Comments on: Guardian 23947/Gordius – lots of wordplay http://fifteensquared.net/2006/12/12/guardian-23947gordius-%e2%80%93-lots-of-wordplay/ Never knowingly undersolved. Wed, 07 Jan 2009 00:01:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: <![CDATA[BenIngton]]> http://fifteensquared.net/2006/12/12/guardian-23947gordius-%e2%80%93-lots-of-wordplay/#comment-400 Tue, 12 Dec 2006 18:06:00 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=116#comment-400 Some very good clues - 9a made me laugh. Agree that NUMBER is a weak definition for COMPUTE. I looked on CLOVE as past tense of CLEAVE which is used in some marriage vows ("forsake all others and cleave unto my wife") so I suppose there is some sort of definition there. Never picked up the nuances of 12a - having been on the phone this morning trying to talk to a human being and getting endless mutilated muzak Vivaldi instead, I knew the answer straightaway! Some very good clues - 9a made me laugh. Agree that NUMBER is a weak definition for COMPUTE. I looked on CLOVE as past tense of CLEAVE which is used in some marriage vows (”forsake all others and cleave unto my wife”) so I suppose there is some sort of definition there. Never picked up the nuances of 12a - having been on the phone this morning trying to talk to a human being and getting endless mutilated muzak Vivaldi instead, I knew the answer straightaway!

]]> By: <![CDATA[petebiddlecombe]]> http://fifteensquared.net/2006/12/12/guardian-23947gordius-%e2%80%93-lots-of-wordplay/#comment-399 Tue, 12 Dec 2006 18:00:21 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=116#comment-399 As "the hand that rocks the cradle rules the world", it's given in ODQ as a proverb, derived from the WRW poem which is also given. As “the hand that rocks the cradle rules the world”, it’s given in ODQ as a proverb, derived from the WRW poem which is also given.

]]> By: <![CDATA[ilancaron]]> http://fifteensquared.net/2006/12/12/guardian-23947gordius-%e2%80%93-lots-of-wordplay/#comment-398 Tue, 12 Dec 2006 15:22:19 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=116#comment-398 Thanks for the cradle clarification... turns out it's from a poem by William Ross Wallace who must be pretty obscure since doesn't even warrant his own wiki entry. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hand_That_Rocks_the_Cradle_%28poem%29 Thanks for the cradle clarification… turns out it’s from a poem by William Ross Wallace who must be pretty obscure since doesn’t even warrant his own wiki entry.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hand_That_Rocks_the_Cradle_%28poem%29

]]> By: <![CDATA[petebiddlecombe]]> http://fifteensquared.net/2006/12/12/guardian-23947gordius-%e2%80%93-lots-of-wordplay/#comment-397 Tue, 12 Dec 2006 11:47:32 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=116#comment-397 Richter: I'm pretty sure he means Sviatoslav - never heard of the other bloke. Richter: I’m pretty sure he means Sviatoslav - never heard of the other bloke.

]]> By: <![CDATA[Michod]]> http://fifteensquared.net/2006/12/12/guardian-23947gordius-%e2%80%93-lots-of-wordplay/#comment-396 Tue, 12 Dec 2006 10:39:31 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=116#comment-396 A few very nice clues here - RUN, ANALYTIC, WHEEL CLAMP I liked. STET at 25 down ('Initial typeset without' = T in SET) was even more envelope-pushing than COMPUTE - at least there's a limit to what 'Putin' could mean! CRADLE is a reference to the saying "the hand that rocks the cradle rules the world". Not sure where that comes from, though. A few very nice clues here - RUN, ANALYTIC, WHEEL CLAMP I liked. STET at 25 down (’Initial typeset without’ = T in SET) was even more envelope-pushing than COMPUTE - at least there’s a limit to what ‘Putin’ could mean!
CRADLE is a reference to the saying “the hand that rocks the cradle rules the world”. Not sure where that comes from, though.

]]> By: <![CDATA[conradcork]]> http://fifteensquared.net/2006/12/12/guardian-23947gordius-%e2%80%93-lots-of-wordplay/#comment-395 Tue, 12 Dec 2006 10:36:22 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=116#comment-395 Re cradle, it's a reference to a proverb about the power of women. 'She who rocks the cradle rules the world'. Re cradle, it’s a reference to a proverb about the power of women. ‘She who rocks the cradle rules the world’.

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