Comments on: Independent 7929 / Dac

By: Rorschach

Rorschach — Wed, 14 Mar 2012 22:42:23 +0000

“I think Dac’s always precise clueing makes his puzzles ‘easy’ in the sense of ‘when in doubt follow the instructions”

Almost like there is method in the madness…

By: Dormouse

Dormouse — Wed, 14 Mar 2012 18:37:15 +0000

Yes, a fairly pleasant stroll of a puzzle, nothing kept me thinking for long, apart from 1d which looked like it ought to be “tabloid” but I couldn’t fit that answer to the clue. Did like “Dead tree version”.

By: flashling

flashling — Wed, 14 Mar 2012 17:51:51 +0000

Gaufrid doesn’t push at all, he helps if we’re stuck, we have a schedule, B&J have taken my old slot and are doing an admirable job. Just couldn’t see Jeepers creepers nor Joe soap, just a bad day I guess thanks BJ and Dac. So much for easy folks in a 13a!

By: nmsindy

nmsindy — Wed, 14 Mar 2012 16:20:35 +0000

Excellent puzzle as always. Thanks Dac and B&J. Favourite clue BUSKING.

By: Bertandjoyce

Bertandjoyce — Wed, 14 Mar 2012 14:03:18 +0000

No worries, Allan C. It’s just the way that the Saturday blogs and weekday ones have fallen recently that makes it look that way! Actually really enjoying being on the other side for a while (so to speak) although how some others manage it we don’t know! We are so glad that we are retired but maybe others can solve the puzzles quicker than us or can type faster!
Anyway, we were ‘lurkers’ for a long time so it is good to be able to give something back!!

Thanks to you all for the comments about ‘trove’ – we thought there must be something else as Dac is always so precise as KD says.

By: Allan_C

Allan_C — Wed, 14 Mar 2012 13:16:56 +0000

Nice one, Dac; solving time 27 minutes. And thanks for the blog, B&J: I hope Gaufrid’s not working you too hard, you seem to have done rather a lot of blogs in the short time you’ve been doing them!

I agree with Ian W and K’s D aboout ‘trove’. That usage has been around for a long time – I remember being given a book called ‘Story Trove’ rather a long time ago. Actually I think there’s a name for the process by which a phrase such as ‘Treasure Trove’ acquires a different meaning or interpreatation – from a treasure that is trove (=found) to a trove (= a store) of treasure. Can anyone enlighten me?

By: Kathryn's Dad

Kathryn's Dad — Wed, 14 Mar 2012 11:05:03 +0000

Thank you both for the blog.

I think Dac’s always precise clueing makes his puzzles ‘easy’ in the sense of ‘when in doubt follow the instructions’. And if you did that today you’d have an enjoyable crossword. My favourites were DEAD TREE VERSION and BADDISH, although there were several others I could have picked.

I think TROVE works, as Ian W says – a ‘treasure trove’ in a piratical tale would be a ‘store’ of treasure, although it’s cognate with ‘trouver’ in French for ‘to find’.

By: Ian W.

Ian W. — Wed, 14 Mar 2012 10:23:27 +0000

Thanks for the blog. I agree that the original use of ‘trove’ was something found, but it is very often (if not in fact more often) used to mean a hoard.

COED definition is “a store of valuable or delightful things.”

Bit of a doddle for a Wednesday, I thought.