Comments on: Everyman No. 3462 (10th February)

By: Pradeep

Pradeep — Mon, 18 Feb 2013 10:24:06 +0000

Without getting 1dn and 3 dn, i ended up filling in Tweed for 9Ac with insignificant being the container clue and possibly British being the definition. This put a short-lived smile on my face.

By: Paul B

Paul B — Sun, 17 Feb 2013 23:50:54 +0000

Second-in-command is often used to clue letter O, so Everyman has done something of an about-turn on it.

By: Kathryn's Dad

Kathryn's Dad — Sun, 17 Feb 2013 20:47:16 +0000

Thanks, Lorraine. I enjoyed this too. SECOND-IN-COMMAND was my favourite – Everyman doesn’t often do clues like this, but when I worked it out it gave me a smile.

By: Donna

Donna — Sun, 17 Feb 2013 17:26:44 +0000

Hello again, and thank you to both Everyman and Lorraine. Lots to like about this puzzle, my favorites being 9, 10, 14 and 22 Across as well as 4 Down. First in for me was 26 Across (brought back unpleasant memories of being offered this to eat some time ago, something I’d just as soon forget!) Last in was 1 Down but for the life of me I couldn’t parse it! I’d completely forgotten about the MG car which I was crazy about when I was a teenager (long time ago!) There was also a musical group here back then called Booker T and the MGs. I also didn’t know that a “scar” was a cliff. Maybe related to scarp? Anyway, thanks again, Lorraine, for clearing that up. Wishing you all a wonderful week ahead!

By: michelle

michelle — Sun, 17 Feb 2013 07:10:07 +0000

Enjoyable puzzle.

Last in were 26a and 23d.

I liked 6d, 1d, 1a, 7d.

New words: QUESTION MASTER, KITTIWAKE, and needed help from google for Pikes Peak and MISTRESS QUICKLY.

I was pleased with myself that I could parse all of the answers apart from 4d.

Regarding 4d, I thought maybe it was a new type of clue that I haven’t seen before, and that it might be that the definition was deputy = SECOND-IN-COMMAND, and the clue was to read as something like “he is the leader of the outfit but not really” (i.e. he is the deputy). It was easily solvable from the crossing letters but I just didn’t know how to parse it. Your parsing of it is brilliant!

Thanks for the blog, Lorraine