Comments on: Guardian 24336/Araucaria - noblesse oblige http://fifteensquared.net/2008/03/14/guardian-24336placeholder/ Never knowingly undersolved. Thu, 08 Jan 2009 19:17:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: beermagnet http://fifteensquared.net/2008/03/14/guardian-24336placeholder/#comment-16868 beermagnet Sat, 15 Mar 2008 11:24:00 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/2008/03/14/guardian-24336placeholder/#comment-16868 1A A dog is a BOW-WOW (as in "Daddy wouldn't but me a ...") and it's eaten its dinner of "IN D[imension]" 3D Hidden in internatIONAl 1A A dog is a BOW-WOW (as in “Daddy wouldn’t but me a …”) and it’s eaten its dinner of “IN D[imension]”

3D Hidden in internatIONAl

]]> By: Richard Heald http://fifteensquared.net/2008/03/14/guardian-24336placeholder/#comment-16860 Richard Heald Sat, 15 Mar 2008 10:04:16 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/2008/03/14/guardian-24336placeholder/#comment-16860 I think 22D actually has two definitions, one being "played in film", referring to the Clint Eastwood pic 'Play Misty For Me'. I think 22D actually has two definitions, one being “played in film”, referring to the Clint Eastwood pic ‘Play Misty For Me’.

]]> By: Shirley http://fifteensquared.net/2008/03/14/guardian-24336placeholder/#comment-16857 Shirley Sat, 15 Mar 2008 09:36:14 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/2008/03/14/guardian-24336placeholder/#comment-16857 17D a "john" is the American for a toilet or Loo, and Setter is me hence LooSetter = Lucetta. 22D the Road is the M1, and the Sty is a house for pigs. 17D a “john” is the American for a toilet or Loo, and Setter is me hence LooSetter = Lucetta.
22D the Road is the M1, and the Sty is a house for pigs.

]]> By: Shirley http://fifteensquared.net/2008/03/14/guardian-24336placeholder/#comment-16853 Shirley Sat, 15 Mar 2008 09:21:38 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/2008/03/14/guardian-24336placeholder/#comment-16853 12A - A punch is a type of carthorse - a Suffolk punch normally. 12A - A punch is a type of carthorse - a Suffolk punch normally.

]]> By: Dave Ellison http://fifteensquared.net/2008/03/14/guardian-24336placeholder/#comment-16829 Dave Ellison Fri, 14 Mar 2008 22:18:19 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/2008/03/14/guardian-24336placeholder/#comment-16829 I think it was harder to get started than the normal Araucaria: twice through yielded only a couple of answers. I relied on the good old standby of putting it aside for a few hours, then got 9ac straightaway, and the rest followed slowly. I think it was harder to get started than the normal Araucaria: twice through yielded only a couple of answers. I relied on the good old standby of putting it aside for a few hours, then got 9ac straightaway, and the rest followed slowly.

]]> By: Fletch http://fifteensquared.net/2008/03/14/guardian-24336placeholder/#comment-16828 Fletch Fri, 14 Mar 2008 21:55:10 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/2008/03/14/guardian-24336placeholder/#comment-16828 Which I think would be pronounced Lucetta with a ch sound rather than s which is indicated by the homophone. Which I think would be pronounced Lucetta with a ch sound rather than s which is indicated by the homophone.

]]> By: muck http://fifteensquared.net/2008/03/14/guardian-24336placeholder/#comment-16821 muck Fri, 14 Mar 2008 19:22:27 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/2008/03/14/guardian-24336placeholder/#comment-16821 Lucetta is indeed the 'Shakespearean maid' in The Two Gentlemen of Verona. <b>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Two_Gentlemen_of_Verona</b> Lucetta is indeed the ‘Shakespearean maid’ in The Two Gentlemen of Verona.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Two_Gentlemen_of_Verona

]]> By: muck http://fifteensquared.net/2008/03/14/guardian-24336placeholder/#comment-16820 muck Fri, 14 Mar 2008 19:13:46 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/2008/03/14/guardian-24336placeholder/#comment-16820 17dn: Is this Lucetta? 17dn: Is this Lucetta?

]]> By: Geoff http://fifteensquared.net/2008/03/14/guardian-24336placeholder/#comment-16816 Geoff Fri, 14 Mar 2008 18:45:05 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/2008/03/14/guardian-24336placeholder/#comment-16816 Was I just having a good day, or was this really much easier than the average Araucaria? I raced through it faster than Monday's Rufus - and hence felt a bit short-changed, despite some good and imaginative clues. DEVONSHIRE CREAM appeared in another Guardian crossword recently (coincidentally, I'm sure - and differently clued), and the ORCHESTRA/CARTHORSE duality is practically a cliche... Was I just having a good day, or was this really much easier than the average Araucaria? I raced through it faster than Monday’s Rufus - and hence felt a bit short-changed, despite some good and imaginative clues.
DEVONSHIRE CREAM appeared in another Guardian crossword recently (coincidentally, I’m sure - and differently clued), and the ORCHESTRA/CARTHORSE duality is practically a cliche…

]]> By: radchenko http://fifteensquared.net/2008/03/14/guardian-24336placeholder/#comment-16814 radchenko Fri, 14 Mar 2008 17:46:59 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/2008/03/14/guardian-24336placeholder/#comment-16814 MIST-Y OPT-IC is quite reasonably OPTIMISTIC as a Spoonerism, in my opinion. I wouldn't pay too much definition to the dictionary definition. After all, if it says "initial sounds of words" then OPTIMISTIC is just one word, so... Very nice puzzle though, with lots of good clues giving that "aaaah" feeling when you get them. MIST-Y OPT-IC is quite reasonably OPTIMISTIC as a Spoonerism, in my opinion. I wouldn’t pay too much definition to the dictionary definition. After all, if it says “initial sounds of words” then OPTIMISTIC is just one word, so…

Very nice puzzle though, with lots of good clues giving that “aaaah” feeling when you get them.

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