Everyman 3,711

17 comments on “Everyman 3,711”

1. I could not fully parse 8d

   My favourite was DISORIENTATED which was also my last one in.

   Thanks Everyman and Gaufrid

2. The usual pleasant Sunday morning stroll, marred only by stumbling at 23a with BARRAGE. Unfortunately, once I’d got the idea in my head, I spent far too much time trying to force it to fit the definition…

   Thanks Everyman and Gaufrid

3. Enjoyable puzzle but just couple of niggles. In 6a I didn’t like ‘necessary to’ to indicate
   ‘restraIN CHeat’. It just doesn’t sound right. Also, in 20d, I would say that health is ‘condition’ which can be good or bad.
   I thought the clue to 23a was very good. Thanks to Gaufrid and Everyman.

4. Thanks Everyman and Gaufrid

   Davy @ 3: I think ‘necessary’ works if you see it as a synonym for ‘integral’ (which Chambers Thesaurus supports in one direction but not the other.

5. Thank you Everyman and Gaufrid.

   An enjoyable puzzle with a pleasing clue for New Zealanders at 18a.

   Davy @4, I too had a doubt about HEALTH, but the COED gives “the state of being well in body or mind”, perhaps the toast “Here’s to your health” demonstrates this?

6. Cookie @ 5: There’s also the wedding vow “in sickness and in health”.

7. Simon S @6, yes, that is a better example.

8. Definitely 1ac this week, the biggest challenge being how to spell 18ac. Thought the initial letter indicator for that clue was quite tricky for Everyman, but perfectly gettable if you even half knew the soprano.

9. The Everymans are a bit too easy (i.e. don’t last long enough) for my taste, but at least we’re spared irritatingly arch ‘cryptic’ definitions such as we get a surfeit on Mondays.

10. Might have know the poms would say it was easy.

11. I found this one of the hardest and gave up with 3 to go! maybe it is the distraction of two more sleeps till the big man comes but I found almost none of these easy, I thought the explanation of 25ac just weird  – that was the corner i gave up on.

    I stared at the soprano for ages seeing no connection  until suddenly the penny dropped but would be grateful if someone would explain the meaning of K as an indicator of Mozart’s works.    A bit  over specific perhaps for those who are not classical music experts?
    Happy christmas everyone.

12. vanessa @11

    From Collins under K – “Köchel: indicating the serial number in the catalogue (1862) of the works of Mozart made by Ludwig von Köchel (1800–77)”.

13. I found most of these almost too easy and a few really difficult. I would also like some help with K in relation to Mozart. Its obviously a well accepted term as received no explanation.

14. Not impressed with K for Mozart. Too specialist by far,

    Not one of this setter’s best puzzles, despite the sop to Kiri’s Kiwis.

15. I enjoy the “ah ha” Moments of these puzzles. Sometimes they come without assistance, but this puzzle required the on button. Fancy not knowing how to spell our diva’s name!
    Happy Xmas to all, both in NZ and overseas, particularly the setter and the explainers!

16. I just gave up 5 mins ago and logged in to check the answers. I had just one left 14ac which I stared at all morning but could not parse for the life of me.

    DISORIENTATED was a good clue and I also enjoy parsing LEGAL though the surface was pretty ordinary. ROSETTE was the other one I could not parse but I guessed it.

    Cheers!

17. Found this to be very tough, although I finally managed to get it all out without any computer assistance.  I had never seen the word “haver” (from 8 down) before, but after getting some cross letters in I was able to guess the answer.

    I thought that “set” for “team” (in 21 across; LOI) was stretching synonyms well past the breaking point.

    I don’t see how anyone can have heard of Mozart without having heard of K for Köchel.

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