Comments on: Guardian 24297/Brendan

By: Colin Blackburn

Colin Blackburn — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 15:42:40 +0000

Thanks for the correction, it was a typo from typing out the homophone! Though it is RANCOROUS, Shirley.

Yes, I think it’s “done” and “dun”, though it did wonder if there was some allusion to his poetry in the “repeatedly agreed”.

By: diagacht

diagacht — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 15:38:12 +0000

10a may have something to do with Donne’s poem ‘A Hymn to God the Father’ in which he plays on his own name with the lines: ‘when thou hast done, thou hast not done, for I have more’. This could be the repeated request for payment.

By: linxit

linxit — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 15:30:04 +0000

10A: I’d always pronounced the name as “don”, but it must be pronounced as “dun”, as if you said it twice you’d then get “done” for agreed and “dun” for to press for payment.

By: Ciaran McNulty

Ciaran McNulty — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 15:09:40 +0000

I got it from the quotation but can someone explain how 10A is DONNE? I’m sure it’s really obvious when you see it but I just can’t make the connection.

By: radchenko

radchenko — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 15:02:18 +0000

Oh no, not the dreaded gazumping by a minute again!

By: radchenko

radchenko — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 15:01:26 +0000

Mildly pedantic, but isn’t it rancorous?

Otherwise agreed, an excellent puzzle. The themed clues were easier to get but the linkage through the clues had a real wit about it (Isle of Man disproves “no man is an island” — really very good).

By: Shirley

Shirley — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 15:00:18 +0000

I agree – a great crossword. Loved the tie up with Donne and IOM.
Sorry to be picky but I think that 25 Ac RANCOUROUS is spelt with a “C” not a “K”. The clue is SOUNDING.