Comments on: Independent 7663/Nitsy http://www.fifteensquared.net/2011/05/09/independent-7663nitsy/ Never knowingly undersolved. Wed, 19 Jun 2013 18:01:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Pierre http://www.fifteensquared.net/2011/05/09/independent-7663nitsy/#comment-158645 Pierre Tue, 10 May 2011 09:40:46 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=29303#comment-158645 Morning redddevil

I think it’s in the sense of ‘idle curiosity’ or ‘idle gossip’.

]]> By: Allan_C http://www.fifteensquared.net/2011/05/09/independent-7663nitsy/#comment-158638 Allan_C Tue, 10 May 2011 07:50:25 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=29303#comment-158638 ‘Dog’ for ‘man’ is a fairly old usage, possibly Scots in origin. Sir Walter Scott gives the words “He’s but a dumb dog” to a character in ‘Guy Mannering’ (published 1815, set in late 18th century).

Took me a while to get going on this puzzle, but once completed I wondered where the difficulty had been!

]]> By: redddevil http://www.fifteensquared.net/2011/05/09/independent-7663nitsy/#comment-158637 redddevil Tue, 10 May 2011 07:41:22 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=29303#comment-158637 Not come across idle meaning vain myself or am I missing something?

]]> By: flashling http://www.fifteensquared.net/2011/05/09/independent-7663nitsy/#comment-158599 flashling Mon, 09 May 2011 19:55:38 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=29303#comment-158599 Pierre believe me, I feel like I’m drowning on some blogs. I saw man=dog from “you sly old dog” or suchlike. Great blog btw for newcomers (not being patronising honest) and your 6dn entry made me laugh!

]]> By: Thomas99 http://www.fifteensquared.net/2011/05/09/independent-7663nitsy/#comment-158592 Thomas99 Mon, 09 May 2011 17:40:41 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=29303#comment-158592 Re dog – I’ve also seen it used as a substitute for “man” in the phrase “hey dog!” (i.e. “hey man!”) It was in the film School of Rock – it’s what the very laid-back replacement guitarist in No Vacancy says to Jack Black instead of hello. (The same character later hits on Joan Cusack, the uptight headmistress, with inevitably hilarious results.) I have no idea how many real people use the phrase, of course.

]]> By: bamberger http://www.fifteensquared.net/2011/05/09/independent-7663nitsy/#comment-158589 bamberger Mon, 09 May 2011 17:15:12 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=29303#comment-158589 Thank you for the very clear blog. It summed up why I couldn’t get some of the clues e.g 11 & 13a.
I also had elegaic.
Hadn’t come across the lamb/elia thing before. Another one to remember.

]]> By: sidey http://www.fifteensquared.net/2011/05/09/independent-7663nitsy/#comment-158583 sidey Mon, 09 May 2011 16:08:08 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=29303#comment-158583 …or what nmsindy said.

]]> By: sidey http://www.fifteensquared.net/2011/05/09/independent-7663nitsy/#comment-158581 sidey Mon, 09 May 2011 15:58:28 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=29303#comment-158581 For dog = man think ‘let slip the dogs of war’ etc.

]]> By: Pierre http://www.fifteensquared.net/2011/05/09/independent-7663nitsy/#comment-158577 Pierre Mon, 09 May 2011 15:16:28 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=29303#comment-158577 flashling, that’s a kind offer, but no. I’m just about managing to keep my head above water on Mondays.

nms, thanks for that clarification. So it was indeed just my not seeing a few things, and the puzzle was in fact all sound. So well done again to Nitsy.

]]> By: nmsindy http://www.fifteensquared.net/2011/05/09/independent-7663nitsy/#comment-158568 nmsindy Mon, 09 May 2011 14:26:27 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=29303#comment-158568 Collins gives dog as an informal word for chap, fellow, giving the example “you lucky dog”.

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