Comments on: Everyman No. 3401 (4th December)

By: Nik

Nik — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 21:54:04 +0000

Not quite sure why u = superior in 10a?

Any help? We’re still playing catch up on our crosswords!

By: Kathryn's Dad

Kathryn's Dad — Sun, 11 Dec 2011 22:27:11 +0000

Thanks, Lorraine.

Enjoyed this one as usual. Put TREVELYAN in without understanding why, but I think that’s okay – that’s why I come here most weeks to see how you and other folk parsed it.

Loved EVERYMAN THEATRE.

By: Tom Willis

Tom Willis — Sun, 11 Dec 2011 20:35:44 +0000

I remember seeing TREVELYAN pop up in an Everyman before and it struck me then as being a pretty obscure answer – fortunately I know the film well!

By: scchua

scchua — Sun, 11 Dec 2011 14:55:52 +0000

Thanks Lorraine and Everyman.
Hi Davy, pardon me if I’m off-course, but TREVELYAN refers to Alec, Agent 006, who went bad and became 007′s adversary in GoldenEye, the first James Bond movie not based on Fleming’s works.

By: Davy

Davy — Sun, 11 Dec 2011 09:30:46 +0000

Thanks Lorraine,

Another enjoyable puzzle from Everyman with SNAKE EYES being the last one in. I too was baffled by it but should have looked it up I suppose.

Particularly liked UNCTION, LIAISON and EDICT which were all excellent surfaces.

I also didn’t know TREVELYAN but LY inside veteran* jump seemed to jump out at me and seemed a likely name for a character (villain maybe ?).

Thanks Everyman for your consistently good puzzles.

By: Bamberger

Bamberger — Sun, 11 Dec 2011 08:28:03 +0000

Couldn’t get 9a.
Had never heard of goldeneye except as an ointment and used a solver to get trevelyan which meant nothing to me either.
8d as others have noted was as clear as mud.

By: crosser

crosser — Sun, 11 Dec 2011 08:26:31 +0000

Thank you, Nick. You learn something every day!

By: The Trafites

The Trafites — Sun, 11 Dec 2011 08:08:30 +0000

The definition to ‘snake eyes’ is TWO, i.e. the nickname for double one’s (. .)thrown in the dice game craps.

Nick

By: Robi

Robi — Sun, 11 Dec 2011 07:59:20 +0000

Thanks Lorraine and Everyman; good puzzle.

Crosser, I assume SNAKE EYES is a reference to the ‘gumshoe’ film – see http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120832/

By: crosser

crosser — Sun, 11 Dec 2011 07:26:46 +0000

Thanks, Lorraine. I’m afraid I still don’t understand 8d which I had solved from the crossing letters. I got “snakes” (moccasins) round “eye” (gum-shoe), but I still can’t see where the definition is. Can anyone help?