edit the clue online. I’ve just enabled “cheat” mode in the interactive puzzle, and the correct answer given is indeed REBECCA, which you can’t possibly get from that clue.

]]> By: <![CDATA[Kevin Ward]]> http://www.fifteensquared.net/2006/12/28/guardian-23959gordius-drunk-and-disorderly/#comment-515 Thu, 28 Dec 2006 13:11:59 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=150#comment-515 I don’t understand your explanation of 17 dn. The clue being: “Tossing caber around the city is novel” Answer: REBECCA(novel) – anagram of ‘caber’ around ‘ec’(City)

I don’t get 2 dn either!

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