Comments on: Guardian 24,554 – Rufus http://www.fifteensquared.net/2008/11/24/guardian-24554-rufus/ Never knowingly undersolved. Wed, 19 Jun 2013 16:57:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Rich http://www.fifteensquared.net/2008/11/24/guardian-24554-rufus/#comment-55715 Rich Wed, 26 Nov 2008 21:06:01 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=4117#comment-55715 I know i am still a beginner but I had Dot (I will become i when small) and Sawn (as it is past tense)

Also, 1 way to check is to go to the online java crossword and put in the answer and press check.

This gives both Dot and Sawn as the correct answers.

Rich

]]> By: don http://www.fifteensquared.net/2008/11/24/guardian-24554-rufus/#comment-55397 don Mon, 24 Nov 2008 21:56:20 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=4117#comment-55397 Another enjoyable crossword from Rufus.

Never mind the baggage/luggage debate (if it begins with L it’s ‘luggage’), probably intentionally Rufus sent me looking for all sorts of legal ‘brief’ and was happy with ‘legatee brief’ for far too long until I got ‘rating’.

]]> By: stiofain_x http://www.fifteensquared.net/2008/11/24/guardian-24554-rufus/#comment-55390 stiofain_x Mon, 24 Nov 2008 20:16:35 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=4117#comment-55390 another great rufus puzzle i particularly liked shore leave and it is great to see rufus contributing to the forum and clearing up niggles like saws/sawn
stiofain

]]> By: Ian Hinds http://www.fifteensquared.net/2008/11/24/guardian-24554-rufus/#comment-55387 Ian Hinds Mon, 24 Nov 2008 19:19:38 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=4117#comment-55387 Another well clued piece.
The last clue I solved was 25d and it took me over 10 mins. This despite the fact I have a wine diploma!!

I too had SAWN as the answer. Drat!

]]> By: Eileen http://www.fifteensquared.net/2008/11/24/guardian-24554-rufus/#comment-55380 Eileen Mon, 24 Nov 2008 18:43:41 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=4117#comment-55380 That seems to me a pretty reasonable excuse, Rufus. I’ve certainly always thought it was one island – and, as I said earlier, I really liked the clue!

]]> By: Ciaran McNulty http://www.fifteensquared.net/2008/11/24/guardian-24554-rufus/#comment-55379 Ciaran McNulty Mon, 24 Nov 2008 18:36:07 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=4117#comment-55379 Wikipedia, at least, seems to indicate that the main island is referred to as ‘Heligoland’ as well as it being a name for the group of islands.

]]> By: Rufus http://www.fifteensquared.net/2008/11/24/guardian-24554-rufus/#comment-55375 Rufus Mon, 24 Nov 2008 18:16:20 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=4117#comment-55375 Darn! I’ve no excuse for that except that Collins defines it as “a small island”.
I was working under the assumption that baggage and luggage were as Geoff has lucidly laid out.

I recall an old clue of mine that may cause more confusion now – viz.: “Cases of eviction (3,3,7)”.
Answer “Bag and baggage”.

]]> By: Eileen http://www.fifteensquared.net/2008/11/24/guardian-24554-rufus/#comment-55373 Eileen Mon, 24 Nov 2008 17:56:57 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=4117#comment-55373 PS: sorry, two islands, actually.

]]> By: Eileen http://www.fifteensquared.net/2008/11/24/guardian-24554-rufus/#comment-55371 Eileen Mon, 24 Nov 2008 17:48:35 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=4117#comment-55371 No, John, but your question prompted me to look up Heligoland and I find that it is, in fact, a group of islands, which was a surprise.

]]> By: John http://www.fifteensquared.net/2008/11/24/guardian-24554-rufus/#comment-55366 John Mon, 24 Nov 2008 16:52:42 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=4117#comment-55366 Nice puzzle, and hats off to Rufus. Just a question. Heligoland is described as an archipelago. Can an archipelago be one island?

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