Comments on: Guardian 24,080 by Taupi: Tea-tastic

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Ross Taylor — Wed, 06 Jun 2007 19:21:12 +0000

14a Check means to stop, so the word “Chatterboxes” finishes, leaving “boxes” out.

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petebiddlecombe — Sat, 19 May 2007 12:40:41 +0000

Barbara: Unless TRITICALE was in two puzzles on the same day, I think you meant to comment on a Times for the Times blog entry (though someone else there has already given us their Trekkie wisdom).

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alanr — Fri, 18 May 2007 18:20:45 +0000

30A: In heraldry, the charge is the design on a shield. The Isle of Man’s is in three-legged form.

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Barbara — Fri, 18 May 2007 17:36:32 +0000

Triticale rang a familiar bell. The only time I ever heard of the word ‘triticale’ was in a Star Trek episode, “The Trouble With Tribbles.”
The tribbles were small furry alien creatures that had gotten into a grain shipment of triticale, (they called it ‘quadrotriticale’) and by gorging themselves on the grain, started to multiply in an alarming rate.

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bensand — Fri, 18 May 2007 15:41:33 +0000

(once sober geezer)* was 28ac in Tuesday’s Indie as well!

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ilancaron — Fri, 18 May 2007 15:26:45 +0000

30A: might this have something to do with the sphinx’s riddle? (man is three-legged in the evening…)? This what I assumed when I solved but I don’t see how “charge” fits either.