Comments on: Independent 7,629/Dac

By: ele

ele — Wed, 30 Mar 2011 21:43:37 +0000

Many thanks.

By: nmsindy

nmsindy — Wed, 30 Mar 2011 21:40:32 +0000

ele, that point (#14) is addressed in comment #5 above from scchua.

By: ele

ele — Wed, 30 Mar 2011 21:02:20 +0000

I got stuck on the bottom RH corner but enjoyed the rest of it. Can anyone enlighten me why rider for weight in 23d?

By: kloot

kloot — Wed, 30 Mar 2011 19:11:48 +0000

I normally find Dac difficult, but this was a breeze. Beautifully constructed and a pleasure to solve.

By: Paul B

Paul B — Wed, 30 Mar 2011 18:38:03 +0000

It’s a cigarette over here, courtesy Toon dialect (AIUI), and that’s bad enough.

By: NealH

NealH — Wed, 30 Mar 2011 18:30:23 +0000

I’ve heard the expression “pick up the tab” plenty of times in England as well.

By: Eileen

Eileen — Wed, 30 Mar 2011 18:20:05 +0000

Hi NealH

I wondered about that, too, at first, but I think it’s perhaps because tab = bill is more of an American usage?

By: NealH

NealH — Wed, 30 Mar 2011 17:42:07 +0000

I found finishing this off extremely difficult, with the connected clues 4, 6 and 18 being the toughest. 7D was a brilliant anagram and so apt for the answer.

However, am I the only one who hasn’t the foggiest idea what Obama is doing in 1 down? If he hadn’t been there, I’d have written it in straightaway. As it was, it was the last answer I put in.

By: flashling

flashling — Wed, 30 Mar 2011 17:23:38 +0000

Another seamless crossword from Dac, beautifully done, 7d a cracker. Nearly slipped up on Man in the street, by hastily not reading the clue and putting in man of the series. Thanks for taking the effort for the blog Ali.

By: walruss

walruss — Wed, 30 Mar 2011 15:58:17 +0000

Yes MAN IN THE STREET stuck out a bit, but it was a very good all round puzzle from the ‘surface supremo’!