Comments on: Guardian 25732 / Bonxie http://www.fifteensquared.net/2012/09/04/guardian-25732-bonxie/ Never knowingly undersolved. Tue, 21 May 2013 15:37:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: PDFSolver http://www.fifteensquared.net/2012/09/04/guardian-25732-bonxie/#comment-204594 PDFSolver Wed, 05 Sep 2012 15:32:52 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=48596#comment-204594 Hi Fifteensquared,

Just reading your comments on this puzzle, which I felt was a little too difficult for a daily; shouldn’t they be solvable on the proverbial train to work…I agree that without some indication a dictionary trawl ought to be left for the weekend. This puzzle I found alot harder than Bonxie’s Prize crossword from 11 Aug. A tricky puzzle, tough and clever but maybe lacking that vital spark…

]]> By: harhop http://www.fifteensquared.net/2012/09/04/guardian-25732-bonxie/#comment-204541 harhop Wed, 05 Sep 2012 06:14:10 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=48596#comment-204541 Had a horrible time with this, but one of the few that camE fairly esasily was 14ac, whicH as both a noun and an adjective can be both 4,4 and 4-4.

]]> By: PeeDee http://www.fifteensquared.net/2012/09/04/guardian-25732-bonxie/#comment-204529 PeeDee Tue, 04 Sep 2012 21:23:53 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=48596#comment-204529 Thanks Duncan. This was very hard, a great effort on the blog.

I normally like the hard ones best, but for I didn’t enjoy this one very much, too much guessing going on. I discounted a couple of entires that turned out to be right after all. For example I considered TAPE RECORD, but to me this meant copy music rather than produce music. I guessed at BURNSIDE but rejected that since it was not in Chambers. Similarly, I rejected DISK as a record store. SAND SEDGE not in Chambers neither is B/O. Like RCW I thought SAND=PLANE was not direct enough to enter a word not in the dictionary (another guess). And it had a blatant typo. Not all bad by any means, but just too many rough edges for me. One expects AZED etc to be full of words not in Chambers, but this has too many for a weekly Guardian puzzle with no specific instructions/warnings.

No problems with the theme, very well done, and BILK was clever.

]]> By: Dave Ellison http://www.fifteensquared.net/2012/09/04/guardian-25732-bonxie/#comment-204527 Dave Ellison Tue, 04 Sep 2012 21:21:02 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=48596#comment-204527 I’m in the hard and didn’t enjoy it camp. I didn’t have access to any cheats, as I was finishing off the last 17 miles of the Fife Coastal Path; however, on return, even with the cheats, I made little further progress. I failed to get 16d despite having it for tea! I put it down to tiredness.

I sympathise with Bonxie; I once made a similar error in compiling a Xword, but I capitalised on it by deliberately using it in several clues in my next crossword (first prompting the solvers to look out for it, of course).

I wasn’t keen on ROM as “record store” as ROM doesn’t usually store records: RAM might have been acceptable.

Thanks for the blog.

]]> By: RCWhiting http://www.fifteensquared.net/2012/09/04/guardian-25732-bonxie/#comment-204520 RCWhiting Tue, 04 Sep 2012 18:55:03 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=48596#comment-204520 Thanks all
Wonderful.
If we must have themes (and we mustn’t) this is the way to use one.
Endless variations, no googling required. This kept me thinking most of today although I did unfortunately waste some time trying to find an alternative to ‘last gasp’ since I was so certain about ‘sex pistols’.
Some great vague definitions and loved ‘jockey (6d) and 21d.
I was happy to accept sand = plane but was reluctant to enter it since Chambers does not give ‘sand sedge’.
blaise @6 raises the use of ‘cheat’ It is a term I see often on this MB. Is there an accepted definition of it.

]]> By: gm4hqf http://www.fifteensquared.net/2012/09/04/guardian-25732-bonxie/#comment-204517 gm4hqf Tue, 04 Sep 2012 18:02:07 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=48596#comment-204517 Thanks Duncan

This puzzle beat me all ends up.

]]> By: grandpuzzler http://www.fifteensquared.net/2012/09/04/guardian-25732-bonxie/#comment-204514 grandpuzzler Tue, 04 Sep 2012 17:17:57 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=48596#comment-204514 Thanks to Bonxie and duncanshiell and condolences to Uncle Yap. This took a long time and there was much for me to learn. Didn’t know the alternative meaning for SHOP and was unaware of E-FITS so thanks for the education. Nevertheless, I enjoyed completing the puzzle.

Cheers…

]]> By: rhotician http://www.fifteensquared.net/2012/09/04/guardian-25732-bonxie/#comment-204512 rhotician Tue, 04 Sep 2012 17:10:13 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=48596#comment-204512 14ac should be (4-4) not (4,4). Completely threw me.

]]> By: Giovanna http://www.fifteensquared.net/2012/09/04/guardian-25732-bonxie/#comment-204511 Giovanna Tue, 04 Sep 2012 17:07:49 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=48596#comment-204511 Thanks, Bonxie and duncanshiell for the terrific blog!

Uncle Yap, now you can enjoy the memories of your brother without any suffering. Looking forward to your next blog.xx

Just back from 40 degrees and a clear blue sky thinking it was Monday – rude awakening all round!

Favourite clue was 20ac Septuagesima, which always fascinated me as a child.Apparently it was a prelude to Lent with the Alleluia being said for the last time at the first Vespers of the preceding Saturday during the Middle Ages.

11ac Shepherds Pie was fun and last in was Benefits with a groan when I got it>

Giovanna x

]]> By: Rikky http://www.fifteensquared.net/2012/09/04/guardian-25732-bonxie/#comment-204510 Rikky Tue, 04 Sep 2012 16:53:53 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=48596#comment-204510 I loved this; so ta Bonxie; & I love themed xwords. Being smug I got it all – tho took quite a while, & with dictionary of biography for General Burnside check. Only came here to confirm “last gasp” cock up. Fascinated at all contributors’comments!

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