Comments on: Guardian 25,154 – Logodaedalus

By: ernie

ernie — Sat, 30 Oct 2010 23:00:39 +0000

Thank you Andrew and Logo.

Enjoyable and do-able.

Agree with Liz #20.

By: Roger

Roger — Sat, 30 Oct 2010 09:05:08 +0000

Well, that’s another little mystery cleared up then, Sil. Never could decide whether PinC referred to your Partner-in-Crime or Partner-in-Crosswords … but I guess it could be either/both

By: liz

liz — Fri, 29 Oct 2010 23:56:27 +0000

Hi Sil. Glad to agree with your PIC!

Agree that ‘accorder’ is not very satisfactory. Perhaps why it was my last one in.

By: Scarpia

Scarpia — Fri, 29 Oct 2010 23:02:19 +0000

Thanks Andrew.
Generally agree with comments above,but I thought 10 down was excellent.

By: tupu

tupu — Fri, 29 Oct 2010 19:16:49 +0000

Hi Sil
Certainly not me. As noted above, I don’t think I’ve ever seen or heard it before let alone used it! Not quite as bad as hacek, though, since it is at least English and one can guess that it has something to do with agreement.

By: Sil van den Hoek

Sil van den Hoek — Fri, 29 Oct 2010 18:30:53 +0000

Unbelievable, liz – as by magic you highlight [and downlight ] exactly, yes exactly, the same clues as my Partner-in-Crime today!

A day that brought us a crossword that fully suited the downward spiral (as far as difficulty is concerned) of this week.
See who’s there tomorrow – isn’t it Pasquale’s turn?

First (and final) question: is there anyone around who calls a yes-man an ‘accorder’?
I know, Chambers gives us the noun, but even so.

By: liz

liz — Fri, 29 Oct 2010 15:58:00 +0000

Thanks, Andrew. My favourite clue was 10dn and I also really liked the (admittedly easy) hidden answer in 25ac, simply for the surface. 16ac and 18dn caused me the most trouble. Like a few others, I thought 4dn was pretty weak.

By: Bryan

Bryan — Fri, 29 Oct 2010 15:51:48 +0000

Hey look what I’ve found:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/crosswords/2010/oct/29/annoted-solutions-prize-crossword-25149

Yes, it’s the annotated solution to last Saturday’s Prize Puzzle!

OK so it does say ‘annoted’ in the link.

Enjoy!

By: Stella Heath

Stella Heath — Fri, 29 Oct 2010 15:25:13 +0000

Too true, Bryan, typos have been bugging me since I suscribed to the Guardian Weekly, and I suspect the day-by-day must be more difficult to edit. But they don’t usually turn up in the crosswords.

I’m intrigued to read Mr. Stephenson’s November newsletter.

By: Bryan

Bryan — Fri, 29 Oct 2010 15:15:29 +0000

Stella @ 16

Are you really sure that ‘Hugh Stephenson does his best to comply with Guardian policy’?

I always understood that he was the sole arbiter of Guardian policy on Crosswords.

However, I rather suspect that the typos – like in today’s online ‘solution’ of ADSORBENT for 15dn – are deliberately introduced by the PR staff to sustain The Grauniad’s well deserved and hard earned image.