Comments on: Guardian 25,798 – Tramp

By: RCWhiting

RCWhiting — Thu, 22 Nov 2012 01:28:18 +0000

Good point Tramp – my error. Apology to UY.

By: Tramp

Tramp — Wed, 21 Nov 2012 18:49:32 +0000

RCWhiting: I think UY is quoting the clue there. I see nothing wrong with his explanation.

By: RCWhiting

RCWhiting — Wed, 21 Nov 2012 17:45:51 +0000

UY
Your explanation for ‘soho’ seems very contrived and therefore dubious (see POSH: port out starboard home).
Chambers gives merely “a huntsman’s halloo” {Anglo-French].

By: hammock

hammock — Wed, 21 Nov 2012 17:07:58 +0000

Thanks to moose@31 and muck@32, I see it now. Will try to remember that rha acronymn….

By: jetdoc

jetdoc — Wed, 21 Nov 2012 06:20:40 +0000

I didn’t get round to this until late, and I’m glad it made the effort — very entertaining and laugh-out-loud funny. I loved the clue for SNOT. Thanks, Tramp.

By: Brendan (not that one)

Brendan (not that one) — Tue, 20 Nov 2012 23:33:43 +0000

A good workout for me today. Not helped by entering NEDDLE and THREAD. Hence last in was PRUNES!!!!

Very enjoyable though but not as enjoyable as Muffin’s comment @10.

Thanks to Tramp and UY

By: MikeC

MikeC — Tue, 20 Nov 2012 23:08:34 +0000

Thanks Tramp and UY. Good puzzle: the odd obscurity and some nifty word plays but ultimately gettable. Not too hard nor too easy, imho.

By: SeanDimly

SeanDimly — Tue, 20 Nov 2012 18:31:11 +0000

Thank you Tramp and Uncle Yap.
Enjoyed 24a, 1a and 20d in particular.
(Preferred Hawkwind though. My silver machine is a Nissan Micra automatic …)

By: muck

muck — Tue, 20 Nov 2012 18:10:05 +0000

Thanks Tramp and UY

Hammock@30. UY uses ‘ha’ as an abbreviation for hidden answer, ie all the letters are there in the correct order, but hidden with other words. In this case the letters are all there but in reverse order, hence ‘rha’.

By: Moose

Moose — Tue, 20 Nov 2012 18:05:32 +0000

Hammock

Isolator = one cuts off (and electrical isolator cuts off the supply, for example)
foxtROT A LOSIng sequence (of letters) overturned (reversed)

Hope this helps