Comments on: Guardian 24,213 (Sat 20 Oct)/Araucaria – A lemon tree, Watson http://www.fifteensquared.net/2007/10/28/guardian-24213-sat-20-octaraucaria-a-lemon-tree-watson/ Never knowingly undersolved. Wed, 22 May 2013 00:36:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: FlutterBy http://www.fifteensquared.net/2007/10/28/guardian-24213-sat-20-octaraucaria-a-lemon-tree-watson/#comment-221048 FlutterBy Wed, 20 Feb 2013 21:23:31 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/2007/10/28/guardian-24213-sat-20-octaraucaria-a-lemon-tree-watson/#comment-221048 I wonder if the clue for 9d (CHESS GONGRESS) was somehow transposed.
If it said “… 15s (16) at a time” that would be TWO MASTERS (GRAND) at a time.
Which sort of makes sense… each match involving two grand masters.

]]> By: beermagnet http://www.fifteensquared.net/2007/10/28/guardian-24213-sat-20-octaraucaria-a-lemon-tree-watson/#comment-6475 beermagnet Mon, 29 Oct 2007 11:21:17 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/2007/10/28/guardian-24213-sat-20-octaraucaria-a-lemon-tree-watson/#comment-6475 Kornblow, the way I parse 29A:
Put air into home at boring point (7)
IN-FLAT-E where IN=home; boring=FLAT; E=point

]]> By: kornblow http://www.fifteensquared.net/2007/10/28/guardian-24213-sat-20-octaraucaria-a-lemon-tree-watson/#comment-6474 kornblow Mon, 29 Oct 2007 10:43:04 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/2007/10/28/guardian-24213-sat-20-octaraucaria-a-lemon-tree-watson/#comment-6474 Could someone please tell me why -and I assume it’s the final E – the E at the end of 29ac. is called the “boring” point? why not just “point”? Why “boring”?

]]> By: jetdoc http://www.fifteensquared.net/2007/10/28/guardian-24213-sat-20-octaraucaria-a-lemon-tree-watson/#comment-6472 jetdoc Mon, 29 Oct 2007 09:01:15 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/2007/10/28/guardian-24213-sat-20-octaraucaria-a-lemon-tree-watson/#comment-6472 Shouldn’t the clue really say ‘actress’?

No — female actors say that they find the term sexist and demeaning.

]]> By: Shirley http://www.fifteensquared.net/2007/10/28/guardian-24213-sat-20-octaraucaria-a-lemon-tree-watson/#comment-6469 Shirley Mon, 29 Oct 2007 08:14:56 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/2007/10/28/guardian-24213-sat-20-octaraucaria-a-lemon-tree-watson/#comment-6469 I believe the phrase “The answer is a lemon” refers to the benefits found to sailors by eating lemons to eliminate scurvey.

]]> By: rightback http://www.fifteensquared.net/2007/10/28/guardian-24213-sat-20-octaraucaria-a-lemon-tree-watson/#comment-6455 rightback Sun, 28 Oct 2007 23:12:47 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/2007/10/28/guardian-24213-sat-20-octaraucaria-a-lemon-tree-watson/#comment-6455 Thanks. Does anyone know how/where this phrase originated?

]]> By: Testy http://www.fifteensquared.net/2007/10/28/guardian-24213-sat-20-octaraucaria-a-lemon-tree-watson/#comment-6454 Testy Sun, 28 Oct 2007 22:04:41 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/2007/10/28/guardian-24213-sat-20-octaraucaria-a-lemon-tree-watson/#comment-6454 7D, this refers to the phrase “the answer is a lemon” although I’ve no idea what that actually means (see comments at FT 12,532).

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