Comments on: Guardian Cryptic 25587 Rufus http://www.fifteensquared.net/2012/03/19/guardian-cryptic-25587-rufus/ Never knowingly undersolved. Wed, 19 Jun 2013 03:01:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Dominick http://www.fifteensquared.net/2012/03/19/guardian-cryptic-25587-rufus/#comment-188316 Dominick Thu, 29 Mar 2012 11:03:02 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=41927#comment-188316 Anyone that played Elite in the 80s would know what a Krait was. However, I agree with Derek, One requires legs to creep and that prevented me from entering the word for a long time. Ended up using the checker. Funnily enough, I think crawl would just about be ok but a snake can’t creep surely?

]]> By: Paul B http://www.fifteensquared.net/2012/03/19/guardian-cryptic-25587-rufus/#comment-187331 Paul B Tue, 20 Mar 2012 01:25:27 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=41927#comment-187331 I think it *should* be plural – the RA is ‘soldiers’.

]]> By: morpheus http://www.fifteensquared.net/2012/03/19/guardian-cryptic-25587-rufus/#comment-187317 morpheus Mon, 19 Mar 2012 21:19:23 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=41927#comment-187317 This may be a bit obvious but presumbly RA here simply means Royal Artilleryman? RA=Royal Artillery normally clued by soldiers?

]]> By: Derek Lazenby http://www.fifteensquared.net/2012/03/19/guardian-cryptic-25587-rufus/#comment-187304 Derek Lazenby Mon, 19 Mar 2012 16:33:23 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=41927#comment-187304 Creep, crawl, whatever, I always thought either implied limbs. Snakes slide, glide, slither and the like.

]]> By: Kathryn's Dad http://www.fifteensquared.net/2012/03/19/guardian-cryptic-25587-rufus/#comment-187303 Kathryn's Dad Mon, 19 Mar 2012 16:18:22 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=41927#comment-187303 Many thanks, scchua, for the blog and Rufus for the Monday morning entertainment. Some lovely, typical Rufus clueing here – especially for FRANZ LISZT and ALONGSIDE.

I was really annoyed not to be able to get BUCKRAM without a wordsearch, because I knew I’d seen it somewhere before. The fact that it intersected with KRAIT didn’t help, because I struggled with that too. I know the clue said ‘creep’ but I think in any case snakes can crawl, can’t they?

]]> By: Robi http://www.fifteensquared.net/2012/03/19/guardian-cryptic-25587-rufus/#comment-187302 Robi Mon, 19 Mar 2012 16:15:09 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=41927#comment-187302 tupu @1; extract from Wiki: ‘All kraits are nocturnal. They are more docile during the daylight hours; at night they become very active, but are not very aggressive even when provoked.’

]]> By: tupu http://www.fifteensquared.net/2012/03/19/guardian-cryptic-25587-rufus/#comment-187301 tupu Mon, 19 Mar 2012 16:07:44 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=41927#comment-187301 Hi Derek
:) Yes but doesn’t it say creeps?

]]> By: Derek Lazenby http://www.fifteensquared.net/2012/03/19/guardian-cryptic-25587-rufus/#comment-187294 Derek Lazenby Mon, 19 Mar 2012 14:57:29 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=41927#comment-187294 All jolly good stuff, but don’t you need limbs to be able to crawl?

]]> By: PeterO http://www.fifteensquared.net/2012/03/19/guardian-cryptic-25587-rufus/#comment-187293 PeterO Mon, 19 Mar 2012 14:48:58 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=41927#comment-187293 I think black=pitch is OK with verbs on both sides of the equation.

RCW _ Yes, but the Hungarian convention would be to put the patronymic first – Liszt Ferenc.

]]> By: KayOz http://www.fifteensquared.net/2012/03/19/guardian-cryptic-25587-rufus/#comment-187289 KayOz Mon, 19 Mar 2012 14:17:37 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=41927#comment-187289 Thanks for the extensive explanation, scchua. You have excelled.

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