Comments on: Guardian 25,705 – Chifonie

By: Paul B

Paul B — Sun, 05 Aug 2012 09:56:26 +0000

Well, it’s Anglo-Norman really. Norman came to visit, didn’t he.

Re DUELED, it’s crazy to have that word in at all, since there’s a list of other, good old Limey-spelled woyds that fit.

By: GeoffreyMM

GeoffreyMM — Sat, 04 Aug 2012 15:31:07 +0000

So we’re expected to enter US English ‘dueled’ and Brit/Int’l English ‘parlour’ in the same grid? Not very consistent, is it?

By: Eileen

Eileen — Sat, 04 Aug 2012 08:44:19 +0000

FWIW the clue for 8dn has been belatedly changed to ‘American fought for, earned and spent’.

By: nametab

nametab — Fri, 03 Aug 2012 19:25:54 +0000

Thanks Andrew
Pretty standard fare. Didn’t like spelling of DUELED, but decided it had to be.

By: muffin

muffin — Fri, 03 Aug 2012 16:00:01 +0000

No, “brain” is OK with me. A “brain” would be recognised as an egghead?

By: allan_c

allan_c — Fri, 03 Aug 2012 15:58:52 +0000

David @18: The winner of a certain radio quiz series is known as “Brain of Britain”.

By: David Travis

David Travis — Fri, 03 Aug 2012 15:02:37 +0000

Thanks for the blog. In 9d, is it just me or is ‘brain’ not synonymous with ‘egghead’? ‘Brainbox’ or ‘Boffin’ would work, but not ‘Brain’. Thoughts?

By: chas

chas — Fri, 03 Aug 2012 14:25:28 +0000

Thanks to Andrew for the blog.

I am another who says that if a foreign spelling is required then the compiler should say so – in some fashion!

On 27a it clearly had to be TRENDIEST but I got off on the wrong foot. I had the river TEST stuck in my mind and just could not make sense of it

By: allan_c

allan_c — Fri, 03 Aug 2012 14:10:43 +0000

I wasn’t too happy about DUELED or MINX. I go with Andrew’s suggestion that ‘min’ probably only refers to a govt minister. For a clergyman ‘rev’ is the usual abbreviation – I’ve never come across ‘min’ for ‘minister’ anyway, only for ‘ministry’.

By: gm4hqf

gm4hqf — Fri, 03 Aug 2012 13:11:14 +0000

Thanks Andrew

Wasn’t too sure about DUELED from the clue.