Comments on: Independent 7,899 / Dac

By: Tokyocolin

Tokyocolin — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 23:58:47 +0000

Thanks RR. I too found this a pleasant stroll.
In Japan the combover is known as ‘barcode’.

By: Wil Ransome

Wil Ransome — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 23:18:05 +0000

Unlike RR I found this extraordinarily difficult for a Dac, although no problems at all with it now that it’s done. The usual excellence. Some would cavil at the chestnutty quality of PRONOUNCEMENT, and I never understood NAOMI until reading the blog.

Clive James used to call it a baldy cover-up, a term I use rather than combover because it implies a rather unpleasant vanity.

By: sidey

sidey — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 21:55:06 +0000

I thought Jack’s was longer, donkey’s years ago one paper had pictures of them heading balls to compare the lengths.

By: Kathryn's Dad

Kathryn's Dad — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:05:43 +0000

Thank you, RatkojaRiku. Bit quiet in here today. I too found this harder than Dac’s usual Wednesday puzzle. I’m absolutely certain that he wasn’t in ‘I’ll show you who’s boss’ mode, but it certainly felt like it at times!

It’s all fair (except maybe NAOMI, which I thought was a bit of a liberty) but having got a start, I certainly didn’t find it easy to finish off. PREMATCH NERVES was a lovely anagram and clue, and although I’ve certainly seen the PRONOUN + CEMENTS trick before, it took me a while to see it.

I fancy 5ac should have been (4-4) COMB-OVER (my Collins says so, anyway), but since we haven’t mentioned footie on the Indy thread for at least a week, it gives me a chance to say get well soon to Sir Bobby Charlton, who was probably the most famous person to have flaunted it.

By: flashling

flashling — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 15:06:00 +0000

Thanks RR unlike yourself I struggled quite a bit, just an off day for me perhaps. Still couldn’t really see cadillac, bit obvious now you’ve pointed it out though.