Comments on: Enigmatic Variations 1038 Difficulty by MynoT

By: twencelas

twencelas — Sun, 14 Oct 2012 17:03:18 +0000

Thanks Deep Throat I agree.

By: Deep Threat

Deep Threat — Sun, 14 Oct 2012 16:41:30 +0000

Sorry, that should be 25d.

By: Deep Threat

Deep Threat — Sun, 14 Oct 2012 13:50:04 +0000

I think 25a is a double definition. Per Chambers ‘tales’ = the filling up, from those who are present, of a deficiency in the number of jurors.

By: twencelas

twencelas — Sat, 13 Oct 2012 20:07:04 +0000

Thanks Phi for the clarification – after my comment I noticed that the ODE was also referred to in this week’s Inquisitor so suspected as much.
bb – Thanks for putting me out of my misery with 20ac

By: Phi

Phi — Sat, 13 Oct 2012 18:53:03 +0000

ODE is fine – Oxford’s equivalent to the single-volume Chambers is called the Oxford Dictionary of English (hence ODE) while the big mega-volume set (not I think to be
published in hard copy again) is the OED.

By: bb

bb — Sat, 13 Oct 2012 13:58:54 +0000

for 20, do = PARTY, not start to Pose leaves ARTY.

By: twencelas

twencelas — Sat, 13 Oct 2012 10:05:56 +0000

Tony – I’m not happy with 20ac certainly
I read ODE as OED – suspect someone from the grauniad reviewed it, but it does nt refer to the 20ac entry

By: Tony

Tony — Sat, 13 Oct 2012 09:51:36 +0000

I don’t think 20A works, unless the word play is something else. And it’s always the Oxford English Dictionary, not ODE, unless that stands for something else or it’s yet another EV error.

By: twencelas

twencelas — Sat, 13 Oct 2012 07:56:25 +0000

Maestro
Don’t forget the crossing entries.
Fulll list below:
Asides = AZIDES, Seal = ZEAL, Quart = QUARK, Khor = THOR, Scapa = SCALA, pory = LORY, atomy = ATOPY, tute = TITE, sites = RITES, seen = REEN, medic = MEDIA, tace = TACO, sera = SORA tales = TALCS making 14 and the usual telegraph gremlin mite = CITE giving 15.

By: maestro

maestro — Sat, 13 Oct 2012 06:28:39 +0000

twencelas
there was one extra difficulty that eluded me and also perhaps eluded you – the preamble says that 14 answers must be entered with a single letter misprint. You explain here 9 of them. which are the other 5 and what words do they make?