Comments on: Azed 2035

By: RCWhiting

RCWhiting — Sun, 05 Jun 2011 22:40:59 +0000

Thanks all
I never cease to be amazed at Azed’s ingenuity and the extreme pleasure of ‘beating’ him.
This Easter the whole family rented a very large Victorian house in Whitby.
Anyone who knows Whitby will understand that it had two ‘perrons’, one leading to the basement(!) and the second to the ground floor.
The steps were very useful for family photos and the little terraces were great for relaxing on.

By: Andrew

Andrew — Sun, 05 Jun 2011 14:35:29 +0000

Thanks Sidey – I was looking under O, P and OP so missed the fact that it was listed as OP’s.

For &lits – see 9 down, where the whole clue is underlined!

By: sidey

sidey — Sun, 05 Jun 2011 11:35:09 +0000

Nice blog Andrew. I like the underlined definitions, but what will you do with &lits?

OP’s is in Chambers just above opsin. This from the OED is more informative O.P.’s n. (also O.P.) slang (chiefly U.S.) other people’s (cigarettes or alcoholic drink); freq. humorously as a supposed brand name

By: Jan

Jan — Sun, 05 Jun 2011 10:32:10 +0000

Thank you, Andrew – particularly for the picture of a perron – not at all what I’d imagined from the dictionary definition. I visualised a grand porticoed entrance with steps and terrace.

Clue 15 fascinates me. I couldn’t explain GERBERA although I could ‘see’ all the letters. What an intriguing contrivance. I’ve seen the idea used before but not quite this deviously.

By: AJK

AJK — Sun, 05 Jun 2011 10:09:26 +0000

A nice puzzle, but like you I couldn’t parse OPSIN- I got that one from the definition. Presumably, ‘o’ is ‘other’ and ‘p’ is ‘people’, but can’t find them in ‘C’.

Now for a clue for today’s comp!