Comments on: Everyman No 3,362

By: Kathryn's Dad

Kathryn's Dad — Sun, 13 Mar 2011 11:52:33 +0000

Thank you, Peter for a fine blog.

Very entertaining puzzle – I too smiled at the clue for BLITHE, but there were many other good ones as well. I too had forgotten the Everyman morality play definition. Needed your explanation of EMBEZZLEMENT, never having come across peculation before.

Everyman on excellent form.

By: Stella Heath

Stella Heath — Sun, 13 Mar 2011 10:57:07 +0000

Many thanks PeterO, especially for the reminder of Everyman, which I should have recognised at the time, grr!

In 7d, I took the anagrind to be ‘lasciviously’, and the whole to be an &lit.

The usual excellent fare from Everyman (the setter). Thanks.

By: Davy

Davy — Sun, 13 Mar 2011 09:58:34 +0000

Thanks PeterO,

Another very entertaining puzzle from Everyman with many superb clues including CAMISOLE, STRANGLE, PEDAL (simple but misleading), LINGERIE (almost &lit) and BLITHE (favourite). The latter clue was very amusing and appealed to my irreligious nature. Well done Everyman.

By: Wolfie

Wolfie — Sun, 13 Mar 2011 09:48:47 +0000

A lovely puzzle that produced many smiles and some laugh-out-loud moments from me and my solving partner. Especially liked 20d. Thanks to Everyman and to PeterO for an entertaining blog.

By: David Travis

David Travis — Sun, 13 Mar 2011 09:11:55 +0000

I really enjoyed this Everyman puzzle, even though I never managed to complete it. The surface readings of some of the clues — like 1a and 20d — were hilarious. Many thanks for your explanation of the clues I never managed to solve.

By: Robi

Robi — Sun, 13 Mar 2011 08:36:04 +0000

Nice Everyman puzzle, and thanks to PeterO for the good, pictorial blog.

Didn’t realise PECULATION=embezzlement until I looked it up. As you say, the ‘z’ made the answer a possible.

CAMISOLE and LINGERIE; I was waiting for knickers next.

By: Dad'sLad

Dad'sLad — Sun, 13 Mar 2011 08:29:35 +0000

Thanks PeterO

Didn’t have any problem with CASTLE as ‘keep’.