Comments on: Guardian 25,736 / Araucaria http://www.fifteensquared.net/2012/09/15/guardian-25736-araucaria/ Never knowingly undersolved. Wed, 19 Jun 2013 11:10:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Mary http://www.fifteensquared.net/2012/09/15/guardian-25736-araucaria/#comment-205804 Mary Thu, 20 Sep 2012 23:54:52 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=49017#comment-205804 To RCWhiting

Many thanks. Your explanation was very clear and not clumsy at all. I am beginning to learn!

]]> By: RCWhiting http://www.fifteensquared.net/2012/09/15/guardian-25736-araucaria/#comment-205612 RCWhiting Wed, 19 Sep 2012 10:42:14 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=49017#comment-205612 Mary
To parse means to unravel the definition and cryptic parts of a clue. This then enables you to explain each word in the clue.
Surface means ignoring the parsing but asking does the whole clue read as a sensible (smooth to read?)sentence.
I hope that rather clumsy explanation helps.

]]> By: Mary http://www.fifteensquared.net/2012/09/15/guardian-25736-araucaria/#comment-205585 Mary Tue, 18 Sep 2012 23:55:13 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=49017#comment-205585 What does ‘parsing’ Tuesday mean (1) and what does ‘surface’ mean which I sometimes see on these pages.
I can usually solve the crosswords but am not yet used to the language of these comments.

]]> By: RCWhiting http://www.fifteensquared.net/2012/09/15/guardian-25736-araucaria/#comment-205448 RCWhiting Mon, 17 Sep 2012 10:59:42 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=49017#comment-205448 Eileen
That’s not really solving online.
Poor old traditionalist that I am, I really enjoy reading the paper through from page 1 and then discovering the cherry right at the end as a reward. That is partly why I am so disappointed when the cherry turns out to be shrivelled and sour.
Also I do not own a printer(!).

]]> By: Eileen http://www.fifteensquared.net/2012/09/15/guardian-25736-araucaria/#comment-205424 Eileen Sun, 16 Sep 2012 16:01:03 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=49017#comment-205424 RCW

Everyone knows what a computer idiot I am but I can’t see any way of solving those puzzles online – I printed them out, as I always do with the FT ones!

]]> By: RCWhiting http://www.fifteensquared.net/2012/09/15/guardian-25736-araucaria/#comment-205423 RCWhiting Sun, 16 Sep 2012 14:27:43 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=49017#comment-205423 Yesterday I went there and solved Gervase’s puzzle.
It amazes me how so many of you regularly solve your puzzles on line.
I found the process so awkward,rather like eating with the wrong hand.

]]> By: Paul B http://www.fifteensquared.net/2012/09/15/guardian-25736-araucaria/#comment-205393 Paul B Sun, 16 Sep 2012 00:49:40 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=49017#comment-205393 Well, congrats to all. So many excellent compilers have contributed to that site, including Slovany and Polvo. And John, of course.

]]> By: Eileen http://www.fifteensquared.net/2012/09/15/guardian-25736-araucaria/#comment-205378 Eileen Sat, 15 Sep 2012 17:04:12 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=49017#comment-205378 Our Gervase does write exceedingly good puzzles [more on Alberich's site, here:

http://www.alberichcrosswords.com/pages/guestpuzpage4.html ]

– as does our Sil [Dalibor] [on the same page]. ;-)

]]> By: Paul B http://www.fifteensquared.net/2012/09/15/guardian-25736-araucaria/#comment-205377 Paul B Sat, 15 Sep 2012 17:00:52 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=49017#comment-205377 Congrats!

]]> By: Gervase (for it is he) http://www.fifteensquared.net/2012/09/15/guardian-25736-araucaria/#comment-205376 Gervase (for it is he) Sat, 15 Sep 2012 16:41:49 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=49017#comment-205376 Quite right, Prolixic!

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