Comments on: Guardian 24,331 (Sat 8 Mar)/Araucaria - Quight X-rated http://fifteensquared.net/2008/03/15/guardian-24331-sat-8-mararaucaria-quight-x-rated/ Never knowingly undersolved. Sat, 22 Nov 2008 09:16:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Jill and Tamzin http://fifteensquared.net/2008/03/15/guardian-24331-sat-8-mararaucaria-quight-x-rated/#comment-16923 Jill and Tamzin Sun, 16 Mar 2008 19:02:22 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/2008/03/15/guardian-24331-sat-8-mararaucaria-quight-x-rated/#comment-16923 Great Araucaria! We loved this one, even the wood-bines! That was a little bit difficult to get, but it was one of those, after you solve it, that make you laugh a lot. We like the Indie and The Guardian, but this one is less strict. Great Araucaria! We loved this one, even the wood-bines! That was a little bit difficult to get, but it was one of those, after you solve it, that make you laugh a lot. We like the Indie and The Guardian, but this one is less strict.

]]> By: rightback http://fifteensquared.net/2008/03/15/guardian-24331-sat-8-mararaucaria-quight-x-rated/#comment-16919 rightback Sun, 16 Mar 2008 11:17:26 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/2008/03/15/guardian-24331-sat-8-mararaucaria-quight-x-rated/#comment-16919 Thanks very much for pointing out the rhyming couplets, which I'm afraid went over my head. This is not my first offence of this kind, and it's this sort of remissness that must make setters wonder whether it's worth all the trouble. Yet ironically I spent the whole of yesterday evening writing a full set of thematic clues! Thanks very much for pointing out the rhyming couplets, which I’m afraid went over my head. This is not my first offence of this kind, and it’s this sort of remissness that must make setters wonder whether it’s worth all the trouble. Yet ironically I spent the whole of yesterday evening writing a full set of thematic clues!

]]> By: Andrew http://fifteensquared.net/2008/03/15/guardian-24331-sat-8-mararaucaria-quight-x-rated/#comment-16918 Andrew Sun, 16 Mar 2008 11:12:24 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/2008/03/15/guardian-24331-sat-8-mararaucaria-quight-x-rated/#comment-16918 I really enjoyed this one too: I'm usually quite picky about loose clueing, but the cleverness of the rhyming couplets compensated for the lapses. I found it easier than usual with jigsaws to start filling in the grid, probably because of the uneven distribution of word-lengths, but it took me ages to work out what was happening with the repeated initial letters, until I got WONDER WOMAN. Dom MINTOFF was easy for us slightly older solvers: he was a well-known political character in his day. I really enjoyed this one too: I’m usually quite picky about loose clueing, but the cleverness of the rhyming couplets compensated for the lapses. I found it easier than usual with jigsaws to start filling in the grid, probably because of the uneven distribution of word-lengths, but it took me ages to work out what was happening with the repeated initial letters, until I got WONDER WOMAN.

Dom MINTOFF was easy for us slightly older solvers: he was a well-known political character in his day.

]]> By: Berny http://fifteensquared.net/2008/03/15/guardian-24331-sat-8-mararaucaria-quight-x-rated/#comment-16916 Berny Sun, 16 Mar 2008 10:58:15 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/2008/03/15/guardian-24331-sat-8-mararaucaria-quight-x-rated/#comment-16916 Delightful puzzle - his re-adoption of rhyming couplets for his jigsaws make these even more clever constructions - an occasional lapse in the wordplay is to be expected given this restriction - one rarely finds these lapses however. Well done Araucaria. Delightful puzzle - his re-adoption of rhyming couplets for his jigsaws make these even more clever constructions - an occasional lapse in the wordplay is to be expected given this restriction - one rarely finds these lapses however. Well done Araucaria.

]]> By: rightback http://fifteensquared.net/2008/03/15/guardian-24331-sat-8-mararaucaria-quight-x-rated/#comment-16914 rightback Sun, 16 Mar 2008 10:06:19 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/2008/03/15/guardian-24331-sat-8-mararaucaria-quight-x-rated/#comment-16914 As I understand it, a broad in this sense isn't really a lake - it's a widening or expansion of a river. But this is probably being unreasonably picky. As I understand it, a broad in this sense isn’t really a lake - it’s a widening or expansion of a river. But this is probably being unreasonably picky.

]]> By: Comfy Settee http://fifteensquared.net/2008/03/15/guardian-24331-sat-8-mararaucaria-quight-x-rated/#comment-16913 Comfy Settee Sun, 16 Mar 2008 09:54:34 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/2008/03/15/guardian-24331-sat-8-mararaucaria-quight-x-rated/#comment-16913 BROAD = lake is okay no? In the Norfolkian sense? WOODBINES, hmmm indeed. A fun puzzle overall, but clues like this don't help... BROAD = lake is okay no? In the Norfolkian sense?

WOODBINES, hmmm indeed. A fun puzzle overall, but clues like this don’t help…

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