Comments on: Independent 6634 (Glow-Worm)

By: nmsindy

nmsindy — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 12:38:47 +0000

ANCESTER WORSHIP I found it nicely misleading as, to me, “adoring grandparents” initially suggested the answer might be a noun (in the plural).

By: BrianR

BrianR — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 12:18:16 +0000

Put songstress in as my last entry, but could not understand “song”.
A song does not stress the first note in a bar – the musician does.
Should I have taken “song” to be on a parallel with music?

Thanks, Testy.
I put “ennui” in very early, suspecting that I’d the wrong code for Georgia. Ta for your info.

Nmsindy: What was misleading about “ancestor worship”? With a clue like that, I consider nothing to be misleading.

(Independent 6634 published in South Australia on 13/02/2008)

By: rightback

rightback — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 20:10:03 +0000

I couldn’t get MILEPOST and will now go and write out 100 times: “If you can’t solve a clue, make sure it’s not an anagram before giving up.”

By: Andrew

Andrew — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 21:32:53 +0000

NealH – the “Poll” in Poll Tax is the “head” sense, so maybe you have come across it as a noun after all

By: Testy

Testy — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 15:53:47 +0000

GA is the abbreviation for the Georgia that is in the USA. GE is an abbreviation for the Georgia that was part of the USSR.

By: nmsindy

nmsindy — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 14:38:30 +0000

SONGSTRESS perplexed me too, but now I understand it, thanks to this Board. Re ENNUI, genuine loses ge not just g which also puzzled me as I’d associated Ga as the abbrevation for Georgia. Collins does indeed give that but also ge as its internet abbreviation – maybe this is what the setter had in mind. Quite an easy clue, anyway. Really liked the misleading cryptic definition for ANCESTOR WORSHIP “Adoring grandparents?”

By: Jon

Jon — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 14:31:58 +0000

I made a good start on this, but got stuck with around 10 clues still unsolved, worse than any day last week. Perhaps it’s just the Monday doldrums, or the fact that this is apparently the most depressing day of the year (according to today’s news, at least).

By: NealH

NealH — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 14:31:20 +0000

I thought of poll as meaning to trim, but interpreted it the wrong way. I was looking for it to be a word with the first letter(s) removed rather than the first letter(s). I’ve not come across it used as a noun.

By: Quixote

Quixote — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 14:18:32 +0000

I guess that in a vertical column of the parts marked against the bars you have Soprano first with the highest notes. The other one is a bit easier : S + PIED surely?

By: conradcork

conradcork — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 14:18:29 +0000

12 down. Sandpiper’s poll means sandpiper’s head, ie ‘s’. Pied is variegated, as in Pied Piper, so spied = spotted.