Comments on: Guardian 24389/Gordius – competing with Rufus?

By: muck

muck — Fri, 16 May 2008 17:48:59 +0000

Eileen, I didn’t mean to suggest that you were a novice solver, but there are some out there, who may appreciate advice. I thought, when I first saw ‘anagrind’, that it meant you had to grind the letters to get the anagram to come out.

By: Neil

Neil — Fri, 16 May 2008 08:53:37 +0000

I’m glad I wasn’t the only one to immediately think of “Old Age Pensioner” for 8d!

By: Eileen

Eileen — Thu, 15 May 2008 21:17:19 +0000

Thanks, Muck. It’s not that I didn’t know what an anagram indicator was but I hadn’t seen the abbreviation anywhere else – including the site you cite!

By: muck

muck — Thu, 15 May 2008 20:57:43 +0000

For new cryptic solvers, there is an explanation of the various clue types at -

http://www.crossword-crazy.co.uk/cryptic-crossword-tutorial/index.html

By: Chunter

Chunter — Thu, 15 May 2008 20:55:25 +0000

Tal was world champion for a year (1960 to 1961).

By: Kate Wild

Kate Wild — Thu, 15 May 2008 19:31:51 +0000

Yes, of course, thanks Eileen.

By: Eileen

Eileen — Thu, 15 May 2008 19:30:09 +0000

I’ve only worked it out after finding this site – it’s an ANAGRam INDicator!

By: Kate Wild

Kate Wild — Thu, 15 May 2008 19:26:56 +0000

Can I just ask – what’s an anagrind?

By: Eileen

Eileen — Thu, 15 May 2008 18:56:03 +0000

You’re right, of course: I was clutching at straws!

By: ilancaron

ilancaron — Thu, 15 May 2008 18:30:12 +0000

Eileen: “Type of selection for award in Northern Ireland” — I can see how “selection for” *might* be at a stretch (better “selection of”) an anagrind — however, if so, it’d be doing double-duty, since I can’t see how this can be considered an &lit: to be so, the whole thing would have to define DARWINIAN — where really only “type of selection” does…