Comments on: Guardian 24,393 (Puck)

By: Em

Em — Sat, 24 May 2008 06:31:30 +0000

Nobody has given the answer to 22 across. I got Dangler but don’t totally understand the loose swinger.

By: Frances

Frances — Thu, 22 May 2008 13:05:43 +0000

1d – Diagacht is a man of the church and so probably hesitated to explain this one!
Think Cockney rhyming slang for Bristol City…

7d – “Keeping” is the solution indicator i.e. what a goal-keeper does. IN (alight) + anagram of A LOG

By: Val

Val — Thu, 22 May 2008 11:57:53 +0000

Could someone please explain the ones I still don’t get?

1d – How do you get KNOCKER from Bristol?

7d – What is the def? I can’t get from “keeping alight” to IN GOAL.

By: Geoff

Geoff — Wed, 21 May 2008 18:54:30 +0000

I got CAPTAIN and then HADDOCK, which led me to TINTIN – and, no, I couldn’t see the cryptic clue either. But a thematic crossword can become too easy if the keyword is too straightforwardly clued. I forgive Puck for this one – there are so many really good, imaginative clues with excellent (though highly misleading) surface readings in this puzzle. “Muff’ as an anagrind is wonderful.

By: Dave Ellison

Dave Ellison — Wed, 21 May 2008 18:29:57 +0000

I enjoyed this on the whole, but have to agree I also couldn’t find the enthusiasm to work out “Tintin” and “Rotovates”; however, I thought “Hirsute” was too obvious to be the answer, so left it out, which didn’t help in completing the bottom corner.

By: Tom Hutton

Tom Hutton — Wed, 21 May 2008 16:14:23 +0000

I finished this but I sometimes think that clues generally are getting too elaborate so that I put in two answers here without being able to summon the enthusiasm to work out the cryptology. Is that a defect in me or the setter? Did anyone work out Tintin from the cryptic clue (sn sn) before finding the solution from the other clues first?

By: muck

muck — Wed, 21 May 2008 16:03:02 +0000

Thanks, Colin, for explaining 20dn. I spotted a song included in ‘BelgiAN THEMe’, but eventually the crossing letters gave me the correct Belgian theme.

By: Frances

Frances — Wed, 21 May 2008 15:30:18 +0000

Thanks, Beermagnet. That’s exactly what I was confused about. He must be a libertarian!

By: beermagnet

beermagnet — Wed, 21 May 2008 15:06:13 +0000

3D Legacy: Definition is “something left behind”; EG is “say”, which is “in” “sort of underwear” LACY. It is confusing because it has what is being inserted specified after the first part.

By: Frances

Frances — Wed, 21 May 2008 14:47:22 +0000

Can anyone explain 3d to me please.