Comments on: Guardian 25,351 / Tramp http://www.fifteensquared.net/2011/06/17/guardian-25351-tramp/ Never knowingly undersolved. Sun, 19 May 2013 12:29:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: PeeDee http://www.fifteensquared.net/2011/06/17/guardian-25351-tramp/#comment-161672 PeeDee Sun, 19 Jun 2011 09:00:49 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=30776#comment-161672 Thanks Eileen and thanks Tramp.

Its not often we get something that feels new in the fusty old world of crosswords, so thanks Tramp for shaking things up a bit!

]]> By: Taxi Phil http://www.fifteensquared.net/2011/06/17/guardian-25351-tramp/#comment-161646 Taxi Phil Sat, 18 Jun 2011 20:59:10 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=30776#comment-161646 Tramp – hope you’re going to pick this up again. I didn’t get to the puzzle until 6am today while sitting in my cab waiting for the opening job of the shift. I have to say it gave me a tremendous amount of enjoyment. Took me a while to break “Must’ve ?” but once I did I gave you a round of applause ! “IPOD” was the last one in and I didn’t really see it until I got to this blog tonight. If anyone has trouble with 3D they shouldn’t be reading an enlightened journal like the Guardian in my opinion. All in all, a fine piece of work. I look forward to the next, and many thanks for getting my day off to an ultra-bright start.

]]> By: Tony http://www.fifteensquared.net/2011/06/17/guardian-25351-tramp/#comment-161621 Tony Sat, 18 Jun 2011 11:07:00 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=30776#comment-161621 “Think outside of the box” spoils the crossword for me for being (in my view) bad English style. The “of” is unnecessary – “think outside the box” is much better.

]]> By: Sil van den Hoek http://www.fifteensquared.net/2011/06/17/guardian-25351-tramp/#comment-161619 Sil van den Hoek Sat, 18 Jun 2011 10:35:29 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=30776#comment-161619 Hi Tramp. My reference to Cryptica shouldn’t be seen as criticism. Unlike most solvers, I guess, I did remember some ‘crossword’ clue involving Jonathan Ross. I only mentioned this in my post because it was for me part of the solving process of your fine puzzle.
You ‘don’t see the problem’, I don’t see one either! :)

]]> By: Tramp http://www.fifteensquared.net/2011/06/17/guardian-25351-tramp/#comment-161609 Tramp Sat, 18 Jun 2011 08:26:49 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=30776#comment-161609 Hi to anyone who’s still reading this

For the last few years, I’ve been compiling the odd clue here and there and keeping them in an Excel file. Some of these clues I entered in the weekly clue-writing competitions on cryptica; I figured it was better for a few people to see them than for them to sit on my hard drive. I have used a few of these clues in my puzzles so far – I don’t see the problem Sil. It’s not like I’ve used them in other crosswords or pinched them from someone else. I appreciate all the comments posted here and I think your blog was perfect, Eileen.

See you all soon

]]> By: Andvari http://www.fifteensquared.net/2011/06/17/guardian-25351-tramp/#comment-161583 Andvari Sat, 18 Jun 2011 00:04:46 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=30776#comment-161583 When I first scanned this one, I thought I wasn’t going to like it much but when I started to do it, I really enjoyed it, one of my favourite crosswords I’ve done for a while. I got 20,24ac after a few crossing letters and thought it was just some really laconic definition of what you must’ve done to get the clue…never saw the rebus-style part of it at all!

In general that’s the problem, if there is one, with these type of clues, they don’t have a secondary definition. I suppose neither do cryptic definitions, but there is always a sense that you should have two ways to get to the answer and then you’re sure. I think where I fall in these type of clues depends whether I got them or not! I love the old “Nothing squared is cubed (3)” clue along those sort of lines.

Surprised people seemed to struggle with Monopoly, it was the first one I got! Not sure about the crossing monos though, but did love the cunningly disguised definition for monotheism.

Glad to see I’m not the only one who thought 9ac was the weakest. I didn’t really understand RAVEN either but it seems that’s me not the setter.

22d was a superb clue. Probably my favourite.

]]> By: Martin P http://www.fifteensquared.net/2011/06/17/guardian-25351-tramp/#comment-161575 Martin P Fri, 17 Jun 2011 22:31:38 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=30776#comment-161575 Furthermore, in Saxon times Nottingham was known as “Snottingham”. However the Old French speakers who came with the Norman Conquest struggled with an “S” followed by another consonant, so the name became as we know it now. It’s understandable that the good burghers of Scunthorpe fought them so fiercely.

]]> By: Eileen http://www.fifteensquared.net/2011/06/17/guardian-25351-tramp/#comment-161574 Eileen Fri, 17 Jun 2011 22:31:36 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=30776#comment-161574 Hi Carrots

“I had little choice over the “honest woman”: she was the only person I knew who could de-coke the cylinder head of my ancient BSA 125cc Bantam, essential on any trip over 50 miles.”

Too much information, for me, I think! ;-)

and thanks, RCWhiting, I’ll bear that in mind.

]]> By: RCWhiting http://www.fifteensquared.net/2011/06/17/guardian-25351-tramp/#comment-161573 RCWhiting Fri, 17 Jun 2011 22:21:02 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=30776#comment-161573 I know this is just a single opinion, but my order of interest is:
1. Any clues I couldn’t parse;
2. Posters views;
3. Preamble (you compose it last….I read it last).

]]> By: Martin P http://www.fifteensquared.net/2011/06/17/guardian-25351-tramp/#comment-161572 Martin P Fri, 17 Jun 2011 22:18:46 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=30776#comment-161572 Re No.8, Stella, I gather that pedant historians now refer to King Canute as “Cnut” (well, might as well; he was a bit of one by all accounts…)

:)

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