Comments on: Guardian 24,319 (Sat 16 Feb)/Araucaria - River dance http://fifteensquared.net/2008/03/01/guardian-24319-sat-16-febaraucaria-river-dance/ Never knowingly undersolved. Thu, 08 Jan 2009 19:09:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: rightback http://fifteensquared.net/2008/03/01/guardian-24319-sat-16-febaraucaria-river-dance/#comment-15874 rightback Sun, 02 Mar 2008 23:54:38 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/2008/03/01/guardian-24319-sat-16-febaraucaria-river-dance/#comment-15874 Off-topic is fine by me. Discussion of prize puzzles, on the other hand, is probably best avoided until the solution is published. Off-topic is fine by me. Discussion of prize puzzles, on the other hand, is probably best avoided until the solution is published.

]]> By: radchenko http://fifteensquared.net/2008/03/01/guardian-24319-sat-16-febaraucaria-river-dance/#comment-15869 radchenko Sun, 02 Mar 2008 23:08:25 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/2008/03/01/guardian-24319-sat-16-febaraucaria-river-dance/#comment-15869 Comfy Settee: I can explain 1ac. 10ac I have an answer but no full explanation. Not trying to be obstructive but I'm a bit concerned of extra breach of etiquette if first off-topic and then posting answers to the prize puzzle... Bit of guidance here, please. Comfy Settee: I can explain 1ac. 10ac I have an answer but no full explanation.

Not trying to be obstructive but I’m a bit concerned of extra breach of etiquette if first off-topic and then posting answers to the prize puzzle… Bit of guidance here, please.

]]> By: Comfy Settee http://fifteensquared.net/2008/03/01/guardian-24319-sat-16-febaraucaria-river-dance/#comment-15863 Comfy Settee Sun, 02 Mar 2008 20:44:06 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/2008/03/01/guardian-24319-sat-16-febaraucaria-river-dance/#comment-15863 Radchenko - I too struggled with yesterday's Enimatist. I *think* I've finished, but I still can't figure out the wordplay for a couple of the clues. In particular, I still can't fully explain 1ac and 10ac - you have any joy with these? Radchenko - I too struggled with yesterday’s Enimatist. I *think* I’ve finished, but I still can’t figure out the wordplay for a couple of the clues. In particular, I still can’t fully explain 1ac and 10ac - you have any joy with these?

]]> By: radchenko http://fifteensquared.net/2008/03/01/guardian-24319-sat-16-febaraucaria-river-dance/#comment-15862 radchenko Sun, 02 Mar 2008 20:07:22 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/2008/03/01/guardian-24319-sat-16-febaraucaria-river-dance/#comment-15862 The curious thing about this puzzle was that I guessed the linked clues were hidden word clues even before I had got one. I thought having the same clue twice was quite clever, actually, and OK, once you'd seen through it, it did open up the puzzle, but it was by no means obvious and the other clues were hardly trivial. Perfectly reasonable challenge for a prize crossword, with plenty of wit and invention, and at least it was doable in a reasonable time. Unlike -- and now, please don't flame me for this, I know I am doing wrong but I have nowhere else to vent and don't want to have to go kick the cats -- this week's Enigmatist, which I have finished just 5 minutes ago. The whole bleedin' weekend that took. Ah well. The curious thing about this puzzle was that I guessed the linked clues were hidden word clues even before I had got one.

I thought having the same clue twice was quite clever, actually, and OK, once you’d seen through it, it did open up the puzzle, but it was by no means obvious and the other clues were hardly trivial. Perfectly reasonable challenge for a prize crossword, with plenty of wit and invention, and at least it was doable in a reasonable time.

Unlike — and now, please don’t flame me for this, I know I am doing wrong but I have nowhere else to vent and don’t want to have to go kick the cats — this week’s Enigmatist, which I have finished just 5 minutes ago. The whole bleedin’ weekend that took.

Ah well.

]]> By: Comfy Settee http://fifteensquared.net/2008/03/01/guardian-24319-sat-16-febaraucaria-river-dance/#comment-15818 Comfy Settee Sun, 02 Mar 2008 09:35:56 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/2008/03/01/guardian-24319-sat-16-febaraucaria-river-dance/#comment-15818 Definitely one of the easier offerings from the Monkey Puzzler... and yes, it all got a bit handle-turning once the theme emerged. But you can't please all the people all the time..... I liked FRIEDRICH. Definitely one of the easier offerings from the Monkey Puzzler… and yes, it all got a bit handle-turning once the theme emerged. But you can’t please all the people all the time…..
I liked FRIEDRICH.

]]> By: AlanR http://fifteensquared.net/2008/03/01/guardian-24319-sat-16-febaraucaria-river-dance/#comment-15761 AlanR Sat, 01 Mar 2008 18:43:45 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/2008/03/01/guardian-24319-sat-16-febaraucaria-river-dance/#comment-15761 This was the first time an Araucaria has been a let-down for me. The odd hidden clue in a crossword is fine - and it's often one of the last that I spot. But when you've twigged that there are another twelve hidden words, finding them becomes trivial. The Guardian's weekend magazine used to have a puzzle of this sort, with a country hidden within a sentence every week, and the letters page was rightly filled with people ridiculing it. This was the first time an Araucaria has been a let-down for me. The odd hidden clue in a crossword is fine - and it’s often one of the last that I spot. But when you’ve twigged that there are another twelve hidden words, finding them becomes trivial. The Guardian’s weekend magazine used to have a puzzle of this sort, with a country hidden within a sentence every week, and the letters page was rightly filled with people ridiculing it.

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