Comments on: Guardian Quiptic 691 Arachne http://www.fifteensquared.net/2013/02/11/guardian-quiptic-691-arachne/ Never knowingly undersolved. Sat, 18 May 2013 23:21:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: scchua http://www.fifteensquared.net/2013/02/11/guardian-quiptic-691-arachne/#comment-220590 scchua Thu, 14 Feb 2013 01:13:02 +0000 http://www.fifteensquared.net/?p=55500#comment-220590 Congratulations, Arachne.
On behalf of all bloggers, thank you for the compliment, though the larger share of the credit goes to setters such as you. We will miss you, and I was lucky to have blogged your landmark last Quiptic. And I hope we’ll “meet” again in a Guardian cryptic.

]]> By: Derek Lazenby http://www.fifteensquared.net/2013/02/11/guardian-quiptic-691-arachne/#comment-220586 Derek Lazenby Wed, 13 Feb 2013 22:59:29 +0000 http://www.fifteensquared.net/?p=55500#comment-220586 The last one? I think a day of national mourning is in order! Still, maybe the younger generation will have been properly trained.

Enjoy the big day and thanks for all the fun.

]]> By: nesciolatine http://www.fifteensquared.net/2013/02/11/guardian-quiptic-691-arachne/#comment-220584 nesciolatine Wed, 13 Feb 2013 22:28:08 +0000 http://www.fifteensquared.net/?p=55500#comment-220584 Thank-you Arachne (and scchua)

Best wishes to you and Nick, hope the wedding goes swimmingly.

I’ll be thinking of you both x

]]> By: Robi http://www.fifteensquared.net/2013/02/11/guardian-quiptic-691-arachne/#comment-220578 Robi Wed, 13 Feb 2013 20:53:16 +0000 http://www.fifteensquared.net/?p=55500#comment-220578 Thanks Arachne and congratulations on your forthcoming marriage.

Hope to see lots of you in the daily Grauniad puzzles.

]]> By: Arachne http://www.fifteensquared.net/2013/02/11/guardian-quiptic-691-arachne/#comment-220518 Arachne Wed, 13 Feb 2013 01:23:27 +0000 http://www.fifteensquared.net/?p=55500#comment-220518 Oh my goodness- *huge* thanks to Scchua for the brilliant blog, and pardon my manners for not mentioning it before everything else.

Scchua: you, and all the other bloggers on this site, are *beyond* wonderful. Having spoken to lots of new and would-be solvers over the last few years, I now know just how important you brilliant people are in securing the future of our shared pastime. Thank you, from the bottom of my heart.

Arachne x

]]> By: Arachne http://www.fifteensquared.net/2013/02/11/guardian-quiptic-691-arachne/#comment-220517 Arachne Wed, 13 Feb 2013 01:00:09 +0000 http://www.fifteensquared.net/?p=55500#comment-220517 Thanks for kind comments, and apologies for “doubly” late response (I’m getting married a week on Saturday!).

After many wonderful years setting Quiptics my conscience tells me it’s time to let a youngster have this slot, so this will be my last.

Love and hugs,

Arachne x

]]> By: Robi http://www.fifteensquared.net/2013/02/11/guardian-quiptic-691-arachne/#comment-220456 Robi Tue, 12 Feb 2013 11:09:56 +0000 http://www.fifteensquared.net/?p=55500#comment-220456 [[OK, but I think my MASTIFF link was just as good! :) ]]

]]> By: scchua http://www.fifteensquared.net/2013/02/11/guardian-quiptic-691-arachne/#comment-220455 scchua Tue, 12 Feb 2013 10:41:55 +0000 http://www.fifteensquared.net/?p=55500#comment-220455 [[Hi Robi and Andrew, in case you'd like to check it, the Stallone answer is given in the link I've posted beneath the pictures, and it's a homophone.]]

]]> By: una http://www.fifteensquared.net/2013/02/11/guardian-quiptic-691-arachne/#comment-220424 una Mon, 11 Feb 2013 16:40:50 +0000 http://www.fifteensquared.net/?p=55500#comment-220424 I enjoyed this ,mostly, but I never heard of the phrase “skew-whiff”, “relieve” also left me baffled.I think 15a was the best clue. Thanks to Arachne and Scchua.

]]> By: scchua http://www.fifteensquared.net/2013/02/11/guardian-quiptic-691-arachne/#comment-220421 scchua Mon, 11 Feb 2013 15:07:08 +0000 http://www.fifteensquared.net/?p=55500#comment-220421 Thanks K’sDad, that was careless of me, blog now corrected.

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