Comments on: Guardian Prize Crossword 24135 / Pasquale – Phew!! http://www.fifteensquared.net/2007/07/27/guardian-prize-crossword-24135-pasquale-phew/ Never knowingly undersolved. Mon, 20 May 2013 22:31:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Comfy Settee http://www.fifteensquared.net/2007/07/27/guardian-prize-crossword-24135-pasquale-phew/#comment-3314 Comfy Settee Sat, 28 Jul 2007 13:34:34 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/2007/07/27/guardian-prize-crossword-24135-pasquale-phew/#comment-3314 Very tough puzzle – got all bar the last half dozen, and then ground to a halt. Fell into the ICON trap, then realised it was wrong but couldn’t get the right one. Eh well, hope todays Auracaria (sic) is a little more tractable…

]]> By: mohair_xw http://www.fifteensquared.net/2007/07/27/guardian-prize-crossword-24135-pasquale-phew/#comment-3306 mohair_xw Fri, 27 Jul 2007 23:21:36 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/2007/07/27/guardian-prize-crossword-24135-pasquale-phew/#comment-3306 As a sports ignoramus I’d never heard of Duckworth or Lewis, let alone their method, so I am pleased with guessing this fine anagram and finishing in a reasonable time despite a slow top left corner.

Many very good clues, so thanks to Pasquale.

I thought 8D was as vague as it was funny, and 10A was feeble, while at 21A ‘She’ is also a monthly glossy for women, so I had MAGAZINE pencilled in until I spotted PHOTON much later than I should have done.

Paul

]]> By: stilt http://www.fifteensquared.net/2007/07/27/guardian-prize-crossword-24135-pasquale-phew/#comment-3300 stilt Fri, 27 Jul 2007 13:59:22 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/2007/07/27/guardian-prize-crossword-24135-pasquale-phew/#comment-3300 Quite a relief to find other people thought this difficult too; I gave up about halfway through, which is the worst I’ve done in ages. Things weren’t made easier by my falling into XEROTIC for 7D (despite it being the wrong bit of speech for the definition). No complaints though–everything seems entirely fair.

]]> By: Fletch http://www.fifteensquared.net/2007/07/27/guardian-prize-crossword-24135-pasquale-phew/#comment-3299 Fletch Fri, 27 Jul 2007 13:13:09 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/2007/07/27/guardian-prize-crossword-24135-pasquale-phew/#comment-3299 Thought 1d was particularly tricky – obscure word for part of the def then obscure meaning for the answer.

]]> By: caesar http://www.fifteensquared.net/2007/07/27/guardian-prize-crossword-24135-pasquale-phew/#comment-3298 caesar Fri, 27 Jul 2007 12:44:36 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/2007/07/27/guardian-prize-crossword-24135-pasquale-phew/#comment-3298 It’s the first time in years i haven’t finished the Saturday puzzle. Must be the hardest ever. So many answers are obscure! I got about two thirds through, then came to this site for relief.
I wonder if there will be many entrants? (I never enter – have too many dictionaries already.

]]> By: roland http://www.fifteensquared.net/2007/07/27/guardian-prize-crossword-24135-pasquale-phew/#comment-3297 roland Fri, 27 Jul 2007 12:29:52 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/2007/07/27/guardian-prize-crossword-24135-pasquale-phew/#comment-3297 Thanks for explaining “ONER” which I went for with a heavy heart, having realised ICON was wrong!

]]> By: beermagnet http://www.fifteensquared.net/2007/07/27/guardian-prize-crossword-24135-pasquale-phew/#comment-3292 beermagnet Fri, 27 Jul 2007 09:18:43 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/2007/07/27/guardian-prize-crossword-24135-pasquale-phew/#comment-3292 I should not take credit for that AUCTION explanation – I was befuddled – it was a friend who told me.

]]> By: tilsit http://www.fifteensquared.net/2007/07/27/guardian-prize-crossword-24135-pasquale-phew/#comment-3290 tilsit Fri, 27 Jul 2007 05:16:51 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/2007/07/27/guardian-prize-crossword-24135-pasquale-phew/#comment-3290 Thanks! Much better than my feeble explanation!

]]> By: beermagnet http://www.fifteensquared.net/2007/07/27/guardian-prize-crossword-24135-pasquale-phew/#comment-3289 beermagnet Fri, 27 Jul 2007 05:12:18 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/2007/07/27/guardian-prize-crossword-24135-pasquale-phew/#comment-3289 For 19D Take care putting clubs down in bridge (7)
AUCTION is CAUTION (take care) with the C (clubs) shuffled down a bit.

]]>