Comments on: Guardian Quiptic 627 by Beale

By: Georg Seifert

Georg Seifert — Thu, 24 Nov 2011 17:19:51 +0000

15 DOWN: underground = the (London) rube; rose = sprang up
You will be fully aware of that now; just thought your deliberations sounded a bit insecure.

From one of the rare breed of German enthusiasts

By: Derek Lazenby

Derek Lazenby — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 18:21:14 +0000

Mostly OK I guess, but yes there were a couple not suitable as noted above.

By: Kathryn's Dad

Kathryn's Dad — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 15:10:27 +0000

Thanks, PeeDee. Like others, was held up with this for longer than I should have been for a Quiptic. We haven’t seen Beale for a while, I don’t think.

I liked SUBCULTURE, and also SECURITY BLANKET, because it reminded me of Linus in the Peanuts cartoon strip.

By: Stella Heath

Stella Heath — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 13:34:10 +0000

Thanks Peedee and Beale.

I agree with PeterO in all his comments, and I think the reason I found it slightly tougher than I would ahve expected is that some of the definitions are rather vague: “music” for TOCCATA; “food” for RISOTTO; “flower” for TUBEROSE …

By: PeeDee

PeeDee — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 13:26:00 +0000

Thanks for spotting the mistake, corrected now.

By: PeterO

PeterO — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 12:46:45 +0000

PeeDee

Thanks for the blog, and thanks to Beale for a crossword that gave me more pause than most Quiptics.
I am sure that your first explanation of 15D is correct, and the order of the elements is because it gives an answer that way – or, to put it another way, there is no good indication in the clue for it.
BTW, in 2D, the chemical symbol for potassium is K, which is all that is required for the wordplay.