Comments on: Guardian 25,378 – Chifonie

By: William

William — Tue, 19 Jul 2011 22:36:36 +0000

Giovanna @22. Wonderful, thank you. What a rich source that old book must be, I hope you look after it.

By: Mirrorman

Mirrorman — Tue, 19 Jul 2011 22:02:48 +0000

Managed on Tube journey home after three pints. Which maybe why I got 14c relatively quickly.

By: Giovanna

Giovanna — Tue, 19 Jul 2011 16:04:58 +0000

Thanks, UY and Chifonie for the entertainment. A nice extra present for my birthday!

William @ 7 My father’s ancient Chambers defines Pelf as riches (in a bad sense); money. Old French pelfre, booty. Allied to pilfer. This much loved and dog-eared old book is often more useful than the later versions and more fun to use with its line drawings.

Giovanna

By: walruss

walruss — Tue, 19 Jul 2011 15:50:44 +0000

Boring for me. I always think you waste your time with stuff like this, as there’s no excitement. But I guess for beginners it might be okay. I agree with whoever said this is a Quiptic puzzle.

By: Carrots

Carrots — Tue, 19 Jul 2011 15:35:12 +0000

Very much another “Ho-Hum” offering.

Mystogre @ 11: Surely you mean “…waiting for NOTHING to happen…” on the climb-out?!?!

I`ve bought a trial (£1) pass to The Times web-site (hoping it might provide a bit more of a challenge) but can`t find the Crossword Search link. Can anyone help?

By: chas

chas — Tue, 19 Jul 2011 13:28:56 +0000

Robi @17
Thanks for the info. I have never seen that usage before so I’m not surprised I don’t remember it.
To me, as a long-time computer person, OS means Operating System and nothing else.

By: RCWhiting

RCWhiting — Tue, 19 Jul 2011 13:11:04 +0000

Thanks all
Rather easy although STABLEMATE and COMMON COLD took me as long as the whole rest of the puzzle.
They were both perfectly correct clues (the former rather good) so it must have been my blindspot to blame.

By: Robi

Robi — Tue, 19 Jul 2011 12:54:30 +0000

chas @16; maybe this will help.

By: chas

chas — Tue, 19 Jul 2011 12:10:59 +0000

Thanks for the blog UY.

I also liked STABLEMATE – when I finally saw it!

I’m bothered by 7d: I have not come across NS meaning New Style so it appears that Chifonie is simply throwing a couple of extra words into the clue and we just have to take the initial letters.

By: Robi

Robi — Tue, 19 Jul 2011 11:43:43 +0000

Thanks Chifonie; as others a bit like a Rufus but I would have thought not easy enough for a Quiptic. Thanks UY; I suppose I should have known NO(H)but had to Google and found NODO, and was about to complain about the obscurity until I came here. 18 may be OK because LIFEBOAT situation is a known phrase. STABLEMATE was one of the last in and a beautiful clue; PELF was new to me but easy enough as a ha. I thought 25 could be 'finds' at the beginning, and lazily assumed 19 would be 'arsenal,' ignoring the wordplay.