Comments on: Guardian, 24492 (Brummie) http://www.fifteensquared.net/2008/09/12/guardian-24492-brummie/ Never knowingly undersolved. Mon, 20 May 2013 19:51:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Geoff Moss http://www.fifteensquared.net/2008/09/12/guardian-24492-brummie/#comment-44385 Geoff Moss Sat, 13 Sep 2008 14:13:03 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=2775#comment-44385 &lit is explained towards the bottom of this page:

http://www.biddlecombe.demon.co.uk/yagcc/YAGCC2.html

]]> By: C & J http://www.fifteensquared.net/2008/09/12/guardian-24492-brummie/#comment-44344 C & J Sat, 13 Sep 2008 09:59:00 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=2775#comment-44344 As newcomers to the blog we are not quite au fait with the terminology. Would someone please explain “&lit” ?

]]> By: Geoff Moss http://www.fifteensquared.net/2008/09/12/guardian-24492-brummie/#comment-44328 Geoff Moss Sat, 13 Sep 2008 09:08:21 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=2775#comment-44328 See comment #6 above.

]]> By: Pilko http://www.fifteensquared.net/2008/09/12/guardian-24492-brummie/#comment-44324 Pilko Sat, 13 Sep 2008 08:48:16 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=2775#comment-44324 Can I please have 10 across explained?

I understand that YIELD can be both ‘bear’ and ‘cave’, but I don’t get the ‘No, other way round’ part of the clue.

]]> By: don http://www.fifteensquared.net/2008/09/12/guardian-24492-brummie/#comment-44246 don Fri, 12 Sep 2008 23:42:33 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=2775#comment-44246 I thought ‘Avril’ was the definition for 26/14 and in Paris, France it’s what they’d say for April, so Avril = April in France/Paris/French. I don’t see the problem really.

]]> By: Dave Ellison http://www.fifteensquared.net/2008/09/12/guardian-24492-brummie/#comment-44169 Dave Ellison Fri, 12 Sep 2008 15:56:23 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=2775#comment-44169 Is 15d really an &lit? Am I missing something? Isn’t it a typical Rufus type clue?

]]> By: mhl http://www.fifteensquared.net/2008/09/12/guardian-24492-brummie/#comment-44141 mhl Fri, 12 Sep 2008 12:55:36 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=2775#comment-44141 In 21 across, does “was exploitative” really work for MINED? As usual, I guess I’ve just misunderstood, but I’d have thought it should be “exploited” or “was exploited”…

This was a good level of difficulty for a daily puzzle, I thought – pretty tough, but nothing so unapproachable that I got really stuck at any point. (10 across was the last one I got – without understanding the construction, unfortunately.)

]]> By: Andrew http://www.fifteensquared.net/2008/09/12/guardian-24492-brummie/#comment-44140 Andrew Fri, 12 Sep 2008 12:53:09 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=2775#comment-44140 I agree with Eileen about the lack of definition for APRIL IN PARIS. There’s an unstated mini-theme of song titles in the puzzle – A in P is one, as are MIDNIGHT IN MOSCOW, WONDERFUL COPENHAGEN (both indicated their clue) and LONDON PRIDE (Noel Coward), so it’s a bit of a pity that it wasn’t made slightly more explicit. Stretching the point a bit too far we also have Handel’s LARGO and the Harry LIME theme…

]]> By: Eileen http://www.fifteensquared.net/2008/09/12/guardian-24492-brummie/#comment-44133 Eileen Fri, 12 Sep 2008 12:22:18 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=2775#comment-44133 26/14: JamieC’s explanation works for me – but I still feel it needs a further definition: ‘April in Paris’ doesn’t mean anything, except as a 13dn or a song.

]]> By: Geoff Moss http://www.fifteensquared.net/2008/09/12/guardian-24492-brummie/#comment-44124 Geoff Moss Fri, 12 Sep 2008 11:50:22 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=2775#comment-44124 10a double definition, yield as in ‘bear fruit’ and ‘cave in’ (in cave? No other way round) or ‘give way under pressure’.

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