Comments on: Guardian 25294 Pasquale – Green Eggs & Ham http://www.fifteensquared.net/2011/04/12/guardian-25294-pasquale-green-eggs-ham/ Never knowingly undersolved. Sun, 26 May 2013 07:40:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Carrots http://www.fifteensquared.net/2011/04/12/guardian-25294-pasquale-green-eggs-ham/#comment-156429 Carrots Wed, 13 Apr 2011 10:15:55 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=28406#comment-156429 Hi Tupu, Sil…and any usual suspects who may be interested…….

Tupu: Thanks for the welcome home: touched, I was. You were quite right in detecting a certain grumpiness in my post. This was born, after two “Pintas Maximus”, of having as many gaps in Pasquale`s puzzle as there now are between my teeth. I was, perhaps, a little hard on Pasquale and I should have mentioned some of his clues which ticked every box.

Sil: Before learning, over breakfast, more of Armies, Arabs and Africans killing each other, I always turn to the crossword to see who the setter is. Pasquale has always been a firm favourite for illustrating what creativity can do instead of warfare. I welcome the odd couple of “new” (i.e., obscure) words…..but SEVEN ??? Alongside a few wet lettuces so easy that I thought they might have been a double bluff and hesitated about entering them!

I stubbornly refuse to buy a pocket magic box so that I can rake the internet and Chambers et al from anywhere I happen to be (usually a pub). When I got home yesterday, it took precisely seven minutes to insert the answers I hadn`t got (and stood no chance of getting without aid).

Pasquale: Much appreciated your stopping by. In spite of my little spat yesterday, you are a fondly appreciated setter and I look forward to your next and many subsequent puzzles.

]]> By: William http://www.fifteensquared.net/2011/04/12/guardian-25294-pasquale-green-eggs-ham/#comment-156419 William Wed, 13 Apr 2011 09:11:53 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=28406#comment-156419 Hello Pasquale @55

Always nice to hear from the setter, thank you.

The 9 or 10 obscure words simply meant that I couldn’t quite finish, but that’s not a criticism. They were all perfectly reasonably clued and if we end up learning new words, that’s fine by most people I think.

Thank you for a great puzzle and to UY for the blog.

]]> By: Robi http://www.fifteensquared.net/2011/04/12/guardian-25294-pasquale-green-eggs-ham/#comment-156417 Robi Wed, 13 Apr 2011 08:38:38 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=28406#comment-156417 Pasquale; thanks for getting back to us – always appreciated when a setter comments. I found the obscure words quite interesting to solve; the clues were sufficiently robust to allow the answers to be found.

Thanks also to Geoff @44 for the nice historical trip – very illuminating!

]]> By: walruss http://www.fifteensquared.net/2011/04/12/guardian-25294-pasquale-green-eggs-ham/#comment-156413 walruss Wed, 13 Apr 2011 07:48:18 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=28406#comment-156413 Well no star shouldn ignore his public! No offence sir, but clearly this was not your most liked presentation.
Eileen, I have not problem with what you say. I like the way 15/2 is set up, and I always expect to get info when I come here. But this site has always increased, and not in any way decreased ny enjoyment. Thankyou for your post at 47.

]]> By: Pasquale http://www.fifteensquared.net/2011/04/12/guardian-25294-pasquale-green-eggs-ham/#comment-156411 Pasquale Wed, 13 Apr 2011 07:05:06 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=28406#comment-156411 From some of the responses here and on the Guardian site it is evident that I wasn’t the only one making a meal of it. But thanks for all the feedback, positive and negative — it’s good to know that someone cares!

]]> By: bogeyman http://www.fifteensquared.net/2011/04/12/guardian-25294-pasquale-green-eggs-ham/#comment-156407 bogeyman Wed, 13 Apr 2011 00:35:10 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=28406#comment-156407 Enjoyed this for three quarters of it; thereafter it just became tiresome. The obscurities seem somewhat excessive.

]]> By: Paul (not Paul) http://www.fifteensquared.net/2011/04/12/guardian-25294-pasquale-green-eggs-ham/#comment-156406 Paul (not Paul) Tue, 12 Apr 2011 23:10:56 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=28406#comment-156406 I like to learn a little every day. Maybe a couple of unfamiliar words, a couple of unfamiliar abbreviations.

This was half a good crossword and half a lot of very obscure stuff. The obscurity could have been ameliorated by less strained definitions. E.g. seta = its hairy

Enjoyed the first half but spoiled by the slog through the rest.

]]> By: Sil van den Hoek http://www.fifteensquared.net/2011/04/12/guardian-25294-pasquale-green-eggs-ham/#comment-156404 Sil van den Hoek Tue, 12 Apr 2011 22:28:24 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=28406#comment-156404 Hi Carrots,

Obscure solutions? Some were perhaps, yes, but.
Limp clues? Pasquale’s fault?
Routine grind? Where?
Didn’t like it? It’s of course a matter of taste.
Pasquale is capable of better than this? Is he? And if indeed so, tell me why.

Sometimes I think the average Guardian solver [I haste to say "it's not you"] doesn’t want to do thát little bit extra to really appreciate the setter’s brainchild.
I fear next Saturday’s Bonxie blog will be an example of it too.

]]> By: tupu http://www.fifteensquared.net/2011/04/12/guardian-25294-pasquale-green-eggs-ham/#comment-156403 tupu Tue, 12 Apr 2011 22:24:28 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=28406#comment-156403 Hi Carrots
Good to see you back even if you do sound a bit grumpy. I hope the tooth fairy came and that all s now sorted!

]]> By: Carrots http://www.fifteensquared.net/2011/04/12/guardian-25294-pasquale-green-eggs-ham/#comment-156401 Carrots Tue, 12 Apr 2011 22:09:46 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=28406#comment-156401 Obscure solutions/limp clues/routine grind. Didn`t like it. Pasquale is capable of better than this.

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