Comments on: Guardian 25,068 – Audreus

By: Roger

Roger — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 08:11:34 +0000

Ok, thanks Martin. In light of what you say, Andrew’s note now makes a bit more sense.
(To my shame, though, I’ve never listened to ISIHAC !)

By: Martin H

Martin H — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 22:25:40 +0000

Roger – yes, ‘walk’ is the definition. The hearse thing is an aside, a quote from the radio programme. Read Andrew’s note without ‘As’.

By: Richard Pennington

Richard Pennington — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 11:27:23 +0000

I agree with all comments criticising this crossword, but only because I couldn’t finish it. I liked “D’oh” in 23a as this was my precise reaction when I saw the answer.

Hope I have more luck with Shed today.

By: Roger

Roger — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 10:05:12 +0000

Thanks MH, perhaps I'm missing something here. I took walk to be the definition.

By: Martin H

Martin H — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 09:48:48 +0000

Roger – ambuLATE as ambuLANCE for the dead (Andrew did give the ISIHAC reference)

By: Roger

Roger — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 09:41:27 +0000

The natural consequence of doing these puzzles late at night, of course, is that most comments worth making have already been raised by the time one gets here in the morning !
East easier than West … check
Touching on the subject of figures … check
Getting warm when close to the thimble … check
… and so on.
However, wrt 14a, AMBULATE means to walk, surely, as in the clue. Hence ambulatory, the semi-circular walk way at the east end of a cathedral. Can find no references to hearse in this context. Gaufrid, you’re usually good at these things.

By: Mick H

Mick H — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 08:49:19 +0000

Right Reverend = bishop.

By: Bob

Bob — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 08:38:23 +0000

How does bishop become “RR” in 23a?

By: FumbleFingers

FumbleFingers — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 22:24:26 +0000

@otter etc.

Thanks for that info. I was challenged this afternoon for saying that so far as I knew it was Homer who introduced “D’oh” to our lexicon – but since we were out in the garden and it was too hot to move, no authenticating research was produced by either side in the debate.

I’m now older & wiser. I must also retract my earlier snipe at wiktionary, having just scanned their extensive coverage of the expression.

By: William

William — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 21:58:56 +0000

Thanks, Myrvin #23.