Comments on: Azed/2031- plain embroidery http://www.fifteensquared.net/2011/05/07/azed2031-plain-placeholder/ Never knowingly undersolved. Thu, 23 May 2013 00:57:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: grandpuzzler http://www.fifteensquared.net/2011/05/07/azed2031-plain-placeholder/#comment-158517 grandpuzzler Sun, 08 May 2011 14:59:10 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=29350#comment-158517 Well done to all who contributed! Had to come here to learn about the R in GRONE. I thought I knew my Roman Numerals.

Cheers…

]]> By: Thomas99 http://www.fifteensquared.net/2011/05/07/azed2031-plain-placeholder/#comment-158514 Thomas99 Sun, 08 May 2011 14:00:06 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=29350#comment-158514 Re 17 – If you were wondering where “mothe” comes from, it’s “most” of “mother”, a word for scum I only know from doing Azed crosswords! And Chambers confirms that Nomothetes is an alternative to Nomothete.

]]> By: The Trafites http://www.fifteensquared.net/2011/05/07/azed2031-plain-placeholder/#comment-158511 The Trafites Sun, 08 May 2011 11:58:40 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=29350#comment-158511 The wordplay for 11dn. ‘grenzganger’ is ‘E.G.’ around ‘NZ’(New Zealand, Wellington’s place!) all in ‘GRANGER’(see under ‘grange’ in Chambers).

Well, another word I couldn’t get a sensible clue for…

Nick

]]> By: Thomas99 http://www.fifteensquared.net/2011/05/07/azed2031-plain-placeholder/#comment-158509 Thomas99 Sun, 08 May 2011 10:32:58 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=29350#comment-158509 Re 15d I was also surprised by the clueing strategy – exactly the sort of thing that people have been muttering about on the Guardian site (Araucaria for one sometimes does something similar). The setters always seem to manage to use this sort of looseness where it doesn’t do any harm (it didn’t make 15d particularly difficult) so I don’t really mind (so far…) but I have to agree with Wil Ransome that this is the last place you’d expect to find it!

Well done everyone – all the clues are now explained I think. I found this even harder than the usual Azeds and only finished it on Wednesday (somewhere between 5 and 10 hours actual solving time, I’d guess!) and very nearly gave up. Finally getting Grenzganger was a joyful moment though. I enjoyed doing Embroidery too – it’s a fertile word for clueing.

]]> By: Chris http://www.fifteensquared.net/2011/05/07/azed2031-plain-placeholder/#comment-158499 Chris Sun, 08 May 2011 08:05:14 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=29350#comment-158499 Finally,
21. GEROPIGA is PIG (Napoleon pig from Animal Farm) for N (=navy) in Gerona.

]]> By: Chris http://www.fifteensquared.net/2011/05/07/azed2031-plain-placeholder/#comment-158498 Chris Sun, 08 May 2011 07:57:12 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=29350#comment-158498 … Also, in 30., it should of course be V (for volume) in anag.

]]> By: Chris http://www.fifteensquared.net/2011/05/07/azed2031-plain-placeholder/#comment-158497 Chris Sun, 08 May 2011 07:55:12 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=29350#comment-158497 … and I missed out
20. A RR AYER.

]]> By: Chris http://www.fifteensquared.net/2011/05/07/azed2031-plain-placeholder/#comment-158496 Chris Sun, 08 May 2011 07:54:10 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=29350#comment-158496 30. ENVOYS (last letter of volume in anag of yes/no).
32. TO TEM(plate).
34. CELTIBERI (Tiber in celi(bate)).

27. ANTI(c).
28. BOTE (a tender is a type of boat).

]]> By: flashling http://www.fifteensquared.net/2011/05/07/azed2031-plain-placeholder/#comment-158489 flashling Sun, 08 May 2011 01:38:18 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=29350#comment-158489 @Wil surely the Proms (classical music concerts) comes from promenades so is English rather than American? Maybe your point has gone right over my head. :-)

]]> By: Wil Ransome http://www.fifteensquared.net/2011/05/07/azed2031-plain-placeholder/#comment-158485 Wil Ransome Sat, 07 May 2011 23:22:44 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=29350#comment-158485 Of course I meant (e(Rom)on). Sorry.

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