Comments on: Indy 7728 Klingsor (Sat 23-Jul-2011)

By: beermagnet

beermagnet — Sun, 31 Jul 2011 09:44:10 +0000

Thanks for the clarifications chaps, and sorry for missing “man” from the 10A’s clue.
I didn’t know Paul was getting married yesterday when solving or blogging, but anyway doubt that 10A’s “married man” is a reference to him specifically as a) this puzzle was a week early, and b) can it be acceptable to refer to a setter’s Guardian pseudonym in the Indy?

By: Sil van den Hoek

Sil van den Hoek — Sat, 30 Jul 2011 12:10:47 +0000

Another good crossword from Klingsor.

I agree with a lot of different people today .
With caretman @1 on 11ac: ‘bum’ the anagrind, ‘shrewd businessman’ the definition.
With ChrisP @4 on the parsing of GRIN (22d).
With nmsindy @5 on ‘the favourite clue’.

Many thanks, beermagnet, for the blog which made clear that I wasn’t the only one who thought of PURR for 23ac.
In the end BURR is indeed better, but I’m not sure whether PURR’s wrong. According to Chambers PURL can be ‘a tinkling brook’ (which is a stream, I guess). Moreover when you look at ‘murmur’ in the Chambers Thesaurus you will find a mention for PURR (and, strangely enough, not for BURR [which can indeed mean 'to murmur']).

Have to admit that I gave up on MAUL (10ac). Didn’t think of Paul as a man, and moreover, I know hardly anything about that sport with the oval balls.

By: nmsindy

nmsindy — Sat, 30 Jul 2011 10:16:27 +0000

Yes, this was a cracking puzzle with great clues all through, thanks, Klingsor and beermagnet, my favourite clue was CENSUS.

By: ChrisP

ChrisP — Sat, 30 Jul 2011 09:43:07 +0000

Chambers defines preposterous as “literally inverted, having or putting the last first (rare)” so I think this explains 22d including inclusion of ‘rarely’. rinG–>Grin

By: jmac

jmac — Sat, 30 Jul 2011 08:14:00 +0000

Thanks for the blog Beermagnet. Re 22, I read “preposterously” as meaning “back to front”, hence “Ring” becoming “Grin”. Nice puzzle, thanks Klingsor.

By: Allan_C

Allan_C — Sat, 30 Jul 2011 06:43:49 +0000

Defeated by the SW corner, not helped by putting LINE BOOKS for 17a (thinking bound=limit=line but even then not entirely convinced). Guessed 13a had to be a composer from “he scored” but was looking for one ending in R. Then I saw that only Q and X would be needed to make a pangram and no way could I fit both of those in to 13a, 23a and 12d. At which point I gave up.

By: caretman

caretman — Sat, 30 Jul 2011 06:31:10 +0000

Thanks, beermagnet, for the blog, and explaining some wordplay that escaped me (particularly 12d).

On 10a, I note that Paul of the Guardian is getting married today; I wonder if the clue, referring to a married Paul, is in honor of the occasion.

On 11a, I think the anagrin is ‘bum’, not ‘shrewd’; the latter I think is indeed part of the definition.

I also liked the ‘not e-books’ reading for 17a, a clue that I figured out the answer for and then had to figure out why.

In addition, I particularly liked 20a, with ‘perhaps she’ = PRONOUN well disguised in the surface.

On 22a, I was puzzled as well. I wondered if the ‘Wagner’s work’ in the clue was indicating Lohengrin, with somehow the Lohen then being dropped. I expect others will come in and explain it (and I’ll slap my forehead and utter, d’oh!).

A fun, although fairly quick, puzzle. Thanks, Klingsor!