Comments on: Guardian 25,020 – Audreus

By: Huw Powell

Huw Powell — Sat, 29 May 2010 11:15:18 +0000

When I hit the “Emo” clue I thought, “this is gonna raise some ire”, it’s very trivial.

I thought the explanation of “MOTORING” made no sense.

Oh well, a puzzle I gave up one with seven clues clueless. Still fun to be able to come here and see what I missed.

By: mhl

mhl — Thu, 27 May 2010 14:01:04 +0000

Sorry, I meant to say “Thanks for the excellent post, Andrew” as well :)

By: mhl

mhl — Thu, 27 May 2010 14:00:01 +0000

A fun crossword, which we didn’t have much trouble with.

EMO is interesting in musical terms, since I’m sure that it’s shifted in meaning substantially – in the 90s I understood it to mean a particular kind of angsty punk rock (the more angsty examples of these known as “screamo”), but now it seems to be used much to cover a different, more mainstream, type of band. And now it seems that someone can be “an emo” in the same way that you might be be a goth…

Oh well, on to Shed now…

By: Davy

Davy — Thu, 27 May 2010 07:48:22 +0000

Thanks Andrew,

Just decided to comment now that the show is over. I enjoyed this puzzle and consider it a great improvemnet on both Rufus and Gordius, earlier this week. There were lots of well-crafted clues and I didn’t find it particularly easy. I missed out on PEST, CHERUB (no idea how I didn’t see that one) and CRAFTY (which I should have got although as has been said, it’s not a great synonym for subtle).
Thanks to Audreus for keeping me entertained for an hour or so.

By: FumbleFingers

FumbleFingers — Thu, 27 May 2010 00:50:38 +0000

(and definitely no loose spelling)

By: FumbleFingers

FumbleFingers — Thu, 27 May 2010 00:49:21 +0000

D&G @20
Now, now… admittedly us old coves & dipsoliguaphiles have been a bit self-indulgent lately, but never forget the golden rule. Minimal off-topic, and definitley nothing overtly political!

Actually that’s only the silver rule (golden is nothing religious). Not that it’s my place to make the rules -I just try to comply & look to see where they can be bent.

Re-centralising, I’d just like to pledge my vote to whoever introduces a private member’s bill making it illegal to resolve OR in xword clues from ‘men’, ‘soldiers’, etc. It really grinds my gears. A crap convention with no redeeming features to justify [perpetuation | promulgation] (choose one according to your particular sociopolitical taste).

By: D&G

D&G — Wed, 26 May 2010 22:28:40 +0000

A small diversion for the end of the day from a setter new to us. Not particularly inspiring, just like the ‘newly weds’ or the condems (as we like to call them). Hee hee!

By: Bill Taylor

Bill Taylor — Wed, 26 May 2010 17:05:31 +0000

I thought at first Daniel @17 was offering a homophone for intoxicated. I wondered how this equated with a Bread and Water restaurant….

Honi soit qui mal y pense (as we coves would say.)

By: Daniel Miller

Daniel Miller — Wed, 26 May 2010 17:00:37 +0000

oops I meant at the ‘Bread and Water’ Restaurant

By: Daniel Miller

Daniel Miller — Wed, 26 May 2010 16:59:47 +0000

Dear Bill..

pst!!

That’s what you get at some ‘Bread and Water’ Restaurants.. (9 letters) .. (a dear bill)