Comments on: Guardian 25,725 / Brendan

By: Brendan (not Brendan)

Brendan (not Brendan) — Tue, 28 Aug 2012 07:45:35 +0000

I now see that there is also a Brendan (not that one) on the board. Welcome, for a relatively uncommon name there are beginning to be a lot of us!

A relatively straightforward puzzle, finished by lunchtime which is better going than usual for us with the namesake.

By: Brendan (not that one)

Brendan (not that one) — Mon, 27 Aug 2012 23:19:26 +0000

An enjoyable but unusually easy Brendan made even better by being on a Monday.

Does anybody else wake up on a Monday and think “Oh God not another Rufus?”. From some of the comments they obviously do!

By: Martin P

Martin P — Mon, 27 Aug 2012 19:37:06 +0000

After the recent grind, I found this bright and fresh.

I fell for “recurring angel” at first. Apparently it’s part of spiritualist numerological mumbo-jumbo for repeating figures.

Pleasant one-pint solve now OH’s away to work again. She’d have enjoyed it too and she’s missed

By: flashling

flashling — Mon, 27 Aug 2012 19:20:54 +0000

Asking for the description of a curate’s egg but wasn’t, a very nice brain tester, got the theme quickly even if finishing took a while, cheers Eileen and Brendan

By: Robi

Robi — Mon, 27 Aug 2012 15:01:39 +0000

Eileen @13; thanks, I get it now!

By: Trailman

Trailman — Mon, 27 Aug 2012 14:25:59 +0000

Hello chas @ 9
Saturday was what I had in mind when I referred to a support and not a crutch. The Rev’s bank holiday specials are a class of their own of course, and I love them dearly, but for me this weekend’s offering was a closed book without reference works to hand (O level English granting a way in but no more). No such issue with Brendan today.

By: sidey

sidey — Mon, 27 Aug 2012 13:35:57 +0000

Sorry for erroneous comma,

By: sidey

sidey — Mon, 27 Aug 2012 13:35:32 +0000

What Eileen, just said, a very good clue.

By: Eileen

Eileen — Mon, 27 Aug 2012 12:42:18 +0000

Robi @11

It was the ‘ie’ that I particularly liked, pointing up the play on the two senses of ‘act badly’: ‘ham’ and ‘misbehave’.

By: Miche

Miche — Mon, 27 Aug 2012 12:25:17 +0000

Thanks, Eileen.

The Guardian has been good to us this Bank Holiday weekend.

I took a little while to get the theme. TORT was my way in.

I remembered ENGRAM in the context of dianetics, a pseudo-science concocted by L Ron Hubbard before he realised there was more money in inventing a religion. Didn’t know it was used by proper scientists too.

Hurrah for uncontroversial homophones!