Comments on: Cyclops 444: Oddments and sodments

By: fearsome

fearsome — Thu, 09 Jun 2011 12:13:24 +0000

Thanks for explaining Corset – which I had guessed but couldn’t justify.

By: Pelham Barton

Pelham Barton — Wed, 08 Jun 2011 15:25:38 +0000

Thank you for this. For 10dn, GO = bash works in the sense of “have a go/bash/try” at something.

Pedantic point about 12ac: I think it should really be I in *(simpered).

By: Bamberger

Bamberger — Tue, 07 Jun 2011 17:15:05 +0000

About a two pint solve (not saying how fast or slowly I drink . Last one was 2d -had to be an anagram and had to be odontist but took a few online dictionaries before I found it.

By: jetdoc

jetdoc — Tue, 07 Jun 2011 13:37:32 +0000

I did get the ‘come’ part of 16d, but am not 100% sure that the clue works as a whole.

4d corrected; thanks for pointing out my mistake.

By: Andrew

Andrew — Tue, 07 Jun 2011 13:23:37 +0000

Thanks for the blog, Jane. I think 16dn refers to the slang usage “come” (or “cum”) = semen.

By: pajodr

pajodr — Tue, 07 Jun 2011 13:22:52 +0000

Shouldn’t 4D be ‘INTERNEE’ as it was 8 letters, not 6.
INTER = bury; NEE = originally named (i.e. birth or maiden name, ‘nee’ being ‘born’ in French). Jeffrey Archer spent some time as an internee, that is as a prisoner, not as an unpaid employee.

16D is a single definition, in that ‘come’ or seminal fluid carries & protects many sperm, the swimmers in the clue.

I have the same questions you did about 10D & 25D though.