Comments on: Azed 2044 http://www.fifteensquared.net/2011/08/07/azed-2044/ Never knowingly undersolved. Tue, 21 May 2013 18:38:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Bob Sharkey http://www.fifteensquared.net/2011/08/07/azed-2044/#comment-167143 Bob Sharkey Wed, 10 Aug 2011 18:12:04 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=32645#comment-167143 Or possibly wrong, on reflection. Consider:- ‘in sorting out ‘wee’ one is given ‘help’, i.e to add to the mix. My apologies.

]]> By: duncanshiell http://www.fifteensquared.net/2011/08/07/azed-2044/#comment-166870 duncanshiell Sun, 07 Aug 2011 17:32:08 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=32645#comment-166870 Definitely not sitting in the Tesco car park – now back home in the Scottish Borders where it is already a lot wetter than it was for a whole week in the Oban area.

As a Scot myself I agree that the use of ‘wee’ is a Scottish trait when describing a variety of objects, but I still struggle with the use of ‘one’ in the wordplay. However, as I haven’t solved Azed regularly for a while, I am happy to acknowledge that Bob may well be right.

]]> By: Norman L in France http://www.fifteensquared.net/2011/08/07/azed-2044/#comment-166868 Norman L in France Sun, 07 Aug 2011 17:06:10 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=32645#comment-166868 Bob
Thanks, I realise it’s a Scottish reference (I started with Ximenes) but I still agree with Duncan that “one” is a bit out of place. Maybe it’ll become clear when we get the results and notes next Sunday. Looks as though Duncan wasn’t sitting in the car park all day after all, although other more regular posters may have got lost in the woods looking for him.

]]> By: Bob Sharkey http://www.fifteensquared.net/2011/08/07/azed-2044/#comment-166851 Bob Sharkey Sun, 07 Aug 2011 10:12:03 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=32645#comment-166851 Norman, ‘wee’ has been given (to) ‘help’ by ‘one’ making ‘weehelp’, the material for the anagram. Phrases in the surface such as ‘wee one’ are regularly used by Azed to flag a Scottish context. They make a change from ‘Jock’s’ or ‘in the Cairngorms’, etc, though not strictly needed here since ‘whaup’ is referenced directly.

]]> By: Norman L in France http://www.fifteensquared.net/2011/08/07/azed-2044/#comment-166846 Norman L in France Sun, 07 Aug 2011 09:22:57 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=32645#comment-166846 Duncan
Thanks for including such detail – the clues, the parsing and the answers all clearly set out. I too don’t see what “one” is doing in 1ac, and I don’t understand Bob’s reading above. “Brightsome” is also a bit odd. We know it’s right but like you I don’t know which of the versions was intended. Otherwise an enjoyable Azed at the easier end of the spectrum. Will you be sitting in the car park all day to respond to all the posts?

]]> By: Bob Sharkey http://www.fifteensquared.net/2011/08/07/azed-2044/#comment-166844 Bob Sharkey Sun, 07 Aug 2011 09:00:15 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=32645#comment-166844 What an extremely thorough review, Duncan. Excellent stuff. On 1A I think there are two different readings – in the surface, ‘wee one’ as a hint that Scots words are involved, but in the cryptic part ‘one’s’ is read as ‘one has’, so ‘help’ has been given ‘wee’ to form the anagram.

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