Guardian 24436 – placeholder
Posted by neildubya on July 9th, 2008
I haven’t heard from today’s blogger so I’m going to assume he can’t post for some reason. So feel free to start discussing the puzzle now…
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July 9th, 2008 at 4:03 pm
Mostly pretty easy, I thought, but I was puzzled by 5ac:
Indirect strike only half completed (5-2)
to which the answer must be KNOCK-ON, but “strike” seems to be doing double duty in the definition (“Indirect strike”) and the wordplay (“strike” = KNOCK, plus half of ONly). or am I missing something.
Also in 29ac:
Different girl, one in Italy, to approve of (7)
July 9th, 2008 at 4:04 pm
Oops, finger trouble there. Was going to say, in 29ac “girl” and “one in Italy” both define UNA in the wordplay, which is a bit unusual.
July 9th, 2008 at 4:06 pm
If KNOCK-ON is an adjective, then ‘indirect’ is a good definition on its own.
July 9th, 2008 at 4:07 pm
5 across. ‘Indirect strike’ could be a way of describing a knock-on effect.
July 9th, 2008 at 4:07 pm
Fairly straightforward puzzle.
29ac has duplicate indciations, ‘girl’ and ‘one in Italy’, for UNA.
July 9th, 2008 at 4:11 pm
Gosh. 4 comments came in while I was typing mine!
5ac: KNOCK-ON means indirect as in ‘knock-on effect’; strike=KNOCK + ON(ly)
July 9th, 2008 at 4:15 pm
I think the girl reference in 29a is to specify una rather than uno both are one in Italy
July 9th, 2008 at 4:18 pm
Can anyone explain 7d to me? I have corkboard as the answer but don’t get the ‘C’ the rest is perhaps OR K(ING) and BOARD is food as in board and lodging, but really don’t see it yet!
July 9th, 2008 at 4:23 pm
Rich: CARDBOARD – with kings and queens being playing cards
July 9th, 2008 at 4:24 pm
7dn: I had CARDBOARD
July 9th, 2008 at 4:24 pm
7D I have CARDBOARD as “(food) without substance” from “Maybe king or queen” giving CARD then “food” for BOARD, though as you see it relies on “food” doing a linky kind of double duty.
July 9th, 2008 at 4:25 pm
Rich, it’s actually CARDBOARD
Def: “Without substance”
CARD (King or Queen) + BOARD as in Board & Lodging
July 9th, 2008 at 4:28 pm
Sorry, Manehi, you just beat me to it. we seem to be all falling over each other today!
So 29ac would work perfectly well without ‘one in Italy’, though a bit weak.
July 9th, 2008 at 4:43 pm
Thanks All, feel pretty daft not seeing that!