Comments on: Guardian 24,661 – Paul

By: Barnaby Page

Barnaby Page — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 12:01:08 +0000

Some nice clues in this one, though we got stuck after convincing ourselves that 15d was LIONISING (LING + O + NISI, which could just about mean “promise” if you squint hard enough).

By: Helen Smith

Helen Smith — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 07:25:40 +0000

My enjoyment of crosswords has gone up so much having discovered this site, now that I can understand where the answers come from. Many thanks to all involved.

By: Will

Will — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 01:12:55 +0000

Who usually has the drum role, Roger? Phil Collins? Gene Krupa?

By: Roger Murray

Roger Murray — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 23:15:06 +0000

Felt quite pleased to finish this with a couple of friends at work, thought there were some excellent clues. Enjoyed Relentless, proud enough to read the clue out to my long suffering wife when I got home,fully expecting to have the drum role and explain my answer. I’m afraid to say my thunder was stolen when Joanne answered ‘Relentless’ with barely a pause for thought, and she claims to be no good at cryptics (but is in possession of a fine logical mind!)

By: Paul B

Paul B — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 17:39:05 +0000

I just go through them, using my fingers.

By: Anon

Anon — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 16:32:13 +0000

After 30 mins I only had 4d,10a,12a,16d,21a,24d & 27a. After an hour I had got no further. I should have got 22a and of course once you have more clues out the easier it is. Way out of my low league!
Would anyone be able to get 14a without crossing letters given that ordinal could be any number and not just nine?

By: Brian Harris

Brian Harris — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 16:29:43 +0000

Good stuff today. One of those crosswords where nothing except a couple of easy ones came after 10 mins, then slowly starting cracking a few more. RECTUM was a great clue. 18ac was cleverly constructed too.

Never heard of INION before, either. Surely, it’s a crossword setter’s dream word!

By: Chatmeister

Chatmeister — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 16:20:44 +0000

Re comment #18. When leaving a reply there are three boxes, name and email (both required) and the option for adding a website URL. If if anything is entered in the website box the software automatically assigns it as a link from the name (even if it is not a valid URL, eg ‘deleted’ in this instance) and the name is displayed in blue, instead of black, to indicate the presence of a link.

By: Ian

Ian — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 16:00:34 +0000

David, sorry. I’m too lazy to scroll up even half an inch, it seems.

By: Geoff

Geoff — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 15:47:49 +0000

I’m afraid I have no idea how my name came to be blue! Perhaps Chatmeister could shed some light…