Comments on: Everyman 3348 (28 November 2010)

By: tmesis

tmesis — Sun, 05 Dec 2010 16:32:19 +0000

Thanks Pierre for clarifying a few of the clues. I was convinced that 3d was Cortina and blithely assumed it was an Italian island like Capri its Ford stablemate in the 70′s. How stupid of me – I now know its a ski resort!

As far as the bluestockings go it was actually the literary men who were wearing them in the mid 18th Century

By: Pierre

Pierre — Sun, 05 Dec 2010 11:33:23 +0000

Hi Stella, thank you for your kind comment. I took the NO part of 27ac to simply be the abbreviation for number – like you sent us comment no. 3 today. Your way works too, though it’s a bit more complicated.

Hi Dad’s Lad, thanks for that. I knew it was something to do with a literary society and that they actually did wear blue stockings. It’s been around a bit, then.

By: Dad'sLad

Dad'sLad — Sun, 05 Dec 2010 11:12:15 +0000

Thanks Pierre,

Prof Google advises that the Blue Stocking Society, was a nickname for a predominantly female literary club of 18th-century London.

By: Stella

Stella — Sun, 05 Dec 2010 11:11:53 +0000

Thanks Pierre, you’ve done a good job for a first blog.

Just one quibble: I think the parsing of 27ac is ON(e) (‘small number’) after (‘on’)

Thanks as always, Everyman.

By: Davy

Davy — Sun, 05 Dec 2010 09:52:11 +0000

Thanks Pierre for your excellent detailed blog and welcome. My thoughts on this puzzle are identical to yours even down to your reasoning with LOOSEBOX (my last one in) although I could only find LOOSE-BOX in the dictionary. Among a plethora of great surfaces, I would select HALF-SISTER as standing out although some people may object to ‘bullied’ as the anagrind. My favourite clue is this puzzle is definitely the BRAHMS AND LISZT one which gave me a laugh. I’m sure it’s been used before but maybe not clued in this way.
Thanks Everyman.

By: Robi

Robi — Sun, 05 Dec 2010 09:12:06 +0000

Thanks, Pierre for a lovely blog, and to Everyman – I always enjoy these. Although I solved it, I didn’t understand 18d and 23d until your good explanations. I particularly liked 21a.