Comments on: Guardian 24,122, Araucaria: Boy oh boy! http://www.fifteensquared.net/2007/07/06/guardian-24122-araucaria-boy-oh-boy/ Never knowingly undersolved. Mon, 20 May 2013 02:07:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Mick Hodgkin http://www.fifteensquared.net/2007/07/06/guardian-24122-araucaria-boy-oh-boy/#comment-2957 Mick Hodgkin Sat, 07 Jul 2007 21:03:07 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/2007/07/06/guardian-24122-araucaria-boy-oh-boy/#comment-2957 Why, have you been invited to a hey-down ho-down tonight? (shhh….!)

]]> By: Simply_simon http://www.fifteensquared.net/2007/07/06/guardian-24122-araucaria-boy-oh-boy/#comment-2955 Simply_simon Sat, 07 Jul 2007 18:37:53 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/2007/07/06/guardian-24122-araucaria-boy-oh-boy/#comment-2955 Useful to know that a hay is a dance come Saturday…….(20d)

]]> By: Paul B http://www.fifteensquared.net/2007/07/06/guardian-24122-araucaria-boy-oh-boy/#comment-2950 Paul B Sat, 07 Jul 2007 11:23:51 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/2007/07/06/guardian-24122-araucaria-boy-oh-boy/#comment-2950 Well (consults two dictionaries) of course it is. As any fule kno, HEY or HAY = contra-dance, contradance, contradanse or country dance.

(As hodmic says, not an easy puzzle for a weekday.)

]]> By: beermagnet http://www.fifteensquared.net/2007/07/06/guardian-24122-araucaria-boy-oh-boy/#comment-2946 beermagnet Sat, 07 Jul 2007 07:41:05 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/2007/07/06/guardian-24122-araucaria-boy-oh-boy/#comment-2946 I don’t fully understand 20A:
Boy finds blues queen during dance (8) HUMPHREY
If HUMP is the blues, and R (regina) is queen then is HEY a dance?

]]> By: oracle http://www.fifteensquared.net/2007/07/06/guardian-24122-araucaria-boy-oh-boy/#comment-2945 oracle Sat, 07 Jul 2007 06:23:07 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/2007/07/06/guardian-24122-araucaria-boy-oh-boy/#comment-2945 I’m pretty sure Captain Grimes in “Decline and Fall” was being pursued by a dun. He owed money to his bookmaker.

]]> By: ilancaron http://www.fifteensquared.net/2007/07/06/guardian-24122-araucaria-boy-oh-boy/#comment-2944 ilancaron Sat, 07 Jul 2007 04:26:49 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/2007/07/06/guardian-24122-araucaria-boy-oh-boy/#comment-2944 16D: mick, you mean “really artery is needed for the definition too”. You could argue that the definition is just “problem” though… (and there’s some def/wordplay overlap).

]]> By: muck http://www.fifteensquared.net/2007/07/06/guardian-24122-araucaria-boy-oh-boy/#comment-2941 muck Fri, 06 Jul 2007 20:48:28 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/2007/07/06/guardian-24122-araucaria-boy-oh-boy/#comment-2941 On reflection, may I offer my apologies to Araucaria. One of his best puzzles, and U*A*A* must have been a tough one. U JAM AA isn’t all that obscure, and is easily confirmed on Google.

]]> By: muck http://www.fifteensquared.net/2007/07/06/guardian-24122-araucaria-boy-oh-boy/#comment-2939 muck Fri, 06 Jul 2007 19:53:08 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/2007/07/06/guardian-24122-araucaria-boy-oh-boy/#comment-2939 12ac: Chambers has dun ‘to importune for payment’, also one who duns. Maybe a Scotticism.

21dn: UJAMAA is unfairly obscure IMHO

]]> By: AlanR http://www.fifteensquared.net/2007/07/06/guardian-24122-araucaria-boy-oh-boy/#comment-2937 AlanR Fri, 06 Jul 2007 19:20:38 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/2007/07/06/guardian-24122-araucaria-boy-oh-boy/#comment-2937 re 2 down – I don’t think you need ktre as an abbreviation – it’s k for kilometre, with ‘last part’ of kilometre first.

]]> By: Simply_simon http://www.fifteensquared.net/2007/07/06/guardian-24122-araucaria-boy-oh-boy/#comment-2934 Simply_simon Fri, 06 Jul 2007 16:22:38 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/2007/07/06/guardian-24122-araucaria-boy-oh-boy/#comment-2934 Of course!!!

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