Comments on: Everyman No. 3418 (8th April)

By: Kathryn's Dad

Kathryn's Dad — Sun, 15 Apr 2012 18:02:45 +0000

One of my problems with your comments, sidey, is that I never know when to take you seriously …

By: sidey

sidey — Sun, 15 Apr 2012 17:09:48 +0000

because he was the guy who interrupted the Boat Race.

Um no, no he wasn’t.

By: Menno Rooseboom

Menno Rooseboom — Sun, 15 Apr 2012 15:40:14 +0000

I think 11d is absolutely brilliant.

By: Hughr

Hughr — Sun, 15 Apr 2012 14:38:13 +0000

Thanks for the blog. I got about half of them

By: Kathryn's Dad

Kathryn's Dad — Sun, 15 Apr 2012 14:30:20 +0000

The boy is a crossword fan, and I’ll retract my remark about him hardly being a household name, because he was the guy who interrupted the Boat Race.

See here: http://gormano.blogspot.co.uk/2012/04/odd-words-and-crosswords.html

By: Everyman

Everyman — Sun, 15 Apr 2012 11:39:58 +0000

The inclusion of ‘Gorman’ in the crossword was deliberate on my part. Dave kindly wrote the Foreword to the ‘Chambers Everyman crosswords’ book published in 2007.

By: Lorraine

Lorraine — Sun, 15 Apr 2012 11:08:35 +0000

Dave Gorman is a DJ on the digital radio station ‘absolute radio’, and they are always talking about his comedy shows – this is the only reason I got this clue.

It must have been deliberate, as the more normal ‘word’ (as opposed to a fairly obscure proper noun), ‘german’ e.g. would fit here.

Lorraine

By: Rishi

Rishi — Sun, 15 Apr 2012 10:32:42 +0000

I have no problem with 20d. ‘Signal’ to mean ‘outstanding’ is often used in expressions such as ‘signal victory’. When we ‘signal’ to someone, we gesture to them. Sometimes the gesture could be casual or tentative; sometimes ‘outstanding’.

By: Andrew

Andrew — Sun, 15 Apr 2012 10:09:33 +0000

I saw Dave Gorman's live show Dave Gorman's Googlewhack Adventure a few years ago. Part of the story of this involved his (genuinely) winning one of the Everyman prizes, so I wondered if his inclusion in this puzzle was a deliberate tribute, or just coincidence. Although his name is very familiar to me (ever since Are you Dave Gorman?, which I'm shocked to see was broadcast 11 years ago), I think he's perhaps a rather obscure reference for an Everyman.

By: Kathryn's Dad

Kathryn's Dad — Sun, 15 Apr 2012 08:34:19 +0000

One man’s well-known is the next man’s obscurity …