Comments on: Guardian 24,283 (Sat 12 Jan)/Paul – Up to no good

By: rightback

rightback — Sat, 19 Jan 2008 17:06:54 +0000

Er… yes. Thanks!

By: Andrew

Andrew — Sat, 19 Jan 2008 16:30:17 +0000

By the way, surely this should Guardian 24,283, not ST

By: beermagnet

beermagnet — Sat, 19 Jan 2008 13:47:05 +0000

Hib = vaccine was OK by me, in fact, that was one of the first clues I solved and the Hib part was the major reason for that. I equate Hib with vaccine because, as the parent of several kids I am inevitably familiar with the phrase “Hib vaccine”, knowing vaguely that it is something to guard against one of the meningitis diseases, without realising what Hib actually stands for and that it is a disease in its own right. So thanks for the link. I believe the nurses down the baby clinic speak of “The Hib” or just “Hib” meaning the vaccine, so I suggest it has become synonymous with this use.
Excellent music choice by the way – that cheered me up.

By: Andrew

Andrew — Sat, 19 Jan 2008 12:26:46 +0000

For 18ac, I read it the same way. I don’t particularly mind One’s = One has: in fact I thought it was quite a clever way to hide the definition. The Hib thing definitely seems a bit dodgy though – I suspect misreading of the sources when trying to find a def for HIB.