Comments on: Everyman 3459/20 January

By: Vanessa

Vanessa — Sat, 23 Feb 2013 22:21:55 +0000

Another kiwi wades in…crib is a term I believe used in the sth island of nz and refers to one’s holiday home. We north islanders refer to it as a bach if one is lucky enough to have one of course

By: Barrie Graham

Barrie Graham — Sat, 23 Feb 2013 05:04:08 +0000

eee sorry 23 Feb not Jan

By: Barrie Graham

Barrie Graham — Sat, 23 Feb 2013 05:02:59 +0000

I agree with Richard Holmes (and am guilty of being one playing golf most weekends in Auckland)

Readers of this blog may (or may not of course) be interested to know that these crosswords appear in the Saturday edition of the New Zealand Herald roughly a month after they are in the Grauniad (i.e. this one was in today’s edition of the NZH, 23 Jan 2013)

Cheers

By: Richard Holmes

Richard Holmes — Fri, 22 Feb 2013 20:42:21 +0000

Even we, in the cultural backwater of New Zealand, are aware of the term “Grass Widow/er” …

Cheers.

By: Hughr

Hughr — Mon, 28 Jan 2013 17:00:26 +0000

Forgot to complete the sum and lost my original comment. In short, I managed to finish it eventually on Friday after making a brisk start on Sunday and then grinding to a halt for much of the week.

By: crosser

crosser — Sun, 27 Jan 2013 08:23:45 +0000

Thanks, Pierre, I needed your help with 9a!
I rather liked 6d.

By: michelle

michelle — Sun, 27 Jan 2013 04:28:56 +0000

Thanks Pierre.

I enjoyed this challenge which I think is perfect for beginners or improving solvers like me. I was not able to finish it at first sitting and thought I might give up, but I persevered two days later and was pleased to finish it.

My favourites were 25a and 10a, and I found 2d the most difficult to parse.

I enjoyed learning “grass widow(er)” which was a new phrase for me.