Guardian Prize Puzzle 25,820 by Shed

9 comments on “Guardian Prize Puzzle 25,820 by Shed”

1. 

   Biggles A

   #1 - Sat 22nd Dec 12, 00:11

   
   

   Thanks PeeDee. I thought it was a fair challenge. I had some difficulty with 2, mainly because I could only find very indirect reference to OUD as a stringed instrument. I had also convinced myself that 3 had to be ‘lampshade’ until that penny dropped.

   A typo in your comment on 4 – formerly.

2. 

   molonglo

   #2 - Sat 22nd Dec 12, 00:31

   
   

   Thanks PeeDee. Like Biggles, I fixated on ‘lampshade’ for 2d, having abandoned ‘limestone’ with mesto as the spirit: 3d defeated me. Otherwise it was all right – never heard of 1d, but it checked out. Typo in yr TITILLATE.

3. 

   Bryan

   #3 - Sat 22nd Dec 12, 05:31

   
   

   Many thanks PeeDee

   This was PLAIN SAILING but very enjoyable nevertheless.

   Many thanks Shed. your Ma will be very proud of you – if she isn’t already.

4. 

   PeeDee

   #4 - Sat 22nd Dec 12, 09:06

   
   

   Typos fixed now, thanks. By not much of a challenge I don’t mean that it was particularly easy, just that one didn’t have to do much lateral thinking to solve it. Straightforward anagrams and charades thoughout.

5. 

   tupu

   #5 - Sat 22nd Dec 12, 09:44

   
   

   Thanks PeeDee and Shed

   Medium hard with neat cluing. I liked 20d but had to check ‘nard’. I also liked 22a and 10d.

6. 

   brucew_aus

   #6 - Sat 22nd Dec 12, 11:41

   
   

   Thanks Shed and PeeDee

   Agree that this was a reasonably challenging assignment without the normal ‘zing’ that comes from Shed. Last in was TITILLATE for no good reason – but had more difficulty with the parsing of both 2d and 10 – which I needed assistance with, so thanks again PeeDee.

   Smiled at 8a and also liked the construction of 11a and 17d.

7. 

   RCWhiting

   #7 - Sat 22nd Dec 12, 13:53

   
   

   Thanks all
   Nothing very special as explained above.
   Although I solved 10d due to its definition I did not spot the ‘tapir’.
   I had similar problems to Biggles. I was convinced that I had seen ‘oud’ before (possibly in Azed) but could not find it in an old Chambers which was all that was available where I was staying.
   When I got home I found it in my latest edition. This intrigued me:why should such a word (no neologism surely) suddenly appear?

8. 

   r_c_a_d

   #8 - Sat 22nd Dec 12, 14:52

   
   

   Could I politely request that you don’t use the “mouse over” to display the clue, please. Or at least provide an alternative rendering for tablet devices.

   …not many comments today. I guess everyone is stuck in to the 21×21 already 🙂

9. 

   chas

   #9 - Sat 22nd Dec 12, 18:29

   
   

   Thanks to PeeDee for the blog. I had PERIPATETICS because that was the only word I could find to fit the crossing letters. I missed TAPIR and the rest of it passed me by.

   I chuckled over Le Groom and the mixture of languages.

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