Comments on: Guardian Cryptic N° 25,866 by Araucaria http://www.fifteensquared.net/2013/02/08/guardian-cryptic-n-25866-by-araucaria/ Never knowingly undersolved. Fri, 24 May 2013 19:24:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: setrungo http://www.fifteensquared.net/2013/02/08/guardian-cryptic-n-25866-by-araucaria/#comment-220481 setrungo Tue, 12 Feb 2013 14:07:33 +0000 http://www.fifteensquared.net/?p=55397#comment-220481 bdg @16: Many thanks…that is much clearer to me now.

]]> By: SuzeeMoon http://www.fifteensquared.net/2013/02/08/guardian-cryptic-n-25866-by-araucaria/#comment-220410 SuzeeMoon Mon, 11 Feb 2013 13:52:32 +0000 http://www.fifteensquared.net/?p=55397#comment-220410 I too remember “The Twa Corbies” – part of my Eng Lit o’level along with “The Three Ravens”.

Annoyingly I didnt get “Mercia” so failed to complete.

Loved “Duplicate Bridge” when I finally got there, although not previously aware of term/game.

Got “observance” from the letters and vague knowledge of obsevance mainly in breach as concept – totally missed anagram though!

Bucket shop was interesting – knew the term but remembered it as somewhere one got cheap air tickets a while back.

Put in spade as it went with bucket, but didn’t get clue so thanks once more for blog and this place!

Suzee

]]> By: ToffeeDan http://www.fifteensquared.net/2013/02/08/guardian-cryptic-n-25866-by-araucaria/#comment-220372 ToffeeDan Mon, 11 Feb 2013 00:53:52 +0000 http://www.fifteensquared.net/?p=55397#comment-220372 Ian (14)

I’m not so far behind you for the award (and of course we know each other well). To be honest the allusion to DB was not obvious in the guise of Double Crossing.

I did think Post-war was beautifully constructed (Orders for POs, Twa and Right). Of course all A’s Crosswords are a delight.

Daniel (Miller)

]]> By: brucew_aus http://www.fifteensquared.net/2013/02/08/guardian-cryptic-n-25866-by-araucaria/#comment-220365 brucew_aus Sun, 10 Feb 2013 13:05:21 +0000 http://www.fifteensquared.net/?p=55397#comment-220365 Thanks Araucaria and PeterO
Just finished this one today after only getting to it yesterday – what a great challenge and a great effort to create such with a BUCKET. The NE corner and SPADE in particular were last in.

Plenty of new words again from A and a couple that I didn’t fully parse (6d and the calling a spade a spade bit of 10).

Glad to get it out … and a fun way to be reminded of just how much one does not know !!

]]> By: nametab http://www.fifteensquared.net/2013/02/08/guardian-cryptic-n-25866-by-araucaria/#comment-220326 nametab Fri, 08 Feb 2013 23:20:29 +0000 http://www.fifteensquared.net/?p=55397#comment-220326 As with many of Rev A’s, this one slowly unravelled; very satisfying. Last one in was ‘shape’, instead of ‘spade’; grr.
Cliff B @8: me too; can still recite most of it. Also recorded by Steeleye Span.
Thanks to Peter O

]]> By: Brendan (not that one) http://www.fifteensquared.net/2013/02/08/guardian-cryptic-n-25866-by-araucaria/#comment-220324 Brendan (not that one) Fri, 08 Feb 2013 23:08:46 +0000 http://www.fifteensquared.net/?p=55397#comment-220324 One of A’s better recent offerings for me.

After a shaky start it looked like everything was going to fall into place quickly as often happens with the master. Then I hit the NE corner!

I too saw “No breach” as def and fodder! Lovely clue. He’s still stretching those boundaries :-)

Last in was SPADE which eluded me for ages. I was misdirected by the “in the calling” to looking for a homophone. Thank God it wasn’t as the usual suspects on here would have decried it! ;-)

Thanks to PterO and A

]]> By: RCWhiting http://www.fifteensquared.net/2013/02/08/guardian-cryptic-n-25866-by-araucaria/#comment-220319 RCWhiting Fri, 08 Feb 2013 19:36:07 +0000 http://www.fifteensquared.net/?p=55397#comment-220319 Thanks all
Not one of his hardest but still a joy to puzzle over.
I often complain of over-easy definitions; those guilty of such should look at “Object of calling” and learn how it is done.
Not only very vague but with two distinct meanings, one hinted at in 4 down.
I think the WS quote makes ‘no breach’ a perfect definition (another slice of allusion) and therefore a great clue.
Last in was ‘spade’.
I too was not familiar with ‘dinner-pail’ and only entered it after
Peebles was in. I also didn’t know ‘ket’.
I was looking out for Hyacinth too (Trailman.
BTW Neil, surely to die is about as fatal as you could wish for.
If we must have themes this is the way to deliver one.

]]> By: Giovanna http://www.fifteensquared.net/2013/02/08/guardian-cryptic-n-25866-by-araucaria/#comment-220318 Giovanna Fri, 08 Feb 2013 18:36:00 +0000 http://www.fifteensquared.net/?p=55397#comment-220318 Hi NeilW,

Thanks for that. I wasn’t disputing the correctness; merely making an observation. Needless to say,my Chamber’s (sic) inscribed 1913 by my father doesn’t list it!

I do have a more modern version which does list dinner-pail but love the old one with its crumbling pages and little line drawings.

Giovanna x

]]> By: NeilW http://www.fifteensquared.net/2013/02/08/guardian-cryptic-n-25866-by-araucaria/#comment-220311 NeilW Fri, 08 Feb 2013 17:20:47 +0000 http://www.fifteensquared.net/?p=55397#comment-220311 Hi Giovanna. While there’s nothing American about PAIL, Chambers lists DiNNER-PAIL (yes, with a hyphen) as an American expression so michelle is quite correct.

]]> By: Giovanna http://www.fifteensquared.net/2013/02/08/guardian-cryptic-n-25866-by-araucaria/#comment-220308 Giovanna Fri, 08 Feb 2013 16:14:24 +0000 http://www.fifteensquared.net/?p=55397#comment-220308 Thanks, Araucaria and PeterO,

Lots of fun as ever with Araucaria.

Hamlet leapt out with breach and observance, as did Mind the Gap.

Not sure why Michelle @9 thinks of PAIL as American. I grew up with it and what about Jack and Jill with their pail of water? BTW, welcome, Michelle x

This was the best crossword of the week IMHO!

Giovanna x

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