Comments on: Everyman No. 3412 (26th February)

By: Kathryn's Dad

Kathryn's Dad — Sun, 04 Mar 2012 14:18:57 +0000

Thanks, Lorraine. All good stuff from Everyman as usual. I too liked PRIME NUMBER (and thanks for the link, Robi – interesting).

And bravo, Bamberger! Nothing to do with the glass of red you had with supper, I presume?

By: Robi

Robi — Sun, 04 Mar 2012 12:44:47 +0000

Entertaining, as ever. Thanks Lorraine; I needed to check SOLON, Hide and TERPSICHORE, but the cluing was, as usual, precise. TICKLED TO DEATH appeared two days ago in an Orlando crossword. I liked the 2011 PRIME NUMBER clue; apparently, 2011 is the sum of eleven consecutive prime numbers.

By: Bamberger

Bamberger — Sun, 04 Mar 2012 07:53:50 +0000

It just goes to show that one man’s meat is another mans’s poison. For whatever reason I sat down on the Sunday evening and just wrote answer after answer in without having to pause. I’ve often wondered how it was possible for the incredibly quick times to be recorded on the Times site -now I know.
I didn’t understand 7d but it couldn’t be anything else.
It may never happen again but I did feel a sense of achievement.

By: crosser

crosser — Sun, 04 Mar 2012 07:28:04 +0000

Thanks, Lorraine, I needed your help in parsing 15d which I had only solved with the help of the crossing letters.