Comments on: Independent 7815/Dac

By: hounddog

hounddog — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 17:24:07 +0000

I’m with AndyB on this one. I found it pretty straightforward by my standards.

I chuckled (which is about as close as I ever get to laughing out loud) at Rabbi Ted.

By: AndyB

AndyB — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 17:00:48 +0000

I liked 4 and 25 in particular.

Curiously, perhaps, I found this slightly easier than I normally find Dac, and while unquestionably a good puzzle not perhaps as fine as usual. (Dac and Shed might well be my two desert island setters)

By: flashling

flashling — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 16:17:54 +0000

Another here who found it harder than usual without really knowing why (apart from spoing my grid misspelling bundesrat!) Thanks John

By: Kathryn's Dad

Kathryn's Dad — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 16:09:50 +0000

Thanks John and Dac

The unavailability of the crossword online is a nuisance – I know it’s free, but it surely can’t be that much of a fix? Anyway, no worries today, because I was out and about and able to pick up the paper itself. Had to do it pm rather than am, so that’s my excuse for finding it a bit harder than your usual Dac.

RABBITED was very good; also enjoyed BRAM STOKER. Well done for explaining TERRIER, John, couldn’t see that for love nor money.

Agree with Pelham about the verbal sense of ‘cellar’.

By: Pelham Barton

Pelham Barton — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 13:00:44 +0000

25ac: You can get the agreement the other way: Chambers (1998, p.262) gives cellar¹ vt to store in a cellar.

By: crypticsue

crypticsue — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 12:40:54 +0000

I too found this on the difficult side today, but enjoyed it once I had finished, if you see what I mean. Thanks to Dac and John.

By: spb

spb — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 12:09:16 +0000

I think 4 across is just that the Jewish equivalent of Father Ted would be Rabbi Ted. Which I thought was a funny and good clue.