Comments on: The Guardian No 25,549 by Paul http://www.fifteensquared.net/2012/02/03/the-guardian-no-25549-by-paul/ Never knowingly undersolved. Mon, 20 May 2013 04:54:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Paul B http://www.fifteensquared.net/2012/02/03/the-guardian-no-25549-by-paul/#comment-181814 Paul B Sun, 05 Feb 2012 21:32:10 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=40056#comment-181814 I don’t see how a solution can be anything but: there it is, in front of you.

]]> By: RCWhiting http://www.fifteensquared.net/2012/02/03/the-guardian-no-25549-by-paul/#comment-181810 RCWhiting Sun, 05 Feb 2012 20:45:32 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=40056#comment-181810 I think the solution should be unambiguous, not always the clue.

]]> By: Paul B http://www.fifteensquared.net/2012/02/03/the-guardian-no-25549-by-paul/#comment-181805 Paul B Sun, 05 Feb 2012 19:01:46 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=40056#comment-181805 No, the whole point of cryptic clues is to be absolutely precise. The best of these are precise, yet misleading.

I might be persuaded to exclude from this your CD, but even this should lead as unambiguously as possible to the required word or phrase.

]]> By: RCWhiting http://www.fifteensquared.net/2012/02/03/the-guardian-no-25549-by-paul/#comment-181759 RCWhiting Sat, 04 Feb 2012 22:07:18 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=40056#comment-181759 I always thought being ambiguous was the whole point of a cryptic clue.

]]> By: pingu http://www.fifteensquared.net/2012/02/03/the-guardian-no-25549-by-paul/#comment-181754 pingu Sat, 04 Feb 2012 20:47:35 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=40056#comment-181754 Neil @53 – that is a more comprehensive parsing, I agree – although I think the clue needed a word to separate the definition from the subsidiary in this case, otherwise ‘Kitty flips ring’ would be ambiguous without the crossing letters.

]]> By: AndrewW http://www.fifteensquared.net/2012/02/03/the-guardian-no-25549-by-paul/#comment-181734 AndrewW Sat, 04 Feb 2012 14:53:00 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=40056#comment-181734 Thanks for clearing up a few points, Stella; this is the first time I’ve done a cryptic in a while — my wife’s American, so we tend to do the NY Times puzzle together. A very enjoyable puzzle by Paul, and I’m very happy to have finished it after a couple of hours.

]]> By: Davy http://www.fifteensquared.net/2012/02/03/the-guardian-no-25549-by-paul/#comment-181723 Davy Sat, 04 Feb 2012 09:27:24 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=40056#comment-181723 NeilW,

I notice that you made a comment at 4.05 am. What part of the world do you reside in or are you just a bad sleeper ?.

]]> By: NeilW http://www.fifteensquared.net/2012/02/03/the-guardian-no-25549-by-paul/#comment-181708 NeilW Sat, 04 Feb 2012 04:05:36 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=40056#comment-181708 pingu, actually, I think the def is “seeing ring” as a contraction of the word loophole. (Meaning 2 in Chambers.)

]]> By: pingu http://www.fifteensquared.net/2012/02/03/the-guardian-no-25549-by-paul/#comment-181707 pingu Sat, 04 Feb 2012 03:44:40 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=40056#comment-181707 AuntieCatherine @51 – this clue refers to POOL as a synonym for ‘kitty’, which is reversed (or flipped) to give ‘ring’ as the definition – hence LOOP as the solution.

]]> By: AuntieCatherine http://www.fifteensquared.net/2012/02/03/the-guardian-no-25549-by-paul/#comment-181702 AuntieCatherine Sat, 04 Feb 2012 02:39:10 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=40056#comment-181702 Can some one parse 21 across for me, please. I had to go on the – well, it fits.

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