Comments on: Guardian 24291/Gordius http://fifteensquared.net/2008/01/22/guardian-24291gordius/ Never knowingly undersolved. Thu, 08 Jan 2009 19:08:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Travellerman http://fifteensquared.net/2008/01/22/guardian-24291gordius/#comment-34509 Travellerman Fri, 18 Jul 2008 03:30:50 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/2008/01/22/guardian-24291gordius/#comment-34509 Nice blog and I'd like a Seychelles vacation too if there's one going free????? (Live in hope) Travellerman Nice blog and I’d like a Seychelles vacation too if there’s one going free?????

(Live in hope)

Travellerman

]]> By: Pasquale http://fifteensquared.net/2008/01/22/guardian-24291gordius/#comment-12426 Pasquale Wed, 23 Jan 2008 12:23:10 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/2008/01/22/guardian-24291gordius/#comment-12426 I haven't solved this one but I am delighted to see my fellow setter, a retired clergyman living in Devon (my home county), including Nicodemus and Powderham Castle. Interesting vocab (including maybe a word or two you don't know but which are reasonable) is always a GOOD THING! I haven’t solved this one but I am delighted to see my fellow setter, a retired clergyman living in Devon (my home county), including Nicodemus and Powderham Castle. Interesting vocab (including maybe a word or two you don’t know but which are reasonable) is always a GOOD THING!

]]> By: Geoff http://fifteensquared.net/2008/01/22/guardian-24291gordius/#comment-12365 Geoff Tue, 22 Jan 2008 19:35:21 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/2008/01/22/guardian-24291gordius/#comment-12365 I also had FULL STEAM ASTERN for 25ac at first, which made 23dn a bit mystifying until I saw the alternative. NIPPY as a Lyons Corner House waitress, and POWDERHAM CASTLE were new to me, but I managed to work them out from the wordplay. Good variety of clues and vocabulary in this one. Clues for 14ac, 17, 19, 22 all contain a word which is inserted unchanged into the solution. Unusual to have so many. I also had FULL STEAM ASTERN for 25ac at first, which made 23dn a bit mystifying until I saw the alternative.
NIPPY as a Lyons Corner House waitress, and POWDERHAM CASTLE were new to me, but I managed to work them out from the wordplay.
Good variety of clues and vocabulary in this one. Clues for 14ac, 17, 19, 22 all contain a word which is inserted unchanged into the solution. Unusual to have so many.

]]> By: Shirley http://fifteensquared.net/2008/01/22/guardian-24291gordius/#comment-12349 Shirley Tue, 22 Jan 2008 15:56:30 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/2008/01/22/guardian-24291gordius/#comment-12349 18Ac - we liked the definition for this clue (DIE TITIAN), but we feel that this word is more normally spelt with a "C" as DIETICIAN. It's in the dictionary as both spellings, but it took us ages as we didn't think TICIAN was an artist!! 18Ac - we liked the definition for this clue (DIE TITIAN), but we feel that this word is more normally spelt with a “C” as DIETICIAN. It’s in the dictionary as both spellings, but it took us ages as we didn’t think TICIAN was an artist!!

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