Comments on: Guardian 25,780 – Chifonie

By: Paul B

Paul B — Wed, 31 Oct 2012 08:06:08 +0000

Sorry, ‘imperative’! Gossakes.

By: RCWhiting

RCWhiting — Tue, 30 Oct 2012 22:04:48 +0000

Alan @16
It is many years ago, but I suspect I did much the same as you.
It was then even more surprising when I settled on the correct solution – ‘deer park’ !!

By: Brendan (not that one)

Brendan (not that one) — Tue, 30 Oct 2012 20:56:56 +0000

Not much more to add.

A perfect Monday crossword. Well crafted and very enjoyable.

Pity it’s a Tuesday

By: Paul B

Paul B — Tue, 30 Oct 2012 17:47:41 +0000

And what exactly is wrong with Chifonie’s Dicky?

‘Doctor’ in the same place in the cryptic reading would have to be an infinitive verb, which would lead to certain considerations having to be made further down the clue.

(IMO of course. I should be delighted to hear what others think.)

By: chas

chas — Tue, 30 Oct 2012 15:40:21 +0000

And after all that I failed to write pedant correctly

By: chas

chas — Tue, 30 Oct 2012 15:39:35 +0000

Thanks to Eileen for the pedantry pointer. I scored 8 out of 15. If I had been paying sufficient attention to the words I was reading I would have spotted “None of us like…” and that would have brought my total up to 9.

For part of the time before I retired I was working as a lecturer on computer programming. I picked up a reputation as a pedanr because I insisted on my students getting things right.

By: Stella Heath

Stella Heath — Tue, 30 Oct 2012 15:30:38 +0000

Thanks for the link, Eileen. I find I’m not quite so much of a pedant as I thought I was, though still “a pain in the neck”

My experience of this puzzle was similar to muffin’s – I read through all the acrosses and a few of the downs without entering an answer until COSSET wrote itself in. Most of the rest or the downs then yielded readily, as did the whole puzzle.

Thanks Chifonie, and to UY for the link at 22ac.

By: muffin

muffin — Tue, 30 Oct 2012 15:10:21 +0000

William @14 – I wasn’t ashamed as such, just a little disconcerted, then amused when I was forced to correct it!

By: Davy

Davy — Tue, 30 Oct 2012 14:55:23 +0000

Thanks UY,

Yes, on the easy side but still entertaining. Took me a while to get DOES (last one) and MOOD for which I
nearly entered MALS (SLAM backwards) ie I’m in low spirits, I’ve got the mals.

As to writing an answer in the wrong place, I’ve done it several times and it really messes up the crossword.
I usually print out a fresh copy.

Thanks Mr Hurdy-gurdy man.

By: Davy

Davy — Tue, 30 Oct 2012 14:47:43 +0000

I was sorry to hear that Dicky Monroe is dead. RIP