Comments on: Guardian 24079/Arachne

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Papps — Mon, 04 Jun 2007 06:20:52 +0000

Also did this in the Guardian Weekly. Still don’t get 18dn. Also didn’t like ‘snap’ for ‘shot’ in 2dn. I discounted ‘superego’ for 20ac because I thought that means conscience, not no conscience. D’oh.

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cyberslacker — Mon, 28 May 2007 06:40:48 +0000

This also appeared in the Guardian Weekly this week and the proper names were impossible.

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Paul Bringloe — Fri, 18 May 2007 14:38:08 +0000

I think until fairly recently Arachne was one of the setters for the Guardian Quiptic, a puzzle designed to educate or assist would-be solvers.

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colinblackburn — Fri, 18 May 2007 13:29:11 +0000

UN + EVEN

UN is a regional form of one = Local individual
EVEN = just

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mark — Fri, 18 May 2007 13:09:30 +0000

Why was 21D – uneven?

I get the definition of rough but how does the cryptic part work?

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fgbp — Fri, 18 May 2007 07:24:30 +0000

If it’s the Arachne I know that means another female setter in the Guardian ranks

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Nick — Thu, 17 May 2007 22:56:56 +0000

18dn: lop is an instruction: lop [ie take the top off] eared = a red