Comments on: Everyman No 3,382

By: Stella

Stella — Sun, 31 Jul 2011 13:30:39 +0000

I stick to what I know, sidey. I haven’t the strength to pull a bow

I envy those who have occasion to suffer the stress of a Test match. The best I get is Nadal not winning Wimbledon – he’s had a bad year – and Alonso and his Ferrari edging up on Red Bull, occasionally.

By: sidey

sidey — Sun, 31 Jul 2011 12:54:00 +0000

Small point, the ‘inner’ in 7d is the ring round the bull on an archery target.

By: Kathryn's Dad

Kathryn's Dad — Sun, 31 Jul 2011 12:08:41 +0000

Here’s another one with the after-effects of Trent Bridge: nearly losing my voice screaming at Broad’s hat-trick and getting sunburnt despite slapping on lots of factor whatever.

As for the puzzle: straightforward and sound stuff, although I do agree with Wolfie’s comments about the lack of exactness in the ‘scientific’ answers. (But listen, setters get away with equating ‘Ulster’ and ‘Northern Ireland’.) I did know SULLOM VOE – must have been in the news in the past for some reason – but I had to check its spelling.

Thanks to Stella for the blog.

By: Wolfie

Wolfie — Sun, 31 Jul 2011 09:11:25 +0000

Apologies to you Stella (and to Lorraine) for getting the two of you mixed up. In my case I can’t blame the lager for my confusion; must have been the after-effects of my day at the Trent Bridge test match!

By: Stella

Stella — Sun, 31 Jul 2011 09:00:45 +0000

Hi Bryan and Wolfie, who must have been affected by all that lager!

Thanks for your comments. Personally, I prefer milk that goes off in a few days if this leaves the taste unaltered.

By: Wolfie

Wolfie — Sun, 31 Jul 2011 08:51:55 +0000

Thanks as ever for the entertaining blog Lorraine, and to Everyman.

A couple of scientific quibbles: as you indicate in the blog, a suspension is certainly not the same as a solution. Nor is ‘pasteurise’ (1ac) a synonmym for ‘sterilise’. Sterilisation requires a substance to be treated (usually by heating) to kill all microbes, whereas pasteurisation is a form of heat treatment that slows down the growth of microbes without eliminating them completely. Hence pasteurised milk will curdle after a few days whereas sterilised milk will remain drinkable for a lengthy period.

By: Bryan

Bryan — Sun, 31 Jul 2011 05:56:20 +0000

Many thanks Stella & Everyman this was very enjoyable and, in my opinion, rather harder than usual but all the better for it.

I’d never before heard of SULLOM VOE – after all I live in England and I’ve never ventured into The Highlands.

Sadly, the excellent clue to CHEQUE CARD is out-of-date: such cards haven’t worked since 30 June 2011.

When I saw QUICHE LORRAINE, I assumed it was a tribute to our Lorraine and I am sure that if Everyman had known that she would be away today (gone to Paul’s wedding maybe?) then he would have provided a more relevant clue which you could have solved with great aplomb:

http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=stella+lager&hl=en&rlz=1R2GFRE_enGB331&biw=1024&bih=581&prmd=ivns&source=lnms&tbm=isch&ei=tu00TtquHcyp8QPAmrSgDg&sa=X&oi=mode_link&ct=mode&cd=2&sqi=2&ved=0CCUQ_AUoAQ