Comments on: Azed 2017

By: Andrew

Andrew — Sun, 30 Jan 2011 09:32:17 +0000

Thanks Phi – I know the Belloc verses but didn’t spot the (rather indirect) allusion in the clue. One of my favourites, as well as the one Andrew K quotes, is the one that ends “It is the business of the wealthy man/to give employment to the artisan”.

Bob – thanks for pointing out the typos: now corrected.

By: Andrew Kitching

Andrew Kitching — Sun, 30 Jan 2011 07:48:50 +0000

Thanks Phi. I will look it up. The only Belloc verse I know of is ‘keeping hold of nurse, for fear of something worse…’ which I think is also from cautionary tales.

By: Bob Sharkey

Bob Sharkey — Sun, 30 Jan 2011 07:46:58 +0000

Just 2 typos, Andrew. 8D missing anag./*. 26D Should be ‘M in STOP’

By: Phi

Phi — Sun, 30 Jan 2011 05:54:29 +0000

Henry King is from one of the Hilaire Belloc Cautionary Tales, which starts

The Chief Defect of Henry King
Was chewing little bits of String.
At last he swallowed some which tied
Itself in ugly Knots inside.

Physicians of the Utmost Fame
Were called at once; but when they came
They answered, as they took their Fees,
“There is no Cure for this Disease.

HK has turned up a fair bit in puzzles due to the final verse which offers repeated thematic possibilities. Go and check it out – while no-one would claim the Belloc verses are astonishing literature, they do deserve to be remembered as good light verse.

By: Andrew Kitching

Andrew Kitching — Sun, 30 Jan 2011 00:47:03 +0000

Hi Andrew. After a slow start, I finished before noon last Sunday, so a bit easier than average in the end. I think 12 is a reference from a Dickens novel- not sure which one. Not a great fan of Dickens.