Comments on: Guardian 24,369 : Pasquale - “Bad Tahr Day”

By: Testy

Testy — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 08:40:17 +0000

…and their relevance is????

By: stan

stan — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 22:38:11 +0000

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gwyn_ap_Nudd
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C%C5%B5n_Annwn

By: muck

muck — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 22:35:12 +0000

Anyone able to translate “Gwyn ap Nudd + Cwn Annwn”?

By: Stocky

Stocky — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 22:30:54 +0000

7dn - I have PRO (for) FILE (the official records) rather than a double definition construction.

Does this make me a scallywag or a gentleman?

Overall I thought this was tough.

By: Paul B

Paul B — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 22:03:47 +0000

Gwyn ap Nudd + Cwn Annwn, shurely?

By: Ygor

Ygor — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 15:51:57 +0000

On Cader Idris tahrs and lambs,

Fear the fetid dithyrambs.

By: muck

muck — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 15:36:54 +0000

Excellent Pasquale puzzle, if a little difficult for a Tuesday.

1ac: I had DAB for fish too, but Google asked ‘did you mean dithyramb?’, and Chambers confirmed that DIB (vb) is fish.

4dn: I had ADUL for the plant, from adult cut short. Unfortunately, if you look up ADUL on Google you get the other type of adult sites.

By: Nematocera

Nematocera — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 14:06:49 +0000

Frustratingly I had Dathyramb for 1Ac as I thought the fish was Dab. Never heard of dibbing (or self evidently Dithyrambs for that matter!)

By: beermagnet

beermagnet — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 13:23:53 +0000

Cracking puzzle despite some words that needed checking - I was pleased there really is a goat called a TAHR - and being defeated by CESS.

On the descent from Cader Idris I was the wettest I have ever been.
“Waterproofs” aren’t on that kind of rain. I can’t imagine anyone wanting to spend the night up there.

By: stan

stan — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 10:11:47 +0000

Thanks Eileen - now amended to BUCC-AN-EER