Comments on: Guardian 25,615 / Puck

By: Paul B

Paul B — Sat, 21 Apr 2012 00:43:25 +0000

David Travis @ 24: about means, or can mean, ‘active’ (Collins 15), so you’re going to be up against it.

I really hated your radio show, by the way.

By: nametab

nametab — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 21:52:53 +0000

Others have said it all, but the curled-up ARMADILLO (which I missed too), plus its other allusions in the puzzle is simply delightful. Thank you Puck, and lovely to find others who share the admiration.

By: Eileen

Eileen — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 20:36:21 +0000

Oops! I’m not sure whether my last comment was a typo or a Freudian slip – profuse apologies to both esteemed setters!

By: Eileen

Eileen — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 20:26:30 +0000

Many thanks, Punk, for dropping in @28n and particularly @33. I shall sleep a little easier now – but will continue to kick myself!!

By: RCWhiting

RCWhiting — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 19:51:22 +0000

That’s alright, old chap, we grandfathers do have our blind spots now and again. I do, at least that’s what my grandchildren think and tell me.

By: Robi

Robi — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 18:33:52 +0000

…….. sorry, I see what you mean in terms of the spelling……..

By: Robi

Robi — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 18:32:37 +0000

RCW @20; not sure I understand your comment. I’m a grandpa and leave grandads to others.

By: tupu

tupu — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 18:23:09 +0000

Armadillos, like African pangolins which look superficially similar, are hard to find in the wild. Indeed pangolins are named according to this trait in Swahili and some other African languages e.g. SW. kakakuona – hard to see. Members of both groups roll themselves into a ball when threated so the armadillo seems to be very well chosen by Puck for a curled up, difficult to see nina.

Thanks Puck for the visit.

By: Bertandjoyce

Bertandjoyce — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 17:27:49 +0000

Thanks Eileen, Joyce worked out Thomas Arnold bur not why! Bert noticed the reference in 3d but then forgot to check it later! Thank goodness for 225.

Thanks Puck for an amusing and ingenious puzzle in a very restricted grid.

By: Puck

Puck — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 17:23:36 +0000

Eileen, I’ve just spotted your PS from 4.30pm. Many thanks for the kind comments, and no need to be hard on yourself for not visibly locating the armadillo that you had so brilliantly intuited by some other means!

William @ 30: Well, I didn’t completely stumble on the curled-up alligator by accident. I was intentionally looking for a word that would curl up around the middle of the grid, and then suddenly there it was staring me in the face.