Comments on: Guardian 24,277 (Sat 5 Jan)/Araucaria – Sin city http://www.fifteensquared.net/2008/01/13/guardian-24277-sat-5-janaraucaria-sin-city/ Never knowingly undersolved. Mon, 20 May 2013 04:54:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: xyuhgw http://www.fifteensquared.net/2008/01/13/guardian-24277-sat-5-janaraucaria-sin-city/#comment-13171 xyuhgw Sat, 02 Feb 2008 07:25:11 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/2008/01/13/guardian-24277-sat-5-janaraucaria-sin-city/#comment-13171 ron yeho pharmacy vjib order cialis itv sfvz frmv [url=http://www.chaco.gov.ar/meccyt/subsecyt/_act1/0000030b.htm]order cialis[/url] uyz atgj

]]> By: Al Streatfield http://www.fifteensquared.net/2008/01/13/guardian-24277-sat-5-janaraucaria-sin-city/#comment-11909 Al Streatfield Wed, 16 Jan 2008 11:30:25 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/2008/01/13/guardian-24277-sat-5-janaraucaria-sin-city/#comment-11909 Are you sure your offices aren’t in Erewhon?

]]> By: Testy http://www.fifteensquared.net/2008/01/13/guardian-24277-sat-5-janaraucaria-sin-city/#comment-11858 Testy Tue, 15 Jan 2008 19:03:01 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/2008/01/13/guardian-24277-sat-5-janaraucaria-sin-city/#comment-11858 Well I can’t speak for Araucaria but when Testy Ltd opened its office the men were putting up the sign for it in big black letters but when they checked they found they were missing the E so they immediately telegrammed the supplier, Shiners of London Inc, to request an E posthaste. The supplier replied that they stocked the letters in two colours, black and white, and requested clarification “White E: Yes/No?”. The reply went back to say “White E, no!” which the supplier inferred meant “Black E, yes!” and the correct letter was succussfully despatched and installed. In fact the sign can still be seen to this day outside the venerable institution of Testy Ltd…… in New York!

]]> By: Al Streatfield http://www.fifteensquared.net/2008/01/13/guardian-24277-sat-5-janaraucaria-sin-city/#comment-11853 Al Streatfield Tue, 15 Jan 2008 17:44:59 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/2008/01/13/guardian-24277-sat-5-janaraucaria-sin-city/#comment-11853 I understand your point, Testy.

The problem with both clues, it seems to me, is the lack of a decent surface reading. This might be justified (?) if there was some literal sense in them, but there isn’t…

]]> By: Testy http://www.fifteensquared.net/2008/01/13/guardian-24277-sat-5-janaraucaria-sin-city/#comment-11842 Testy Tue, 15 Jan 2008 14:16:24 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/2008/01/13/guardian-24277-sat-5-janaraucaria-sin-city/#comment-11842 I think what the compiler is trying to say is:

If “Ltd is US” was correct then then the corollary would be that “Inc is E”.

I don’t think he’s necessarily trying to make any literal sense in either statement.

For example a similar clue could be:

Shiners’ corollary of “White E no”?

If “White E no” then the corollary might be “Black E yes”

]]> By: Al Streatfield http://www.fifteensquared.net/2008/01/13/guardian-24277-sat-5-janaraucaria-sin-city/#comment-11827 Al Streatfield Tue, 15 Jan 2008 11:50:11 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/2008/01/13/guardian-24277-sat-5-janaraucaria-sin-city/#comment-11827 Apologies for the same message appearing twice. I got a “duplicate message detected” thingie…

]]> By: Al Streatfield http://www.fifteensquared.net/2008/01/13/guardian-24277-sat-5-janaraucaria-sin-city/#comment-11826 Al Streatfield Tue, 15 Jan 2008 11:47:49 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/2008/01/13/guardian-24277-sat-5-janaraucaria-sin-city/#comment-11826 3 down is particularly puzzling.

What the compiler seems to be saying is that “Limited” is the US way of referring to a particular kind of company, whereas “Incorporated” is the English way of referring to the same kind of company. Is this right? I always associate “Inc.” with America and “Ltd.” with England.

Yours baffled,

Al

]]> By: Al Streatfield http://www.fifteensquared.net/2008/01/13/guardian-24277-sat-5-janaraucaria-sin-city/#comment-11825 Al Streatfield Tue, 15 Jan 2008 11:46:39 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/2008/01/13/guardian-24277-sat-5-janaraucaria-sin-city/#comment-11825 3 down is particularly puzzling.

What the compiler seems to be saying is that “Limited” is the US way of referring to a particular kind of company, whereas “Incorporated” is the English way of referring to a particular kind of company. Is this right? I always associate “Inc.” with America and “Ltd.” with England.

Yours baffled,

Al

]]> By: Qaos http://www.fifteensquared.net/2008/01/13/guardian-24277-sat-5-janaraucaria-sin-city/#comment-11733 Qaos Mon, 14 Jan 2008 09:10:59 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/2008/01/13/guardian-24277-sat-5-janaraucaria-sin-city/#comment-11733 lol point taken :-)

]]> By: beermagnet http://www.fifteensquared.net/2008/01/13/guardian-24277-sat-5-janaraucaria-sin-city/#comment-11732 beermagnet Mon, 14 Jan 2008 08:54:42 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/2008/01/13/guardian-24277-sat-5-janaraucaria-sin-city/#comment-11732 Well, I agree 100% with Andrew’s “Ltd is US” “Inc is E[nglish]” corollary explanation. That the GU annotated solution is wrong is no great surprise – for instance I see they have this crossword misnumbered as 24227 rather than 24277.

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