Comments on: Guardian 24432 – Placeholder

By: Kate Wild

Kate Wild — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 18:40:49 +0000

Thanks AlanR. Of course. It was bugging me.

By: manehi

manehi — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 14:49:31 +0000

Hi, apologies for failing to blog in the end – I’ve had to send my computer away for repairs and am on a friend’s machine at the moment. Happily, you seem to have done much better between you than I could have done – I missed the wordplay for several of the clues that you’ve explained. Agree that there were several (28a,7d especially) excellent clues.

By: Dave

Dave — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 14:14:52 +0000

16d. Actually, I’m sorry. I’ve just noticed that it’s possible to read “record’s hundred” as “the hundred of the record”, for which “single ton” is awkward but technically fine. Still, I think I would have preferred something like “one hundred below record” or “one record, then a hundred”.

By: don

don — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 09:59:50 +0000

Reading other people’s answers and difficulties is much more helpful/enjoyable than just reading the experts answers, often without adequate explanation. Let’s hope for more ‘computer failures!

By: muck

muck — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 22:05:29 +0000

I loved this puzzle, with 31ac as ‘wrong tree’ used in various ways. Eg 11ac replace W(ash) by W(elder) and 28ac replace S(teak)S by S(pine)S. But many other great clues.

By: Eileen

Eileen — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 21:15:40 +0000

PS: a hasty sorry! Just realised you mean the ‘s’ in the CLUE

By: Eileen

Eileen — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 21:13:46 +0000

I don’t understand the comments about the ‘s’ in 16d. Record: single; hundred: ton; definition: ‘one’. What am I missing?

By: AlanR

AlanR — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 20:25:57 +0000

Kate: It’s perusal (Peru’s getting a L.)

By: Dave Ellison

Dave Ellison — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 20:19:55 +0000

I agree with Dave about 16d; the clue works well enough without the s.

For me Taupi ranks between Shed and Paul in difficulty; I only ever completely finish 18% of them, so I was pleased to finish today’s

By: Kate Wild

Kate Wild — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 19:59:39 +0000

I’m still finishing yesterday’s (Chifonie) crossword today – and its bugging me that I didn’t get 5ac, and no one’s posted the answer. Anyone remember that far back? 5ac, the country’s getting a long examination. Stupidly the only word I can think of is parasol, which is obviously not right.