Comments on: Azed 1867 http://fifteensquared.net/2008/03/15/azed-1867/ Never knowingly undersolved. Thu, 08 Jan 2009 17:14:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Richard Heald http://fifteensquared.net/2008/03/15/azed-1867/#comment-17089 Richard Heald Wed, 19 Mar 2008 14:38:55 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/2008/03/15/azed-1867/#comment-17089 Agree with you entirely about this Sunday's puzzle, Roland - I found it very heavy going. Matters weren't helped by one answer having a faulty definition, another being a proper name I'd never heard of, and an indirect anagram that must be among the most contentious ever seen in an Azed puzzle. Agree with you entirely about this Sunday’s puzzle, Roland - I found it very heavy going. Matters weren’t helped by one answer having a faulty definition, another being a proper name I’d never heard of, and an indirect anagram that must be among the most contentious ever seen in an Azed puzzle.

]]> By: roland http://fifteensquared.net/2008/03/15/azed-1867/#comment-17018 roland Tue, 18 Mar 2008 21:19:07 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/2008/03/15/azed-1867/#comment-17018 This week's Azed (1868)is the hardest I have yet done..... please don't record it on the site with the customary "this took me 75 minutes"- some of us may be heartbroken to hear such things. This week’s Azed (1868)is the hardest I have yet done….. please don’t record it on the site with the customary “this took me 75 minutes”- some of us may be heartbroken to hear such things.

]]> By: mhl http://fifteensquared.net/2008/03/15/azed-1867/#comment-16885 mhl Sat, 15 Mar 2008 19:43:41 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/2008/03/15/azed-1867/#comment-16885 I think the second definition of DOLLY ("It's hard to miss") refers to an easy shot in golf (or any sport) - in Chambers one of the definitions is "a slow-moving target that is easy to hit". I think the second definition of DOLLY (”It’s hard to miss”) refers to an easy shot in golf (or any sport) - in Chambers one of the definitions is “a slow-moving target that is easy to hit”.

]]> By: Colin Blackburn http://fifteensquared.net/2008/03/15/azed-1867/#comment-16877 Colin Blackburn Sat, 15 Mar 2008 16:59:46 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/2008/03/15/azed-1867/#comment-16877 Richard, many thanks for putting my mind at rest over WHEAR and for GERLE. I got too hung up over MERLE and didn't think that there might be another ?ERLE word! Good job it wasn't a competition puzzle. Richard, many thanks for putting my mind at rest over WHEAR and for GERLE. I got too hung up over MERLE and didn’t think that there might be another ?ERLE word! Good job it wasn’t a competition puzzle.

]]> By: Richard Heald http://fifteensquared.net/2008/03/15/azed-1867/#comment-16875 Richard Heald Sat, 15 Mar 2008 15:49:20 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/2008/03/15/azed-1867/#comment-16875 26D is GERLE, I think. Your interpretation of 17A is right, I'd say, with the definition for WHEAR referring to its status as a relative pronoun - an unusual ploy, certainly, but in my view not an unfair one, owing to the relative scarcity of such words. And the anagram at 35A does indeed feature a bonus R, which seems to be becoming something of an Azed trademark. 26D is GERLE, I think.

Your interpretation of 17A is right, I’d say, with the definition for WHEAR referring to its status as a relative pronoun - an unusual ploy, certainly, but in my view not an unfair one, owing to the relative scarcity of such words.

And the anagram at 35A does indeed feature a bonus R, which seems to be becoming something of an Azed trademark.

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