Comments on: Guardian 24,286 – Paul : Fizzy Pop http://www.fifteensquared.net/2008/01/16/guardian-24286-paul-fizzy-pop/ Never knowingly undersolved. Wed, 19 Jun 2013 21:01:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Testy http://www.fifteensquared.net/2008/01/16/guardian-24286-paul-fizzy-pop/#comment-11972 Testy Thu, 17 Jan 2008 13:12:01 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/2008/01/16/guardian-24286-paul-fizzy-pop/#comment-11972 Ygor, are you sure you don’t mean “schtup”?

]]> By: rulei http://www.fifteensquared.net/2008/01/16/guardian-24286-paul-fizzy-pop/#comment-11968 rulei Thu, 17 Jan 2008 11:55:30 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/2008/01/16/guardian-24286-paul-fizzy-pop/#comment-11968 According to http://www.absp.org.uk/words/variants%20s%20to%20z.html
“shtook” (amongst other spellings) is Yiddish for trouble or bother.

]]> By: ygor http://www.fifteensquared.net/2008/01/16/guardian-24286-paul-fizzy-pop/#comment-11967 ygor Thu, 17 Jan 2008 11:32:55 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/2008/01/16/guardian-24286-paul-fizzy-pop/#comment-11967 Just a note 3D,”shtuck” or “shtook”, in the US is used most often as a mild substitute for “f**k”.

]]> By: David http://www.fifteensquared.net/2008/01/16/guardian-24286-paul-fizzy-pop/#comment-11936 David Wed, 16 Jan 2008 19:39:49 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/2008/01/16/guardian-24286-paul-fizzy-pop/#comment-11936 9a I thought it was a homophone! I got it from the geometric term ‘plane’ indicating the face of a solid.

]]> By: Pasquale http://www.fifteensquared.net/2008/01/16/guardian-24286-paul-fizzy-pop/#comment-11933 Pasquale Wed, 16 Jan 2008 17:17:16 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/2008/01/16/guardian-24286-paul-fizzy-pop/#comment-11933 My latest puzzle was to have been tomorrow but I noticed ELEVEN PLUS in the previous day’s solution grid and suggested that mine be put back — the nice stand-in editor brought it forward!

]]> By: Mick H http://www.fifteensquared.net/2008/01/16/guardian-24286-paul-fizzy-pop/#comment-11932 Mick H Wed, 16 Jan 2008 17:00:23 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/2008/01/16/guardian-24286-paul-fizzy-pop/#comment-11932 Indeed – the clue for PLAIN read to me as a straight definition, I was looking for something much more oblique.
Thanks for the stats on ELEVEN-PLUS – I’ve certainly had the feeling recently that it’s more in use in crosswords than in schools!

]]> By: stan http://www.fifteensquared.net/2008/01/16/guardian-24286-paul-fizzy-pop/#comment-11931 stan Wed, 16 Jan 2008 16:50:36 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/2008/01/16/guardian-24286-paul-fizzy-pop/#comment-11931 “A good face for radio” is a cliche in media circles – guess I know more luvvies than Ilancaron

]]> By: stan http://www.fifteensquared.net/2008/01/16/guardian-24286-paul-fizzy-pop/#comment-11930 stan Wed, 16 Jan 2008 16:49:36 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/2008/01/16/guardian-24286-paul-fizzy-pop/#comment-11930 Just to confirm the list the appearances of “ELEVEN PLUS” in recent Guardian crosswords :-

19th November 2007 : RUFUS – (“team” + “advantage”)
31st December 2007 : ENIGMATIST -(VENUES-PE-LL)*
10th January 2008 : PASQUALE – >
and today 16th January 2008 : PAUL – ELEVE(NPL U)S

Yes, I’m a geek. No, I have no life.

]]> By: ilancaron http://www.fifteensquared.net/2008/01/16/guardian-24286-paul-fizzy-pop/#comment-11929 ilancaron Wed, 16 Jan 2008 16:47:50 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/2008/01/16/guardian-24286-paul-fizzy-pop/#comment-11929 Oddly my last clue was PLAIN which I thought was far from obvious… I kept looking for homophone given “radio” — really a clever CD I thought.

]]> By: Judy Bentley http://www.fifteensquared.net/2008/01/16/guardian-24286-paul-fizzy-pop/#comment-11928 Judy Bentley Wed, 16 Jan 2008 16:25:35 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/2008/01/16/guardian-24286-paul-fizzy-pop/#comment-11928 Thanks. Grandma Alice doesn’t seem to recognise this word but I’ve heard the phrase ‘in shtook’.

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