Comments on: Azed No 2104

By: sidey

sidey — Sun, 07 Oct 2012 18:38:20 +0000

* and hence today’s was delightful.

Absolutely. Fabulous.

By: RCWhiting

RCWhiting — Sun, 07 Oct 2012 18:29:55 +0000

Thanks all
Slightly more difficult* and hence more enjoyable than average.
Last in was ‘testern’ because I had failed to look up the alternative meaning for ‘tizzy’ in Chambers.
I used the same reasoning as NH for both clues.

* and hence today’s was delightful.

By: Pelham Barton

Pelham Barton — Sun, 07 Oct 2012 08:29:20 +0000

Thanks Azed for the usual high standard of puzzle and bridgesong for the blog.

Further to earlier comments on 25ac, I think “Acknowledged to audience” works as a definition of ALOUD, which makes the clue work as a complete “& lit” clue.

By: bridgesong

bridgesong — Sun, 07 Oct 2012 07:33:51 +0000

Norman @1: you’re right about 25ac. The definition and the cryptic element do overlap. I also agree with your suggestion about 26d.

By: Norman Hall

Norman Hall — Sat, 06 Oct 2012 23:42:10 +0000

Thank you for thw blog.

25ac
The entire clue seems to me to be be a cryptic for the answer — but the definition seems to be ‘for audience’.
Reading ‘for [an] audience’ is reading ‘aloud’.
Definitions and cryptics do not usually partially overlap, but anything goes if you add a question mark to the clue.

26d
‘It’ in the clue refers to the word STAW, but what does ‘that’ refer to?

straw for ‘wherein to stable ky’?