Comments on: Guardian 24,625 – Brummie

By: C.G. Rishikesh

C.G. Rishikesh — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 07:35:38 +0000

One man’s poison may be another man’s meat.

Gingili oil might be in a typical homemaker’s shopping list in these parts where I live.

All the time they talk of Brisbane girls!

Rishi
in Madras that is Chennai, India

By: BrisBella

BrisBella — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 01:03:43 +0000

Not me – never said jeez in my life, cobber. This will probably be **CENSORED**

By: Tyro

Tyro — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 00:57:53 +0000

I didn’t finish this. Too many 22 Down answers – one or two obscure ones would be fine if the clues were obvious, but jeez, as our Brisbane girls might say.

By: Paul B

Paul B — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 22:00:22 +0000

Uncle’s intro says it all for me on this one. Like him, I just can’t dig why it’s necessary to populate daily puzzles with so many obscure words – especially in the absence of devices such as Ninas or thematic clues. And even then, these days …

By: BrisBella

BrisBella — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 21:17:56 +0000

Degustation seems to be a fairly common term these days amongst celebrity chefs & the like, but I had never heard the word “degust”, presumably the verb. I got flight but the free part had me stumped till the cross words were in. Brisbanegirl – find me through doghousestudio web address.

By: GauldreyGuy

GauldreyGuy — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 20:15:54 +0000

First time through I got just one clue (16 ac Dove) and it turned out to be wrong, of course! Therafter, FLIGHT in 18 ac provided an edge in to most of the rest of an enjoyable crossword. A few I didn’t get, notably 9 and 13 ac. Kicked myself on 15d, which I new but couldn’t pop out of the old brian.

By: stiofain_x

stiofain_x — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 19:01:55 +0000

I thought this was a great puzzle with some lovely surfaces I usually dislike hidden words but ossify was nicely hidden and the nice surface was perhaps a reference to the current housing crisis.
Whats going on? 2 Aussie refs in as many days they will be taking over 15/2ed next…….
Stiofain

By: Brian Harris

Brian Harris — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 17:59:39 +0000

Great crossword. Very enjoyable and learned some new words (and some geography).

Thought the included clue for OSSIFY was particularly nice. Was barking up the wrong tree for a long time with this one, and when I found the answer I was kicking myself, but in a good way.

By: Tom Hutton

Tom Hutton — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 17:14:42 +0000

I meant to add that Uncle Yap was obviously well brought up and never employed the cry of “finders, keepers” as a child when engaged on stealing a sibling’s or friend’s belonging.

By: Tom Hutton

Tom Hutton — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 17:12:08 +0000

Repoussoir!! Gingili!!! If you had my back, you wouldn’t be wanting to jump up and down for the dictionary the whole time. Otherwise an excellent crossword in my view. One of those that looks horrible (sorry Eileen) at first sight but turns out to be very fairly clued and accessible with a little time. Apart, of course, from repoussoir which I didn’t get at all…and which, incidentally, foils the spell checker when I submit this response.