Comments on: Private Eye/Cyclops 359 - Checking letters required

By: Pogel

Pogel — Sat, 08 Mar 2008 14:11:23 +0000

Struggled with this one and still don’t think much off all the answers. Didn’t help that I too shoved in “crawl” for “dipso”.

By: Testy

Testy — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 17:28:20 +0000

The definition for UGLI is probably “in the fruit store” which I guess Cyclops intended to be shorthand for “something that you would find in a fruit store”.

I’ve seen much vaguer definitions: for example “in America” for a US geographical feature or place e.g. New York. At least with Cyclops’s clue it is only likely to be a type of fruit that you would find in a fruit store!

By: Kieron

Kieron — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 17:09:48 +0000

A very poor puzzle, all in all, I thought. Some very obscure definitions, and far too many very tenuous clues (eg 15/27 - its wordiness was totally unnecessary and too misleading. 3d - the homophone doesn’t work. 5d - UGLI is a fruit, not a fruit store??). It annoyed me.

Also, I had STRAPPADO at first for 10a. Obviously my extensive of S&M undid me. So to speak.

By: Chris

Chris — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 17:10:10 +0000

I too found this one to be much harder than usual, and didn’t get especially near finishing it. 13a is one of the few that I got fairly quickly. Or so I thought - but I wrote in “kneecap” rather than “patella”, making a tough puzzle all the tougher.

By: Matthew

Matthew — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 02:37:05 +0000

21A - I think that pull off=DO and ring=O

22D - An archaic meaning of UNDO is seduce.