Comments on: Everyman Nº 3,374 (29 May)

By: Stella Heath

Stella Heath — Sun, 05 Jun 2011 10:30:57 +0000

Thanks PeterO for your usual colourful blog.

I wondered about ‘light’ as an anagrind. Then when I came here and puzzled over it again, it occurred to me that the ‘g’ has been moved up – something to do with gravity? Just a thought

In 2d, I think it’s a charade rather than a dd: ‘batting’=IN+’line-up’=ORDER

Thanks Everyman.

By: Bamberger

Bamberger — Sun, 05 Jun 2011 10:06:36 +0000

Couldn’t get 12a -never heard of it.
4d OK if you’ve heard of it but if you have h?a?t?r?a? h?u?e which you might or might spot as heartbreak house, if you don’t know it, then it is off to google.
14a Similar to 4d-fine if you know it, otherwise you have h?r? c?r?s?o?h?r .
I thought those three clues made it a tough one to complete.

By: PeterO

PeterO — Sun, 05 Jun 2011 09:46:12 +0000

Sil @1- is this a first for you, having the first comment? You make a timely correction; in writing up the blog, I just grabbed at the most likely anagrind, not noticing that it left me without a definition!

By: Kathryn's Dad

Kathryn's Dad — Sun, 05 Jun 2011 07:03:33 +0000

Thank you, Peter. I found this generally straightforward, but there were two or three clues where I really struggled and in fact couldn’t understand the parsing till I came to your blog.

I’m sure it’s been used before, but I liked STATEN; and ONCE IN A BLUE MOON was a clever anagram. There’s debate about the origin of the phrase, but as you say, it’s not that rare – on average between two and three years.

By: Mystogre

Mystogre — Sun, 05 Jun 2011 00:53:54 +0000

Thank you PeterO.

I agree with Sil@1 in that the actual clue is “deceiving” and IS lies in a rearrangement of ROUGH.

I appreciate your explanation of 26ac as I found I could not easily explain why I had the answer, so the deviousness worked.

Apart from that a straightforward solve and I did discover a new (to me) herb!

By: Sil van den Hoek

Sil van den Hoek — Sat, 04 Jun 2011 23:28:40 +0000

Thank you PeterO.
But are you sure about 7d (ROGUISH)?
I think the definition is ‘deceiving’ [so, not the anagrind] while the anagram indicator is ‘light’ [new to me, but as such having a mention in Chambers Crossword Dictionary].