Comments on: Guardian Cryptic N° 25, 493 by Brendan

By: Huw Powell

Huw Powell — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 20:27:04 +0000

While I only skimmed the last 15 comments or so, did anyone else notice that LOVE @ 3d is also a HA in rEVOLution? Not that there is an indicator, of course.

Loved the theme, Brendan, thanks for the blog and the lovely typos, PeterO!

By: tupu

tupu — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 16:49:29 +0000

Hi Meic
Thanks. Great minds!

By: mhl

mhl — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 15:19:07 +0000

Oops, apparently I didn’t cancel fast enough to correct my typo

By: mhl

mhl — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 15:18:32 +0000

A really lovely puzzle, I thought, with so many interlinked themes and allusions – I particularly enjoyed the links between The Name of the Rose (great book!) and Romeo and Juliet. I’m still hoping there’ll be a compilation book of Brendan’s crosswords published by someone.

By: mhl

mhl — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 15:18:12 +0000

A really lovely puzzle, I thought, with so many interlinked themes and illusions – I particularly enjoyed the links between The Name of the Rose (great book!) and Romeo and Juliet. I’m still hoping there’ll be a compilation book of Brendan’s crosswords published by someone.

By: Meic

Meic — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 14:15:33 +0000

Tupu: I clued SEMIOTIC as “Of signs detected with half an ear” in a Crossword Club clue back in the 1980s

By: tupu

tupu — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 08:08:35 +0000

Thanks Giovanna
I missed the further possible allusion to Giulietta in 9a.

By: ElTel

ElTel — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 00:47:41 +0000

I’ve been doing these things for 40 years and, either I’m getting dimmer or they’re getting harder. Is it a sign of weakness, or am I too addicted, that I came here to reveal the (for me) unsolved last three – 4,10, and eight? And worse; to discover I got one (21) completely wrong!

Still, better than waiting for tomorrows paper!

By: Giovanna

Giovanna — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 00:23:02 +0000

I came to this rather late this evening but a big thank you to Brendan for a wonderfully entertaining puzzle and PeterO for the blog.

Eco went in first followed by Romeo. The Italian car reference in 9a gave me Alfa Romeo Giulietta which made everything fall into place. Like Eileen, I must read The Name of the Rose but I am busy enjoying Il Gattopardo at the moment,(The Leopard,) which is absolutely fascinating.

More please, Brendan!

Giovanna x

By: tupu

tupu — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 23:56:27 +0000

Hi IanN14
Thanks. You seem to be right. That is the most straightforward answer. My own is logical but demands a particular, though well documented, dictionary reading.