Comments on: Private Eye/Cyclops 464 – Stalag Leveson

By: beermagnet

beermagnet — Wed, 21 Mar 2012 19:28:03 +0000

My goodness me! I say! I believe you spotted it my good man
So the wordplay for 17D should be: UR inside A TIT (a bird) all inside MY
UR is the archetypal “old place” being the most ancient known city http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ur

Ta Simon.

By: simon

simon — Wed, 21 Mar 2012 18:20:57 +0000

Re: 17d.

I think ‘I say’ means ‘my’ – as in an exclamation (I’m sure I’ve seen it used before). Which would mean that it’s squeezing ‘a tit’.

How you got ‘UR’ from ‘the old place’ beats me. Care to explain?

Thanks.

By: beermagnet

beermagnet — Mon, 19 Mar 2012 11:32:11 +0000

Yes Glyn,
[d]AVI[d] not [d]Av[e] Doh!
Can’t think of him any other way – looks like what familiarity breeds also works in reverse.

I also think Pantyhose in 463 was simply a mistake. It’s not as if the Eye runs to a dedicated crossword editor.

I prefer sidey’s explanation of the wrestling connection for LOCK. A half-nelson certainly immobilises a member.

By: sidey

sidey — Mon, 19 Mar 2012 05:12:36 +0000

I think 22a is more likely to be a wrestling reference than a rugger one.

By: Steve Randall

Steve Randall — Mon, 19 Mar 2012 01:37:41 +0000

I’m not sure you got the rugby reference in 22A?

By: Glyn Allanson

Glyn Allanson — Mon, 19 Mar 2012 00:49:46 +0000

I should have made it clear that I was referring to 8d. Sorry. Beermagnet – do you have a view on the pattyhose/pantyhose confusion from Cyclops 463? I’m still convinced it was a mistake but there was no mention of it in the current issue. I’d love to know if you have an interpretation of the clue that works.

By: Glyn Allanson

Glyn Allanson — Mon, 19 Mar 2012 00:38:43 +0000

You seem to be on familiar terms with Mr Cameron, but those of us who only know him as David can see where the “I” comes from.