Comments on: AZED No. 2,022 Plain

By: Bob Sharkey

Bob Sharkey — Sun, 06 Mar 2011 16:16:59 +0000

10A merits a special mention. An alternative solution, ‘hereon’, seemed possible (having a similar meaning to ‘hereof’). Additionally, the cryptic part suggests an alternative parsing: ‘her’ (one’s) following something meaning ‘appearing in court abroad’. The correct reading, however, leaves ‘one’s’ apparently redundant. The explanation lies in its being used as a device to flag the formal nature of the solution.

By: Jan

Jan — Sun, 06 Mar 2011 12:01:15 +0000

My old Chambers really let me down this week – I had to go Interwebbing to confirm quite a few definitions. I looked all over for ‘maker’ as an old poet – my dictionary gives ‘makar’. I did find a Bengali poet, Ekram (cf KERMA) Ali, but he’s only 60.

It didn’t help that I always thought roger was the same as goose – a pinch on the botty! Then, when I put ‘shtup, definition’ in Google, the first word that greeted me was …

By: AJK

AJK — Sun, 06 Mar 2011 11:26:28 +0000

I filled in the paper copy directly (I normally print off a grid from the website, and post in a neat version from ‘The Observer’ review), so it must have been relatively easy. I hope I haven’t made a NOLL,NOLE mistake like I did the week before!