Comments on: Independent 7935/Dac

By: pennes

pennes — Wed, 21 Mar 2012 23:14:18 +0000

I found it rather harder than usual: a rather ponderous start but most of the rest then clicked in, followed by a bit of an effort in th SW corner particularly as I couldn’t get “home page” and don’t know anything about hockey and worked on the basis of “snap” or “flick” for photo so I was stuck on two wrong lines. I think I’d have struggled less if it had been pal’s rather than mate’s in the clue.
Dac’s clues are truly stylish

By: Bertandjoyce

Bertandjoyce — Wed, 21 Mar 2012 19:02:40 +0000

We also had to look up tallage – surprised we haven’t come across it before. We liked ‘contraption’ and sendiary as well.
Usually enjoy Dac’s puzzles and this was no exception. Thanks to Dac and John.

By: Dormouse

Dormouse — Wed, 21 Mar 2012 18:41:42 +0000

My handwriting is so bad, the E in 25ac looked like an O. And somehow I put an O for the first E in 14ac. Doesn’t make solving any easier. Maybe I ought to start doing the online version. Got there in the end, but had to look up TALLAGE in the dictionary. Didn’t know UT SUPRA, but could work it out from my very little knowledge of Latin. Did like CONTRAPTION.

By: NealH

NealH — Wed, 21 Mar 2012 18:14:51 +0000

Very smooth and seemingly effortless clues, as ever. I liked 22 and 13.

By: Kathryn's Dad

Kathryn's Dad — Wed, 21 Mar 2012 16:57:54 +0000

All good stuff as always from Dac, although like John I couldn’t parse HOME PAGE. Thought CONTRAPTION was a great clue with a great surface.

I think ‘these’ works fine in the clue for THERAPY. ‘These people are crazy.’ ‘They are crazy.’

Far too many ice hockey references in this one. Can we just go back to footie, please?

By: nmsindy

nmsindy — Wed, 21 Mar 2012 16:28:11 +0000

Excellent puzzle, not particularly hard. My favourites were CONTRAPTION and STIPENDIARY but all good as always. Collins dict gives ageism/agism and ageist, agist. Thanks, Dac, and John for the blog.

By: Allan_C

Allan_C — Wed, 21 Mar 2012 14:46:56 +0000

Some new words for me here: IMAGIST, TALLAGE, SNOW PEA and SLAPSHOT – but nothing that couldnt be worked out.
One minor quibble with 3d; Chambers only has the spelling ‘ageist’ (although it allows ‘ageing/aging’); I haven’t checked Collins.
CONTRAPTION and COLONEL BOGEY raised a smile.
Thanks, Dac and John.

By: flashling

flashling — Wed, 21 Mar 2012 13:31:28 +0000

For some reason I struggled to start today, but having got over the first finished quite quickly except for UT SUPRA and TALLAGE which I just guessed at from wordplay. Cheers DAC / John.

By: Wanderer

Wanderer — Wed, 21 Mar 2012 11:02:46 +0000

In 22, I think ‘bands’ is a containment indicator, so it’s HOMAGE bands EP for recording.

Loved the double use of pounds in PETROL STATION/LEISURE CENTRE. Excellent stuff. Thanks John and Dac.