Comments on: Independent 7897/Punk

By: Pierre

Pierre — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 11:43:46 +0000

Thank you, Dormouse. I’m sure you’re right!

By: Dormouse

Dormouse — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 10:22:00 +0000

Couldn’t 1d refer to George Eliot (pseudonym of Mary Ann Evans) rather than TS? He’s usually thought of as a poet rather than an author.

By: flashling

flashling — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 14:06:41 +0000

Odd Allan_C I did exactly the same on 5ac, cheers Pierre and Punk, I found this a bit tricky in places for reasons that bemuse me.

Got an “i” today too and was rewarded with an old Mass, I found Mass very hard I seem to remember but breezed though it in less than ten minutes, maybe somewhere in dusty corners of my mind I just remembered the answers.

By: Allan_C

Allan_C — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 13:50:35 +0000

Yes, an enjoyable puzzle in the vein we’ve come to expect from Punk.

Went off on completely the wrong track at first with 5a, thinking “darling animal” referred to Nana (in Peter Pan) and trying to fit something around those letters reversed, then when I got BELOVED it was a while before the penny dropped about “sack” meaning “bed”.

10a reminded me of the old riddle “my first denotes a company, my second shuns a company, my third summons a company and my whole puzzles a company”.

By: NealH

NealH — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 13:34:32 +0000

Some of us escaped having to explain the Facts of Life by the simple expedient of not having any children.

I thought this was very enjoyable and just what you’d expect from Punk.

By: sidey

sidey — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 13:27:26 +0000

Re 5d, in parts of Yorkshire bread rolls are called tea-cakes.

Not a difficult puzzle. The blog provided much more entertainment. Thanks Pierre.

By: crypticsue

crypticsue — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 12:45:53 +0000

A superbly entertaining start to Monday thank you Punk. Not sure what it says about me that I liked the laugh out loud d’oh moment at 2d best. Thanks to Pierre too

By: dialrib

dialrib — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 11:14:35 +0000

Thanks, Pierre.
5d Chambers Online says a bun can be a small round cake. It also reminds us ‘buns’ is US slang for buttocks.