Comments on: Independent 8010 / Anax (Saturday Prize Crossword 16/06/12)

By: Bertandjoyce

Bertandjoyce — Sun, 08 Jul 2012 07:43:38 +0000

Thanks Graham Pellen@5. We think that makes better sense.

By: Graham Pellen

Graham Pellen — Sun, 08 Jul 2012 07:40:09 +0000

16D I read “please, no!” to mean “please” in its infinitive sense and “no!” as indicating just the opposite – ie “anger”.

By: crypticsue

crypticsue — Sat, 23 Jun 2012 13:00:17 +0000

A right proper Saturday challenge if I remember it rightly, involving both the use of Tippex and overwriting. Just right for a wet day’s solving. Thanks to Anax and B&J.

sidey@3 If the ony road-building geekiness form Anax is 20 a, we should consider ourselves lucky. I work with someone who used to work in asphalt!!

By: sidey

sidey — Sat, 23 Jun 2012 08:34:57 +0000

I’d never have guessed that Anax was a road-building geek. 20a is a spectacularly good clue if you happen to know about graded sub-base or MOT Type 1 roadstone.

I’m not sure that ‘atom’ is really a satisfactory definition for ‘ion’ though. Monatomic hydrogen is about 75% of the universe after all https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydrogen_atom

By: Lancastrian Bluenose

Lancastrian Bluenose — Sat, 23 Jun 2012 08:34:23 +0000

I liked this crossword: I have to admit the first clue I entered was the Whigfield clue !

By: Dormouse

Dormouse — Sat, 23 Jun 2012 08:23:10 +0000

I’d never heard of Whigfield, either, thought it might be a town in Yorkshire, say, so I googled it which didn’t help – thought 4dn might be “disco” which didn’t get me anywhere. But it did vaguely raise memories of the song “Saturday Night”, not because of any interest in Danish pop music but because I think it had minimal lyrics, something like “Saturday night, uh-uh” repeated over which made it something of a joke.

After a week, I can’t remember much more, but I did complete this once I got the dance theme.