Comments on: Guardian 25,671 – Rufus

By: Sylvia

Sylvia — Wed, 27 Jun 2012 22:05:10 +0000

RCWhiting: Loved your response! Impressed by a positive Mon blog too.

By: RCWhiting

RCWhiting — Tue, 26 Jun 2012 17:05:09 +0000

Cannot be arsed,he loosely said.

By: Paul B

Paul B — Tue, 26 Jun 2012 13:52:32 +0000

He likes ‘a bit of looseness on a Tuesday’ apparently, but this appeared on a Monday. If you do manage to contact him, let me know what he says.

By: rhotician

rhotician — Tue, 26 Jun 2012 13:42:05 +0000

Paul B @10 & KD @13: I share your misgivings about SHEARED.

Paul B @10 again: “Just shed?”

I have seen others object, usually tentatively, to redundancy in clues. I can only remember one response, which essentially said it was OK if it made for a better surface. So, for instance, if you want to hide NADIA it’s OK to add the redundant ‘Pacific Railway’ to ‘Canadian’.

Assuming that you think just ‘shed’ is better then, for what it’s worth, I agree. I will not say on what grounds, because I would probably need to refer to Ximenes, misunderstandings would arise and we would all stray far into General Discussion.

I wonder what RCW thinks. I don’t suppose he’ll tell us. He doesn’t do quibbles.

By: Davy

Davy — Tue, 26 Jun 2012 08:09:55 +0000

Thanks to johnmcc for alerting me to the poem and thanks to tupu for providing the link.
Music is my first love and not poetry but I loved this. I wonder if there’s a similar
poem about the demise of the crinoline although rhyming would be difficult.

By: johnmcc

johnmcc — Tue, 26 Jun 2012 06:59:25 +0000

Good puzzle. And thanks for that poem Tupu!

By: Jack_Dazley

Jack_Dazley — Mon, 25 Jun 2012 19:27:37 +0000

Ahhhh sorry should’ve tried a trip to Google first. Silly me. Very clever!

By: Jack_Dazley

Jack_Dazley — Mon, 25 Jun 2012 19:26:36 +0000

First of all great blog, thank you! I’m only just discovering the joys and frustrations of crosswords so it’s helping me to learn no end. Pardon my ignorance but could somebody please elaborate on 3d? I got “bustle” from “sublet for redevelopment” recognising it was an anagram. But the penny didn’t drop how “Victorian rear extension” was “bustle.” If somebody should shed some light I’d be much olbliged! Thanks. Jack

By: Derek Lazenby

Derek Lazenby — Mon, 25 Jun 2012 18:48:03 +0000

The consensus seem to easy in places but hard in places. I’ll go along with that.

It was a pity that “The only luggage one needs?” wasn’t (4,5) when one could reasonably get to “Your towel”. (Just to prove I do read books!)

By: Miche

Miche — Mon, 25 Jun 2012 16:09:15 +0000

Thanks, Andrew.

I did enjoy “Victorian rear extension” for BUSTLE.