Comments on: Financial Times 13909 Dante

By: scchua

scchua — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 13:29:05 +0000

Hi grandpuzzler, you’re right about the first set (I presume you’ve got the connection with the blog?). The second set is of actors/actress who are known for not using doubles, but perform stunts themselves, contrary to the surface of 21 across.

By: DeclanOR

DeclanOR — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 04:59:46 +0000

Should “see-through” (11a) not be hyphenated in the numeration as (3-7) rather than (3,7), since the sense is that of an adjective rather than a verb? Or am I splitting hairs?

By: grandpuzzler

grandpuzzler — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 01:38:09 +0000

Thanks Dante and scchua. The first set of pictures are characters from Groundhog Day – Bill Murray as Phil Connors, Andie MacDowell as Rita and the semi-famous Stephen Tobolowsky as Ned Ryerson. I can name the eight people in the second set of pictures but haven’t figured the connection to the puzzle yet. Back to the drawing board.

Cheers…

By: MikeC

MikeC — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 15:33:09 +0000

Re my post@4, I may have inflated Roger Squires’ output – it was 70,000 puzzles (and over 2 million clues) a few years back, according to Wikipedia.

By: MikeC

MikeC — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 15:26:57 +0000

PRONOUNCE is quite a neat clue but I have to agree that it’s unfortunate to have it twice in such quick succession. I’m sure it’s just a simple mistake – Rufus/Dante takes a pride in his record-keeping and aims not to repeat clues more than once in ten years or so! Must be difficult when you’ve set as many puzzles as he has (somewhere over 80,000). The precise date when a puzzle will appear is also usually unknown to the setter.

Otherwise, an enjoyable, mostly straightforward solve. I liked OOMPH.

By: MeicG

MeicG — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 13:31:24 +0000

7D in this, 7A in yesterday’s Rufus. Even by this setter’s standards this is sloppy.
Azed prides himself on never knowingly repeating a clue.If only some others did likewise.

By: crypticsue

crypticsue — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 12:39:09 +0000

A nice puzzle which would be ideal for someone new to the mysterious art of cryptic puzzle solving.

By: Bamberger

Bamberger — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 11:21:46 +0000

Couldn’t get 25a as I had 17d as ease out-silly me.
For 5d, faced with o?m?h, I decided I msut have gone wrong somewhere as I ran through the alphabet, obviously discounting oo.