Comments on: Everyman nº3405

By: hughr

hughr — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 12:17:17 +0000

Thanks to all who post these blogs. It’s rare that I get all of the answers to a crossword, but I managed to with this one.

By: Stella Heath

Stella Heath — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 14:42:26 +0000

Thanks Sil for clearing up 10ac, which I wasn’t at all happy with, and to Miche for 9ac – a little bell was ringing in the far distance, but I’m glad for the confirmation

By: Miche

Miche — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 09:15:27 +0000

Thanks, Stella.

9a is indeed a double definition. A caution is – or was – a waggish fellow. In Mark Gatiss’s Doctor Who story The Idiot’s Lantern, set in the 1950s, a family is listening to a comedy programme on the wireless. Mum says: “He’s a caution, that one. He does make me laugh.”

By: Bamberger

Bamberger — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 08:42:57 +0000

Funnily enough Hendrix cropped up in a Times crossword where the wordplay was HE (the man) + NIX (nothing) around DR (bones) which I reckon was really hard. The other part of the clue was “axeman” which apparently is another word for a guitarist.
Here I had a going day where the anagrams were solved just like that-why is that some days you can’t get them?

By: Kathryn's Dad

Kathryn's Dad — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 08:04:09 +0000

Thanks Stella.

This was indeed an enjoyable and straightforward Everyman. I liked HENDRIX in particular.

I think ‘showbiz’ works as an adjective: ‘The showbiz world is a fickle one.’

By: Sil van den Hoek

Sil van den Hoek — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 00:26:08 +0000

Many thanks, Stella.
In 10ac ‘a drop of Guinness’ is just G, but because it is followed in the clue by IN, we’ll obtain: I (one) + {MAE (Ms West) around G (drop of Guinness) + IN}.
BTW, Everyman is not always a ‘typical morning stroll’, but this one was – and a nice one, as ever.