Comments on: Azed 1869 / Plain - Stiff Challenge http://fifteensquared.net/2008/03/30/azed-1869-plain-stiff-challenge/ Never knowingly undersolved. Sat, 22 Nov 2008 10:27:25 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: roland http://fifteensquared.net/2008/03/30/azed-1869-plain-stiff-challenge/#comment-18202 roland Mon, 31 Mar 2008 16:32:47 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/2008/03/30/azed-1869-plain-stiff-challenge/#comment-18202 It's a relief to know I wasn't the only person to register discomfort with two clues: mild in the case of ZONA, rather less mild with BACH, where "Gareth" still seems like a rude and over-specific intrusion (if all it's doing is giving the clue a Welsh flavour..). I spent two days trying to remember if there was ever a centre-half called Gareth -ach. It’s a relief to know I wasn’t the only person to register discomfort with two clues: mild in the case of ZONA, rather less mild with BACH, where “Gareth” still seems like a rude and over-specific intrusion (if all it’s doing is giving the clue a Welsh flavour..). I spent two days trying to remember if there was ever a centre-half called Gareth -ach.

]]> By: Robert Zara http://fifteensquared.net/2008/03/30/azed-1869-plain-stiff-challenge/#comment-18143 Robert Zara Sun, 30 Mar 2008 19:45:55 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/2008/03/30/azed-1869-plain-stiff-challenge/#comment-18143 7 down is flaUTISt, I think 7 down is flaUTISt, I think

]]> By: Richard Heald http://fifteensquared.net/2008/03/30/azed-1869-plain-stiff-challenge/#comment-18133 Richard Heald Sun, 30 Mar 2008 16:24:55 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/2008/03/30/azed-1869-plain-stiff-challenge/#comment-18133 ... and 8 Dn works if we assume "chap" to be CAT. … and 8 Dn works if we assume “chap” to be CAT.

]]> By: Richard Heald http://fifteensquared.net/2008/03/30/azed-1869-plain-stiff-challenge/#comment-18132 Richard Heald Sun, 30 Mar 2008 15:38:54 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/2008/03/30/azed-1869-plain-stiff-challenge/#comment-18132 ... and 16 Dn is UP (rev.) + AS in PACE. … and 16 Dn is UP (rev.) + AS in PACE.

]]> By: Richard Heald http://fifteensquared.net/2008/03/30/azed-1869-plain-stiff-challenge/#comment-18131 Richard Heald Sun, 30 Mar 2008 15:33:11 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/2008/03/30/azed-1869-plain-stiff-challenge/#comment-18131 13 Ac: the wordplay here I think is A (ante = before) + RUM in UP (fully) + anag. 1 Dn: this is VAS(-s)AL 2 Dn: I think this is OU + D in TO (before). Strange but true: in Eimi's Independent puzzle two days prior to this one, I noticed the final grid contained BACH running across in the NE corner, and ACACIA running down in the SW corner - as was exactly the case in this puzzle! I know, I should get out more ... 13 Ac: the wordplay here I think is A (ante = before) + RUM in UP (fully) + anag.

1 Dn: this is VAS(-s)AL

2 Dn: I think this is OU + D in TO (before).

Strange but true: in Eimi’s Independent puzzle two days prior to this one, I noticed the final grid contained BACH running across in the NE corner, and ACACIA running down in the SW corner - as was exactly the case in this puzzle! I know, I should get out more …

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