Comments on: Azed 2041 – a hard Trek

By: Jan

Jan — Sun, 17 Jul 2011 17:28:38 +0000

Thanks, Andrew, especially for explaining ‘Craft’ in 14. I found KOLO but wondered what ‘Craft’ had to do with it.

6. I didn’t look up ‘Snotty’, so couldn’t think where the MID came from.

Thanks, Phi, for explaining CHARLATAN and – goodness me! – I definitely should have seen Klingon.

@Norman L in France – I was tempted to put WILLIEWARMER – bonne soirée.

By: grandpuzzler

grandpuzzler — Sun, 17 Jul 2011 15:24:46 +0000

Thanks Andrew. I usually complete the Azed Plains but 25dn and 31ac also held me up. Probably should have seen that sink=pot but don’t think I would have ever gotten the Klingon reference. Agree that his puzzles seem to be getting harder or more likely I’m getting denser.

Cheers…

By: Norman L in France

Norman L in France — Sun, 17 Jul 2011 10:34:13 +0000

I had WILLIEWASHER at 8d for a while, but AZED would never allow himself such vulgarity, would he…?
There’s a whole opera in Klingon, put on by a Dutch director, and I think some Shakespeare has been translated

By: Andrew

Andrew — Sun, 17 Jul 2011 09:11:41 +0000

Thanks Will and AJK – I can’t believe I missed the reference to Klingon!

Thanks also to Phi for the explanation of CHARLATAN.

By: AJK

AJK — Sun, 17 Jul 2011 05:42:27 +0000

Yes, LINGO is kLINGOn. They had a ‘Trekkie’ on R5 live last year, which caused much amusement to the presenters (Peter Allen and Jane Garvey, I think). They asked him what the ‘Klingon’ for ‘Goodbye’ was, and he said “A Klingon just turns his back on you” causing suppressed guffaws in the background. Amazing to think there is a language based on a 1960s tv series

By: Phi

Phi — Sun, 17 Jul 2011 03:50:46 +0000

CHARLATAN I think is CHA (leaves as in tea) + L in RATAN

By: Will Mc

Will Mc — Sun, 17 Jul 2011 01:52:26 +0000

25 down: I understood it (as much as I could) as a language familiar to Trekkies (although they prefer Trekkers) is Klingon = lingo inside Kn for knots.
28 across. I’m a puzzled as you, the only thing I could find is that a Charatan is a cigar. Could it be this with length reduced (l) inside it?

By: RCWhiting

RCWhiting — Sun, 17 Jul 2011 01:27:27 +0000

Great Go! Not a great clue (definition). Especially for those of us not steeped in the peculiar traditions of Oxbridge.