Comments on: Guardian 25216 Pasquale … Delightful Torture

By: Daniel Miller

Daniel Miller — Wed, 12 Jan 2011 13:47:56 +0000

Sorry, Blemish and Ecotype were beyond me – but Toffees was easy enough for an Evertonian

By: William

William — Wed, 12 Jan 2011 10:09:36 +0000

A French pox on the naysayers, Don. This was tough but fair. Those I couldn’t quite explain I was able to derive anyway and The Uncle did the rest.

Excellent crozzie, more please!

Lastly, Monica, our thoughts are with you. If you’re still reading, what would help?

By: Pasquale

Pasquale — Wed, 12 Jan 2011 06:21:16 +0000

Good to see PNP putting the terminal boot in!

By: Paul (not Paul)

Paul (not Paul) — Wed, 12 Jan 2011 00:10:49 +0000

How does he get away with this sort of obscurity?

LEM? Bish? Amy?

A Masse is not a stroke its a shot. There is no way the downward action could be said to be stroking.

Medawar?

Why is Pasquale so popular? Ah well another puzzle tomorrow…probably a Gordius!

By: Carrots

Carrots — Tue, 11 Jan 2011 23:51:11 +0000

I found this hard but boring.

For the record, “on the beam” derives from the ILS (instrument landing system) still in use to guide aircraft towards a safe touchdown. It comprises a localiser (horizontal path) and a glideslope (vertical height)to “funnel” pilots down onto the “numbers” of an active runway.

I never, ever, want to “shoot one” in anger, ever again. Even sitting in the back of a nice, big, fat 747, I get the collywobbles if I sense the guys at the pointed end are “chasing the dragon” (i.e. indicator needles).

By: Scarpia

Scarpia — Tue, 11 Jan 2011 23:42:09 +0000

Thanks UY.
Nice puzzle,with just a small amount of general knowledge required.Really liked 23/11 and 21.
I assume your reference to Massenet uses “pop” as short for popular.As Thomas99 @6 says Werther(based on the story by Goethe),or for that matter any of his operas are hardly “pop” as we usually use the term these days.

By: muck

muck — Tue, 11 Jan 2011 20:41:32 +0000

Thanks for the blog UY
Pasquale was too tough for me this time, although I did know Medawar, or at least his niece
Good luck Monica and all in Brisbane – please forgive me Gaufrid for going off message

By: stiofain

stiofain — Tue, 11 Jan 2011 18:36:41 +0000

john @26 I was stumped by that for a while too if u read being as a noun it makes sense.
I thought this was tough but fair with some great clues and along with the Dons pre new year puzzle a return to form after a few dodgy ones.

By: Martin H

Martin H — Tue, 11 Jan 2011 18:34:22 +0000

John – a troll is a being which is acknowledged to exist in Scandinavia.

By: John

John — Tue, 11 Jan 2011 18:28:38 +0000

What has “being acknowledged in Scandinavia” got to do with a TROLL?