Comments on: Enigmatic Variations No.944 – Standard by Samuel

By: Mister Sting

Mister Sting — Sat, 18 Dec 2010 21:44:10 +0000

Mea gulpa, er, culpa. It is the Michelin Red Guide.

By: Tony

Tony — Sat, 18 Dec 2010 16:30:14 +0000

Thanks for this, Mr Sting.

I too got the wrong H in charkha, which led me astray for a while. Once I realized that it was to do with chefs who had got the Michelin star I lost interest as it’s not a subject I care for much and I couldn’t find the all the names even with Googling.

What is the appropriate colour for highlighting the unclued GUIDE?

By: Gaufrid

Gaufrid — Sat, 18 Dec 2010 13:47:24 +0000

Hi Mister Sting
In 30ac I took the definition to be simply ‘wheel’ with ‘spinning’ being an anagram indicator for *(CARK [c]HA[p]) so that the correct ‘H’ was missing.

I agree with your observation about 2dn.

8dn is A (about) R (take) in DONS (antipodean experts {def. 5 in Chambers}).

27dn is E[ndanger] KIN (catty) in WG (Grenada). See def. 2 in Chambers for ‘kin’ and you will find “a Japanese and Chinese weight, the catty”. WG is the IVR for “(Windward Islands) Grenada”.

By: kenmac

kenmac — Sat, 18 Dec 2010 13:15:09 +0000

Hi Mister Sting,

Thanks for pudding in the effort. I didn’t do this puzzle as it looked a trifle difficult.

The only help I can offer is that (in 35a) V=VIDE=SEE (that old chestnut!)