Comments on: Guardian 25,678 – Paul

By: tahc

tahc — Wed, 18 Jul 2012 21:31:54 +0000

@dave Ellison: I think I would class myself as one of the ‘fartlets’ of which you speak, being of the tender age of 31. Not that you’ll read this so far after the event anyway – I’m currently trying to teach myself the mystic ways of the cryptic crossword and am managing about two per week with a backlog (hence the late posting).

However, am relishing the learnings that 225 provides, means I have a slight chance of keeping up with my dad the next time I go and visit and we try to complete one together! So thanks for the blog UY.

By: Yellow

Yellow — Tue, 17 Jul 2012 17:46:08 +0000

@11 I don't any cruelty was intended to Ms Navratilova - rather, I think the surface alludes to this. (Excuse extreme lateness.)

By: Paulwaver

Paulwaver — Wed, 04 Jul 2012 09:52:09 +0000

Paul said with much intentness.

By: Paul

Paul — Wed, 04 Jul 2012 09:19:41 +0000

I agree, folks, that ‘Intentness’ is a horrid word. I resolve here never to do it again!
Much love, and thanks, to all.

John (Paul)

By: Paulwaver

Paulwaver — Wed, 04 Jul 2012 08:15:06 +0000

Don @34

I hope you don’t learn French and German or the Welsh road signs could end up in four languages.
Dyna ni or perhaps VOILA TOUT.

By: don

don — Tue, 03 Jul 2012 23:56:33 +0000

Fairly clued!?

Nid wyf yn siarad Ffrangeg neu Almaeneg. Saesneg yn unig os gwelwch yn dda mewn papur newydd Saesneg.

By: Trailman

Trailman — Tue, 03 Jul 2012 21:45:46 +0000

Please Sil enough. I can parse it but please do not make me visualise it.

By: Sil van den Hoek

Sil van den Hoek — Tue, 03 Jul 2012 20:38:47 +0000

Michael Gove?
In Germany, the first person to take part in wicked love game!

By: Trailman

Trailman — Tue, 03 Jul 2012 20:04:34 +0000

Thanks for the tease Sil!
Across the piece, a good series of cryptics will draw out a wide range of knowledge. I guess that’s an extra dimension to the Ximenean v Araucarian debate. I get a warm glow when I look at a solved crossword and think of the cultural awareness I’ve needed to solve it, as well as my ability to work out the clue-structure. And that awareness needs to spread well beyond the world-view of, say, Michael Gove!

By: Taco_Belly

Taco_Belly — Tue, 03 Jul 2012 18:51:55 +0000

Thanks Uncle Yap for the blog and Paul for a highly enjoyable puzzle.

As a younger tax-payer with two daughters still at school I came to the online version late in the day after all the corrections had been made so missed all the excitement. I would echo the mild annoyance that the Guardian’s correction gave the game away re 1,14 as an anagram – yes, it was obvious, but I felt deprived of a little smugness on spotting it for myself.

Loved 18a! Intentness??