Comments on: Azed 2027 http://www.fifteensquared.net/2011/04/10/azed-2027-2/ Never knowingly undersolved. Sat, 18 May 2013 13:43:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: bridgesong http://www.fifteensquared.net/2011/04/10/azed-2027-2/#comment-156241 bridgesong Sun, 10 Apr 2011 14:52:19 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=28204#comment-156241 Nick, that gives the rest of us a chance. I thought the word had loads of anagram potential, and hope that nobody else found my combination.

Phi, thanks for explaining Jack; I’m afraid I’ve never read the Ingoldsby legends.

]]> By: The trafites http://www.fifteensquared.net/2011/04/10/azed-2027-2/#comment-156235 The trafites Sun, 10 Apr 2011 08:49:47 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=28204#comment-156235 I finished this relatively quickly, but alas, having all week to clue ‘threnetical’ I was beat and couldn’t come up with anything sensible – the first competition I haven’t entered for a couple of years (even after getting a VHC last month).

Nick

]]> By: Phi http://www.fifteensquared.net/2011/04/10/azed-2027-2/#comment-156230 Phi Sun, 10 Apr 2011 02:15:39 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=28204#comment-156230 I was a little dubious about 7d myself, as it seems to rely on first spotting jack = jackdaw, and then recalling ‘The Jackdaw of Rheims’ (sic), one of the Ingoldsby Legends, which are not as well-known as they used to be (sadly, as some of them are quite entertaining)

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