Comments on: Azed 2042

By: sidey

sidey — Sun, 24 Jul 2011 13:24:08 +0000

The man himself has commented on competition clues using similar devices iirc. Always adversely.

By: Pelham Barton

Pelham Barton — Sun, 24 Jul 2011 10:10:03 +0000

Thanks Azed for the puzzle and John for the blog.

I agree with sidey’s interpretation of 17ac, “on” = “leg” being sides of the field at cricket.

Re 9 dn: I agree with your interpretation. As a cricket buff, I had no trouble with this clue, but I still think it is unfair.

By: sidey

sidey — Sun, 24 Jul 2011 06:28:18 +0000

That’s some pretty impressive googling Phi.

By: Phi

Phi — Sun, 24 Jul 2011 03:29:29 +0000

After a bit of Googling, I managed to unearth the fact that the 2010 Ryder Cup captains were Colin Montgomerie and Corey Pavin, and Monty won for Europe.

Tempting to suggest that golf is just not cricket…

By: sidey

sidey — Sat, 23 Jul 2011 23:47:01 +0000

Morninng John. Thanks for the blog. I suffered the same problems as you.

A Berber is a N African I think.

17 On = leg, comprehensive volume BIBLE (-b) and a bit &lit

I managed to justify CORER at one point, but I have a suspicion that the clue actually leads to coVer, cove = oppo + [R]oger, but that doesn’t really work either.

I am willing to bet we are not alone. Azed has set more than a few of these ‘challenging’ clues of late.