Comments on: Guardian 25,235 – Chifonie

By: David M

David M — Fri, 04 Feb 2011 22:17:29 +0000

Re 13D
Marcel Berlins will be fuming at the spelling of Marseille….

Late response, sorry – I get the paper ‘paper’ a day late and usually don’t start until the day after that.

By: Monica M

Monica M — Thu, 03 Feb 2011 00:16:44 +0000

Thanks for your kind wishes. Both my brothers and their families live in Townsville. They’ve weathered the storm and are safe and well. They haven’t been able to determine yet weather they have any structural damage as it’s still too blowy to get out and have a look.

By: Carrots

Carrots — Thu, 03 Feb 2011 00:01:23 +0000

Although this was a bit of a cakewalk, a couple of stretched definitions (in 1dn. and 25ac) slowed the solution.

These apart, I`ve nothing really more to add. Just “saying hello” really.

By: mark

mark — Wed, 02 Feb 2011 23:17:58 +0000

Was just about to make the point in 19 above otherwise I thought it a pretty fair puzzle. Thanks

By: Paul8hours

Paul8hours — Wed, 02 Feb 2011 21:46:11 +0000

Thanks Chifonie for a pleasant 20 minutes in my local Indian, and to Andrew for the blog. I don’t like detective clueing ‘tail’, which could be any old Tom, Dick or Harry.

By: Kathryn's Dad

Kathryn's Dad — Wed, 02 Feb 2011 17:16:50 +0000

Thanks, Will Mc. I’ll take the lesson about my lack of a double consonant, but the rest of your comment is beyond me, I’m afraid – I only have a passing acquaintance with Oor Wullie. Is Boab a biblical character or something?

By: walruss

walruss — Wed, 02 Feb 2011 16:56:45 +0000

Really boring, wasn’t it.

By: Will Mc

Will Mc — Wed, 02 Feb 2011 15:40:24 +0000

@Kathryn’s Dad. Oor Wullie would actually have said “Crivvens!” with two vs, preceded by a “Jings!” and followed by a “Help ma Boab!”

By: Andrew

Andrew — Wed, 02 Feb 2011 13:10:32 +0000

I’ve just done yesterday’s Armonie (=Chifonie) puzzle from the FT: if anything it’s slightly harder than this one, but it has an exact duplicate of 24ac, and another “in France”.

K’s D, re Saturday – likewise!

Monica – best wishes to all in the path of Yasi: it looks very frightening. This gives some idea of how huge a storm it is.

By: Kathryn's Dad

Kathryn's Dad — Wed, 02 Feb 2011 12:56:56 +0000

Oor Wullie would have said ‘Crivens!’ but that’s another story.

I’m in the ‘yawn’ and ‘repetitous’ camp today, I’m afraid. Nothing too much wrong with it, but it wasn’t inspiring.

Thank you for the blog, Andrew, and slightly off-topic, I really enjoyed chatting with you on Saturday.