Comments on: Guardian 24,348 (Shed)

By: Shed

Shed — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 10:52:33 +0000

My apologies to all for the misleading letter count in 1dn. It was entirely my fault and I failed to spot it in the proof. Will try to be more careful in future.

By: Stan

Stan — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 10:24:58 +0000

I have to admit I got absolutely nowhere with this – thank goodness someone competent was on blogging duty today.

By: Shirley

Shirley — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 16:23:22 +0000

Thanks to Eileen,Diagacht and Geoff for putting me right on IB.

By: Dave Ellison

Dave Ellison — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 16:08:15 +0000

Because it was given as 15 and mentioned variety, I thought for ages that it must begin Changes…..

I got “Summoned by Bells” quite quickly, and then had stuck in mind changes as in bell ringing.

Couldn’t 7d refer to 1 rather than 1 part 1 (though that would destroy the symmetry with 2d).

By: Geoff

Geoff — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 14:01:34 +0000

Shirley: ‘ib’ or sometimes ‘ibid’ is an abbreviation for ‘ibidem’ – Latin for ‘in the same place”. It is used in reference lists in academic papers, to avoid having to repeat the name of the source in full when there are references to different pages or sections of the same work.

By: diagacht

diagacht — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 13:58:58 +0000

Apologies for typo in 2 dn. I have now corrected it.
I like Eileen’s answer for 13a and David’s for 10a (with the alternative spelling for the same gun). These are both better explanations.
On 16a, a TRIBADE is a female homosexual (dictionary definition, Chambers). TRADE is traffic and IB (or IBID) is the typical footnote pointer to finding something in the same place.

By: Eileen

Eileen — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 13:57:28 +0000

Shirley: ‘ib.’ abbr. for ‘ibid.’[as diagacht said he was expecting - me too!] abbr. for Latin ‘ibidem’, ‘in the same place’.

By: Geoff

Geoff — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 13:56:09 +0000

Well done, Eileen – I could see the (CHAIRS)* and MARASCHINO was plainly the solution, but I couldn’t see the old chairman (‘old’ = O having decoyed me).

I got 6d, 7d, 2d quite easily – in that order – but the erroneous enumeration for 1d made this almost the last clue I solved.

Some very good clues here; quite a lot of the solutions incorporate words which need to be reversed – 3d, 8a, 15a, 18a and (my favourite) 24a.

By: Shirley

Shirley — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 13:48:16 +0000

Can anyone explain 16A please? What is an IB?
We also spent ages on 1D as the online version said it was a 15 letter word. Why can’t somebody check these things before publication?
I have emailed the editor so will let you all know if I get an answer.

By: Andrew

Andrew — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 13:03:57 +0000

I agree with Dave about 10A, and witj Eileen about 13A.

Ian – blogger’s typo for TINTINNABULATES I guess, as the wordplay shown is correct.