Comments on: Everyman N° 3,433 (22 July 2012)

By: Caz

Caz — Tue, 28 Aug 2012 03:43:36 +0000

i assumed briefly meant par, but the term is parboiled, not par-boiled.

By: Davy

Davy — Sun, 29 Jul 2012 21:35:11 +0000

Thanks Peter,

Not many comments today not even Bamberger. Another enjoyable puzzle with some great surfaces.
I particularly liked ON AVERAGE, THE STICKS (my COD), FRIEND and TOSCA. Thanks again Everyman.

By: Kathryn's Dad

Kathryn's Dad — Sun, 29 Jul 2012 08:14:16 +0000

Thanks for blogging, Peter.

I remember enjoying this one and finding it pretty straightforward. Although I haven’t played chess seriously for a long time, I did like DISCOVERED CHECK.

RILKE, like his five-letter artist friend KLIMT, I just know from crosswords. Must be that their letter patterns are helpful for setters.

I think the synonym in 19ac is okay: ‘I can’t stick this job any longer/I can’t bear this job any longer.’

By: Donna

Donna — Sat, 28 Jul 2012 23:45:16 +0000

Thank you, Everyman, for another enjoyable puzzle, and PeterO, for your informative blog. I pretty much sailed through this one (unusual for me!) until 5 Down! I knew it was an anagram, but even with all the crossing letters in place I just had no idea what the county was. So I resorted to onelook.com and filled in what I had and sure enough, up popped Carmarthenshire! That’s quite a mouthful! But then, of course, you’ve got all our states to deal with! Off topic, I’d just like to say how absolutely delightful the Olympic opening ceremony festivities were to watch! I especially enjoyed the tribute to the National Health Service (how I wish we had one!), and, of course, the dramatic arrival of the Queen! My husband was amazed that she could do that at her age, but I told him, “After all, she IS the Queen!” Plus I was so thrilled to see my favorite funnyman, Rowan Atkinson, in fine comic form! Hope you all have a wonderful week, and “see” you here next Sunday!