Comments on: Azed 1909: The Frogs and The Birds http://www.fifteensquared.net/2009/01/04/azed-1909-placeholder/ Never knowingly undersolved. Tue, 18 Jun 2013 07:03:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Andrew http://www.fifteensquared.net/2009/01/04/azed-1909-placeholder/#comment-61912 Andrew Sun, 04 Jan 2009 18:34:29 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=4814#comment-61912 I also agree about 25dn, but it seems very un-Azedian to me, made worse somehow by having the two separate words. At least the “more than half” is counted from one end of a word, in contrast to Araucaria’s “Portion of Genoese zabaglione cooked by crook (9)” in yesterday’s Guardian prize puzzle…

]]> By: Richard Heald http://www.fifteensquared.net/2009/01/04/azed-1909-placeholder/#comment-61911 Richard Heald Sun, 04 Jan 2009 18:17:37 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=4814#comment-61911 ‘On the shelf’ in 5 Dn I think indicates the obsoleteness of OBDURE. And I think you’re right about 25 Dn, Jane, although it seems to go against Azed’s usual policy as regards ‘bit of’ etc of selecting letters from the front of words unless otherwise indicated.

]]> By: Geoff Moss http://www.fifteensquared.net/2009/01/04/azed-1909-placeholder/#comment-61910 Geoff Moss Sun, 04 Jan 2009 18:12:12 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=4814#comment-61910 I read 5d as: if the deb, having ‘come out’, were to be ‘left on the shelf’ (ie remain unmarried) she could well become hard-hearted (obdurate).

]]> By: bridgesong http://www.fifteensquared.net/2009/01/04/azed-1909-placeholder/#comment-61907 bridgesong Sun, 04 Jan 2009 17:28:43 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=4814#comment-61907 Thanks for the blog, Jetdoc. Very informative as always. I agree with you about 5 and 25 down.

For those struggling with today’s competition puzzle, there is an unfortunate typographical error in the pdf, although the interactive version is correct, as apparently is the version published in The Observer. The clue for 23 down is given as the clue for 22 down, and that clue has been omitted. DFM spotted the error by 7.04 this morning, when he posted a message on the Crossword Centre message board. Does the man never sleep?

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