Comments on: AZED No. 2,075 Plain

By: RCWhiting

RCWhiting — Mon, 19 Mar 2012 14:15:52 +0000

Any other setter would cross-reference but one of the reasons I like AZ is because he rarely does so.

By: grandpuzzler

grandpuzzler — Mon, 19 Mar 2012 01:43:22 +0000

Agree with RCW and NLinF. Is he losing it? There must be another explanation.

Cheers…

By: Norman L in France

Norman L in France — Sun, 18 Mar 2012 21:55:40 +0000

rcw@5
Most strange, indeed.

By: RCWhiting

RCWhiting — Sun, 18 Mar 2012 17:57:43 +0000

Thanks all
Pretty regular meat from AZ.
I struggled to parse ‘cairn’ otherwise no problems.
I know the protocol so this is very vague:
In today’s (2076) AZ does something I have never seen before.
I very much look forward to the response here.

By: Bob Sharkey

Bob Sharkey — Sun, 18 Mar 2012 10:52:15 +0000

A harder than average Azed with some testing word-play to find. I didn’t get it all, I must confess. I disagree with Nick on 33a. I have red + tops – see redd(1).

By: Thomas99

Thomas99 — Sun, 18 Mar 2012 09:09:53 +0000

Thanks both. I found this a bit harder than recent “plains”.

I agree with Pelham B that there’s no need for an “or” or similar in 31a, but that was the clue I was interested in: I’m a bit perplexed by the “give us”; it doesn’t spoil the clue as such but doesn’t seem necessary and given Azed’s usual terseness I wondered if there was something I was missing. I was hoping to find “Hall!” meaning “Give us dinner!” (and not just “dinner”) in Chambers but didn’t. (I also agree with sidey that the primary meaning of “Henry” is Fielding.)

By: sidey

sidey — Sun, 18 Mar 2012 08:35:30 +0000

Thanks both. The Henry in 31a is Fielding but it’s rather good that Hooray fits as well.

By: Pelham Barton

Pelham Barton — Sun, 18 Mar 2012 07:02:26 +0000

Thanks Azed for the usual entertainment and Nick for the blog. 31ac: I see no problem with this structure. I see no more need for "or" between the second and third indications in this clue than between the first and second definitions in 34ac. 3dn: Think of "upriver" in terms of motion rather than position. 20dn: This is sa secundum artem (Latin) according to art - Chambers 2011 p.1368.