Comments on: Guardian 25,767 – Audreus

By: Jouanny

Jouanny — Thu, 18 Oct 2012 21:14:20 +0000

I’m not sure if I would have preferred Rufus. I thought 9a was dubious, 20d completely obscure, 22a unclear. ‘Enforcer’ a good one though.

By: Derek Lazenby

Derek Lazenby — Tue, 16 Oct 2012 22:31:02 +0000

I was just about to say that. We’ve all done it at one time or another, that doh moment just after you click Submit!

Now you’re here, get stuck in!

By: thinjames

thinjames — Tue, 16 Oct 2012 22:18:48 +0000

answering my own question of a few seconds ago, I see 12d is ‘FELL’ losing the 2nd ‘L’

the mix of upper and lower case in the answers above – FEL(l) had me confused thinking it said ‘feli’… doh

By: thinjames

thinjames — Tue, 16 Oct 2012 22:13:19 +0000

hello all ( another newbie to this forum here – and a relative crossword newbie in general – I like the monday puzzles as they are more my level…!)

can anyone explain the parsing in 12d? I got ‘felon’ because it seemed to fit but even with Andrew’s answer I don’t understand the clue – what is ‘FELI’?

Is it supposed to be ‘cat’ i.e. ‘felix’ or ‘felix’ without the ending to make ‘fel’…?

By: Paul B

Paul B — Tue, 16 Oct 2012 20:08:35 +0000

At #35 re 1dn, I’d say you’ve just solved your own problem.

By: Ivah

Ivah — Tue, 16 Oct 2012 18:38:37 +0000

Why no criticism of 1d? Kidding is fun, lying isn’t – very poor clue.

By: RCWhiting

RCWhiting — Tue, 16 Oct 2012 11:56:55 +0000

DL@26
Of course my (or anyone’s) assessment of a puzzle based on difficulty is subjective.
So are all other criticisms.
Two irritate me constantly,although unlike others I do not complain daily.
One is from solvers who consider themselves (and probably are) experts in a field, and complain that a definition is not absolutely precise enough,although perfectly adequate for its purpose.
The second is the grid-moaners, quite beyond my comprehension.
My complaints are always about the whole puzzle and does it live up to its name. I would never base my view of A C/W Orange on one paragraph.

By: rhotician

rhotician — Tue, 16 Oct 2012 09:03:04 +0000

Paul B @30:
The punch-line of the joke is “I’m going as quack as I can”.
That way you don’t have to tell it with a NI accent.
That’s the point of the joke.
(Unless you think that sex is what you used to get your coal delivered in.)

By: Davy

Davy — Tue, 16 Oct 2012 08:32:30 +0000

I would just like to say that Everyman is an excellent example of a good easy puzzle
although I often struggle with the last few. His consistency is amazing.

By: Sil van den Hoek

Sil van den Hoek — Mon, 15 Oct 2012 23:20:34 +0000

B(NTO):
“My personal gripe is that the recent Monday puzzles, usually by Rufus, are becoming a little repetitive and do not truly represent the clue mix of puzzles that appear on the other days of the week”.

I’m doing crosswords since mid-2008 and, indeed, I haven’t seen much of a change since then on a Monday. But should there be a change? Rufus is Rufus, and happily so. Brendan (TO) turns up quite frequently, but don’t tell me he’s not an asset.

“Of course it’s difficult to set a good easy puzzle, just as it is also difficult to set a good difficult puzzle”

Did you ever (try to) set one yourself?
If so, it will really change your view on crosswords.
Well, it changed mine.

“I am attempting, obviously poorly, to make constructive criticism of the way in which the easy puzzles are being chosen.
And yes, of course I have written directly to the Crossword Editor. (without reply or even acknowledgement I may add.)”

May I ask, what did you explicitely tell the editor?