Comments on: Guardian Cryptic 25611 Rufus

By: Rishi

Rishi — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 01:39:03 +0000

When I was in school in a decade immediately after India became independent, we had only ‘forms’. Thus, I studied from Form I to Form VI.
That term is no longer used in our country. Present-day pupils would not know the particular sense of the word.
Is it that persons in a free country hate any kind of ‘form’? I don’t know!

By: Robi

Robi — Mon, 16 Apr 2012 16:19:19 +0000

Thanks scchua; I thought the thread was more devious than that.

By: RCWhiting

RCWhiting — Mon, 16 Apr 2012 15:35:52 +0000

Wardrobe equipment (4,6) instantly means just one thing to me – coat hanger.
It is a classic example of why I object to these type of cryptics. Thet often contain some clever cryptic material which is sadly wasted when the definition is too obvious.
How about ‘suit support too’.

By: scchua

scchua — Mon, 16 Apr 2012 15:18:27 +0000

Thanks for all your comments, especially tupu and Stella for bettering my explanations of 12A and 13A.

Well done to William, CrumlinT, Robi and Miche (who found another link I wasn’t thinking of) who got the quiz answers. And Robi, the common thread amongst the links is simply that they’re all actors who played roles found, in name or description, in answers to the crossword (allowing for the “r” in “riddler”); didn’t mean to mislead.

gm4hqf#9, I too have occasionally found that the pdf version is not posted initially in the morning, especially on Mondays. But the Guardian people are quite prompt in rectifying it, so that it’s there when I look again later in the day.

By: andy smith

andy smith — Mon, 16 Apr 2012 14:53:45 +0000

gm4qf@9 – there was a post frpm Guardian support staff this morning at 10:10 on the G thread, apologising for the absence of the PDF (and confirming that the problem had been fixed).

By: Robi

Robi — Mon, 16 Apr 2012 14:14:36 +0000

RCW @13; of course, wardrobe can mean clothes, and equipment gear or outfit, so loads……

By: Derek Lazenby

Derek Lazenby — Mon, 16 Apr 2012 14:08:10 +0000

Dave @9, I usually just do it online so I wouldn’t normally notice, so I checked anyway and I have both the Print and PDF links, both of which seemed to work. That doesn’t prove anything as an earlier problem could have been corrected by the time I was looking.

Too many cds for me, not to mention that damn grid yet again. He really is getting obsessed with it.

By: Matt

Matt — Mon, 16 Apr 2012 13:49:42 +0000

@13.

answer: Lots.(all coat hangers, mind)

By: RCWhiting

RCWhiting — Mon, 16 Apr 2012 13:32:48 +0000

Thanks all
Question:How many pieces of equipment do you have in your wardrobe?

By: Miche

Miche — Mon, 16 Apr 2012 12:26:32 +0000

Thank you, scchua.

I found this tougher than usual for a Monday, and all the better for it. 8a made me laugh out loud when the centime finally dropped. I did think the repitition in 21a weakened the clue.
HARRIS was my last in, a real “d’oh!” moment since the Three Men books are old favourites. Beautifully concise (the clue, I mean).

William @5 has done most of the work on the pictures: Carrey played Andy Kaufman, comedian and WRESTLER, in Man on the Moon; Bogarde played CARTON; Osmonde played JOSEPH; Tony Robinson played the DOGSBODY Baldrick; Christopher (good spot!) played a CHAPLAIN; Gorshin played the RIDDLEr.