http://www.bartleby.com/101/497.html

Many thanks – a great link!

http://www.bestforpuzzles.com/people/a.html#Duggie-Anderson

Judging by the double bill that was served up on the same day. I guess that the FT pays a lot more than The Grauniad?

As soon as I see anything relating to a Scottish sweetheart or darling I think of Robert Burns’s, John Anderson, my Jo.

How does Gaufrid know, he could probably tell you but then he’d have to ……

“that’s a S-U-R-P-R-I-S-E.”

Well, perhaps not too much of a one – the hallmarks are there … but what a lovely coincidence that he was there in the Guardian today!

As far as I’m concerned, two super puzzles in one day and much to look forward to in the FT. Welcome to Redshank!

“(and how does Gaufrid know?)”

I suppose because he’s a wise old owl and knows everything.

By the way, many thanks for giving a sensible answer to my “gets” question, as I am compiling myself a little bit, and as I always try to learn from these kind of things (which is the reason that I ask these questions).

“And GAZA for ‘strip’ was beyond ‘OK’”
I guess that’s only because of the surface.
In which I’m completely with you.

I think, I’m with you anyway re this crossowrd.
WOW.

I can see nothing at all wrong with ‘get’ as a containment indicator – in fact I think it’s marginally better than ‘A gets B’ means A+B. My only query with that clue was the lack of a hyphen.

And GAZA for ‘strip’ was beyond ‘OK’, I thought. The surface was brilliant – since we established the other day that N was OK for Navy.

As for E and G as being acceptable on their own, I’m reminded of, ages ago, trying to defend H = Henry here on the same grounds and then finding, to my embarrassment, that it’s a perfectly respectable SI unit, which I filed away for future reference – and it has come in very useful on several occasions. I think that here, although you wouldn’t normally find them individually as abbreviations, taken together, with the throne association and the historical accuracy, few would take issue. I certainly wouldn’t: I thought it was a brilliant clue – and, as I said earlier. on a par with Guardian 21ac.

As to whether this is a new setter, I think the craftsmanship suggests a rather older hand – almost like well-tempered steel, you might say. , as a further hint. [But see Gaufrid's super-efficient 'Setters' update.]

[ I hasten to add, Sil, that, of course, that doesn't mean that debutant[e]s can never display craftsmanship!]

Thanks setter & blogger