Comments on: Independent 7767/Dac

By: Allan_C

Allan_C — Thu, 08 Sep 2011 07:23:30 +0000

Thanks, James @2 for confirming what I had guessed.

‘Gate’ for ‘street’ derives from ‘gata’ found in the Scandinavian languages and is generally found in parts of the country that had a strong Viking presence.

By: Paul B

Paul B — Wed, 07 Sep 2011 19:21:24 +0000

It’s in Collins. So it must be good.

By: nmsindy

nmsindy — Wed, 07 Sep 2011 12:53:15 +0000

Thanks, John, for the blog and Dac for the usual excellent puzzle. As K’s D says, hard to pick out clues as they are all good. Like John tho I esp liked MARQUEE. Not sure, how, John, you’d get the ® into a puzzle tho along with the answer…

Guess the makers would be happy enough with the free advertising tho (if it is still around).

By: Kathryn's Dad

Kathryn's Dad — Wed, 07 Sep 2011 10:55:41 +0000

Thanks, John.

Indeed, as caretman says, a pangram. Are all the Indy setters having a pangram competition these days?

As usual, excellent crossword from Dac. I can usually say that ‘such and such were good clues today’, but with Dac they’re just all good.

Now that the nights are drawing in, might be tempted to do a 10ac for tea soon. GATE for ‘street’ is also Midlands: there’s a Friargate in Derby, for example.

By: James

James — Wed, 07 Sep 2011 10:45:08 +0000

21 Ac – a skipjack is a type of fishing boat from New England

By: caretman

caretman — Wed, 07 Sep 2011 04:53:12 +0000

Thanks, John.

I can add that it was a pangram.

GONZO is probably most familiar to Americans through its relationship to Hunter S. Thompson, author of Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. His style of reporting was called ‘gonzo journalism’.