Comments on: Guardian 24,400 – Pasquale

By: Uncle Yap

Uncle Yap — Fri, 30 May 2008 00:09:09 +0000

I have seen the errors of my ways and have since edited the original blog to read thus :
3 BIT ONES LIP Ins of I-TONES (one sounds) in BLIP (minor deviation) Devilishly clever clue that escaped me the first time …. this parsing due to collective wisdom of the community. Thank you.

By: mark

mark — Thu, 29 May 2008 23:34:35 +0000

Surely in 3D it’s the BLIP that stifled I+TONE not the other way around. It doesn’t make the clue any neater the way written and misleads to no effect – grrr.

By: Fletch

Fletch — Thu, 29 May 2008 18:15:38 +0000

Ahhh, opodeldoc!

By: Pasquale

Pasquale — Thu, 29 May 2008 16:30:44 +0000

And I misspelt it on this blog — let’s forget it ( talk among yourselves). Over and out!

By: muck

muck — Thu, 29 May 2008 16:15:14 +0000

Mr Google hasn’t heard of OPODOLDEC

By: Pasquale

Pasquale — Thu, 29 May 2008 15:42:51 +0000

Whoops – sorry, I was confusing this with another puzzle!! Please forget — quickly!!

By: beermagnet

beermagnet — Thu, 29 May 2008 15:32:11 +0000

I think the reason OPODOLDEC escaped any mention here is because we can’t see it anywhere in the grid. Pasquale – Please explain!

By: Berny

Berny — Thu, 29 May 2008 09:12:12 +0000

I had Zip Ones Lip

By: Pasquale

Pasquale — Thu, 29 May 2008 05:42:10 +0000

Thank you for all the feedback — always fascinating to read. The starting point for this puzzle was OPODOLDEC, which I came across in Tom Brown’s Schooldays and which (curiously) escaped all mention on this blog! Till the next time.

By: Michod

Michod — Wed, 28 May 2008 22:26:42 +0000

I fell into the same trap, Eileen – Bologna seemed a reasonable fit till I saw Cologne (now I want them to rhyme).