Comments on: The Guardian No 25,453, by Brummie http://www.fifteensquared.net/2011/10/14/the-guardian-no-25453-by-brummie/ Never knowingly undersolved. Wed, 22 May 2013 06:08:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: ernie http://www.fifteensquared.net/2011/10/14/the-guardian-no-25453-by-brummie/#comment-172044 ernie Sat, 15 Oct 2011 19:07:17 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=35504#comment-172044 Thanks Brummie and Stella.

I’m in the same league as Tata @8. Good fun and I liked everything being drink/drunk. No objections: I accept dodgy clueing if I can see the answer (eg 8d). Thanks again.

]]> By: g larsen http://www.fifteensquared.net/2011/10/14/the-guardian-no-25453-by-brummie/#comment-172012 g larsen Sat, 15 Oct 2011 08:23:41 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=35504#comment-172012 I must be getting old – there was a time when the Oder was very well-known, as part of the Oder-Neisse line, the new boundary set in 1945 between Poland and (East) Germany.

I was in Szczecin earlier this year – an interesting Hanseatic port with a splendid brick cathedral. The amazing (to a non-Pole) spelling becomes easier if you think of it under its former German name of Stettin.

]]> By: tupu http://www.fifteensquared.net/2011/10/14/the-guardian-no-25453-by-brummie/#comment-172010 tupu Sat, 15 Oct 2011 08:05:18 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=35504#comment-172010 Hi stiofain
I thought about ‘homo’ words. I think this prefix usually implies sameness between one entity and another, rather sameness within an entity.

]]> By: Eileen http://www.fifteensquared.net/2011/10/14/the-guardian-no-25453-by-brummie/#comment-172008 Eileen Sat, 15 Oct 2011 07:41:58 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=35504#comment-172008 Nice one, stumped! Hope to hear from you again.

]]> By: stumped http://www.fifteensquared.net/2011/10/14/the-guardian-no-25453-by-brummie/#comment-171997 stumped Sat, 15 Oct 2011 00:39:35 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=35504#comment-171997 Hi Eileen and Stella. Thanks for the welcome, this is indeed my first post here. I am returning to Cryptics after a very long time. They’re a rare beast here in the wilds of New England. Much has changed in all matters since I did the Guardian daily at School & Univ. I’m tempted to blame it all on…

Prime Minister threw the hat in late (6,3,3)

]]> By: Stella http://www.fifteensquared.net/2011/10/14/the-guardian-no-25453-by-brummie/#comment-171990 Stella Fri, 14 Oct 2011 21:08:49 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=35504#comment-171990 Hi stumped and Eileen; I’d no idea of the town when solving, but remembered that, when studying German at school, I learnt that the second verse of their national anthem was forbidden until an eventual reunion, as it went something like “von der Rhein bis an der Oder”.

Sorry to any German speakers if I’ve got my genders wrong – this was some forty years ago.

]]> By: Eileen http://www.fifteensquared.net/2011/10/14/the-guardian-no-25453-by-brummie/#comment-171984 Eileen Fri, 14 Oct 2011 20:01:26 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=35504#comment-171984 I can’t account for the rogue ‘O’ ;-)

]]> By: Eileen http://www.fifteensquared.net/2011/10/14/the-guardian-no-25453-by-brummie/#comment-171982 Eileen Fri, 14 Oct 2011 19:59:16 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=35504#comment-171982 Hi stumped

I’m rather sticking my neck out here but I don’t recognise your name [please forgive me if you have posted here before and I've missed it and 'Welcome', if you haven't!] – so perhaps you’re fairly new to cryptic crosswords? ODER is among the top favourite rivers / ‘flowers’ for crossword setters and I think this was Brummie’s way of cluing it rather more cryptically. And he had to get ‘drink’ in somehow! [I’m afraid I hadn’t heard of the Polish city either!0

]]> By: stumped http://www.fifteensquared.net/2011/10/14/the-guardian-no-25453-by-brummie/#comment-171972 stumped Fri, 14 Oct 2011 16:58:52 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=35504#comment-171972 3down is a bit unfair, or does everyone know rivers in obscure Polish towns? It’s easy enough to get the answer by parsing and check letters but…

]]> By: John http://www.fifteensquared.net/2011/10/14/the-guardian-no-25453-by-brummie/#comment-171971 John Fri, 14 Oct 2011 16:45:55 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=35504#comment-171971 As I’ve said before, “themed” puzzles often make for tortuous cluing and so it is here, and was yesterday, IMHO. This type of puzzle seemds designed to show off the ingenuity of the setter rather than to test the orthographic/linguistic skills and capabilities of the solver. Still, it takes all sorts and many enjoyed both. So be it.

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