Comments on: Private Eye/Cyclops 422 – Rescind sceptre

By: beermagnet

beermagnet — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 16:25:29 +0000

Follower is certainly not padding.
Assuming “Camp David” is the reference, “Camp follower” gives David.
As a “Camp follower” is one of a bundle of “support staff” such as whores who straggle along after an army, it is also slightly risque, thus suitable for inclusion in an Eye puzzle.

By: Bellers

Bellers — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 16:14:28 +0000

In 18ac, is follower part of the clue, or just padding? Camp follower is in Wikipedia as someone who tails an army.

By: Jon88

Jon88 — Sat, 07 Aug 2010 17:28:28 +0000

D’oh! Sorry. Read the comment before I read the answer breakdown! (And there’s no “delete” option here!!!)

By: Jon88

Jon88 — Sat, 07 Aug 2010 17:27:30 +0000

@Bellers: 18a might be a reference to Camp David?

By: Bellers

Bellers — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 12:27:22 +0000

For 25Ac: tip(tilt)=list(tilt) In 18Ac, I enjoyed "camp follower" for David. I took this to be a ref to his sneaking into Saul's camp in 1Sa26:6 ? 24Ac: atoning is doing something to make amends --- a form of punishment or repayment, where as repenting is a mental turning away from your previous ways, so the two aren't strictly synonyms. I often wonder about Cyclops' corrupting influence. He makes me think bad things as intermediate steps to an often benign answer.