Comments on: Guardian 25,251 / Rufus http://www.fifteensquared.net/2011/02/21/guardian-25251-rufus/ Never knowingly undersolved. Sat, 18 May 2013 15:02:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: mike http://www.fifteensquared.net/2011/02/21/guardian-25251-rufus/#comment-151947 mike Thu, 24 Feb 2011 21:35:48 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=26728#comment-151947 Anyone from the services, or in my case a cadet force, will recognise “double” as a command to move faster – e.g. run!

]]> By: Brian Harris http://www.fifteensquared.net/2011/02/21/guardian-25251-rufus/#comment-151607 Brian Harris Tue, 22 Feb 2011 11:59:32 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=26728#comment-151607 Yes, axletree delayed us for a while. I vaguely remember encountering the word somewhere, so we got it eventually. Before I got the answer, I was already interpreting the clue as meaning “the hub of a hub” as this was, in the end, the only parsing that made sense.

]]> By: William http://www.fifteensquared.net/2011/02/21/guardian-25251-rufus/#comment-151595 William Tue, 22 Feb 2011 10:20:48 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=26728#comment-151595 Hello, Don & Tupu.

I assumed that he was thinking of the wheel itself as a hub. Thus the axle upon which it rotates would be a hub hub.

Hmm?

]]> By: tupu http://www.fifteensquared.net/2011/02/21/guardian-25251-rufus/#comment-151587 tupu Tue, 22 Feb 2011 10:04:44 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=26728#comment-151587 Hi don

I too was a bit uncertain about this. OED defines axletree as “The fixed bar or beam of wood, etc., on the rounded ends of which the opposite wheels of a carriage revolve.” So the simplest explanation might be that it provides a double hub (one for each wheel). It might also be thought of, I suppose, as providing a hub (centre) around which the wheel hub revolves.

]]> By: don http://www.fifteensquared.net/2011/02/21/guardian-25251-rufus/#comment-151583 don Tue, 22 Feb 2011 09:38:21 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=26728#comment-151583 No one answered why 14 down had two hubs?

]]> By: tupu http://www.fifteensquared.net/2011/02/21/guardian-25251-rufus/#comment-151551 tupu Mon, 21 Feb 2011 21:47:03 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=26728#comment-151551 Rufus
Happy birthday from me too!

]]> By: RCWhiting http://www.fifteensquared.net/2011/02/21/guardian-25251-rufus/#comment-151550 RCWhiting Mon, 21 Feb 2011 21:37:26 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=26728#comment-151550 Agree, considerably harder than usual Rufus but enjoyable.
I really cannot accept the 1,a equivalence in 13ac as mentioned above.

]]> By: tellmee http://www.fifteensquared.net/2011/02/21/guardian-25251-rufus/#comment-151548 tellmee Mon, 21 Feb 2011 20:57:17 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=26728#comment-151548 Thanks to all for the replies about Rufus. And a happy birthday to him for tomorrow.

]]> By: Ian http://www.fifteensquared.net/2011/02/21/guardian-25251-rufus/#comment-151543 Ian Mon, 21 Feb 2011 20:00:25 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=26728#comment-151543 Tough was the word missing”……………

]]> By: Ian http://www.fifteensquared.net/2011/02/21/guardian-25251-rufus/#comment-151542 Ian Mon, 21 Feb 2011 19:59:14 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=26728#comment-151542 A cracking Rufus that was uncharacteristically.

Had to use the Thes for 11a and 14d.

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