Comments on: Guardian Cryptic 25649 Pasquale http://www.fifteensquared.net/2012/05/30/guardian-cryptic-25649-pasquale/ Never knowingly undersolved. Sat, 25 May 2013 19:19:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: brucew_aus http://www.fifteensquared.net/2012/05/30/guardian-cryptic-25649-pasquale/#comment-195613 brucew_aus Sat, 09 Jun 2012 12:31:23 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=44863#comment-195613 Thanks Pasquale and scchua

Another one that I had put on the backburner whilst busy at work. Again, it was worth the wait – reasonably hard but the clues clearly giving the answers. A great mix of all types of subjects – science, geography, contemporary / historic, sport, pop, etc.

Last in was MINE having never heard of Tracey Emin – also had not seen DEF for brilliant before either. Thought that there were many fine clues with the favourite two being the long 2D and 26A.

]]> By: Pasquale http://www.fifteensquared.net/2012/05/30/guardian-cryptic-25649-pasquale/#comment-194958 Pasquale Thu, 31 May 2012 06:40:15 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=44863#comment-194958 Thanks for all feedback (here and elsewhere). This time I teased you with a peculiar mixture, reflecting my beliefs that 1) we live in a wondrously diverse world that ought to be celebrated, and 2)solving crosswords is about decoding fair clues that might lead you to discover new words describing that world.

]]> By: scchua http://www.fifteensquared.net/2012/05/30/guardian-cryptic-25649-pasquale/#comment-194939 scchua Wed, 30 May 2012 15:18:28 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=44863#comment-194939 [[Hi Tom_I, Robi and Thomas99, well done:
Rudyard Kipling's poem Mandalay gave the phrase "east of SUEZ", which phrase became much used in 1968 when Denis Healey, Defence Secretary in Harold Wilson's government decided on British troops withdrawal east of SUEZ;
Bill Bixby and Lou Ferrigno were in the TV series The Incredible HULK;
Jeffrey Archer wrote The Fourth ESTATE;
and Goodness Gracious Me had that character Smitta SMITTEN.
That's the end of the innings, and thanks for playing!]]

]]> By: Derek Lazenby http://www.fifteensquared.net/2012/05/30/guardian-cryptic-25649-pasquale/#comment-194938 Derek Lazenby Wed, 30 May 2012 15:09:58 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=44863#comment-194938 …and see what BigAl? All the people who like any excuse for pretending they are better than everyone else staring at The Emperor’s New Clothes? LOL.

]]> By: BigAl http://www.fifteensquared.net/2012/05/30/guardian-cryptic-25649-pasquale/#comment-194937 BigAl Wed, 30 May 2012 14:47:01 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=44863#comment-194937 I went to the Emin retrospective in the Hayward and was mightily impressed. But there again, I also go to see the Turner prize exhibits each year – and Hockney – and Freud – open your eyes a little!

]]> By: Thomas99 http://www.fifteensquared.net/2012/05/30/guardian-cryptic-25649-pasquale/#comment-194936 Thomas99 Wed, 30 May 2012 14:32:38 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=44863#comment-194936 [[Re picture 4 & the cast of Goodness Gracious Me - could it be a reference to Meera Syal's character "Smita Smitten, Showbiz Kitten" and 4d?]]

]]> By: RCWhiting http://www.fifteensquared.net/2012/05/30/guardian-cryptic-25649-pasquale/#comment-194934 RCWhiting Wed, 30 May 2012 14:16:36 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=44863#comment-194934 [[scchua]]
[[Thankyou very much, it works beautifully.]]

]]> By: Sylvia http://www.fifteensquared.net/2012/05/30/guardian-cryptic-25649-pasquale/#comment-194933 Sylvia Wed, 30 May 2012 13:53:30 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=44863#comment-194933 Phew!This was hard but satisfying. Needed reference books for 2, 3, 5, 6 and 7d and didn’t know the cricketers, but 26 had to be elderflower. Surprised that Basingstoke leaped out at me initially and much later turned out to be right.

]]> By: RCWhiting http://www.fifteensquared.net/2012/05/30/guardian-cryptic-25649-pasquale/#comment-194932 RCWhiting Wed, 30 May 2012 13:52:39 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=44863#comment-194932 Thanks all
Pretty straightforward.There were more words than usual which I didn’t know (emesis,narthex, oosphere, erymanthian) but the cryptics were solid enough to make them solvable.
I can claim equality with Gervase’s Mum; dreadful stuff.

]]> By: Derek Lazenby http://www.fifteensquared.net/2012/05/30/guardian-cryptic-25649-pasquale/#comment-194930 Derek Lazenby Wed, 30 May 2012 13:47:59 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=44863#comment-194930 No surprise that I’m with the “this was hard” and “thank goodness for software” faction! Several items were previously unknown.

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