Comments on: Guardian 24,402 (Gordius) http://fifteensquared.net/2008/05/30/guardian-24402-gordius/ Never knowingly undersolved. Wed, 03 Dec 2008 22:29:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Bogeyman http://fifteensquared.net/2008/05/30/guardian-24402-gordius/#comment-29267 Bogeyman Sat, 31 May 2008 08:01:36 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=1597#comment-29267 I agree that the weekday Guardians are becoming more erudite and arcane, though hasn't Friday traditionally been a bit tougher than the other weekdays? I agree that the weekday Guardians are becoming more erudite and arcane, though hasn’t Friday traditionally been a bit tougher than the other weekdays?

]]> By: muck http://fifteensquared.net/2008/05/30/guardian-24402-gordius/#comment-29176 muck Fri, 30 May 2008 21:14:33 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=1597#comment-29176 The weekday Guardian cryptics do seem to be getting more erudite - I guessed 13ac (OARE) and 14ac (wrongly as ALTARNON) but couldn't be bothered to check them in Google/Wiki from my dialup connection. 26ac (SYCOSIS) is in Chambers, but... The weekday Guardian cryptics do seem to be getting more erudite -

I guessed 13ac (OARE) and 14ac (wrongly as ALTARNON) but couldn’t be bothered to check them in Google/Wiki from my dialup connection. 26ac (SYCOSIS) is in Chambers, but…

]]> By: Dave Ellison http://fifteensquared.net/2008/05/30/guardian-24402-gordius/#comment-29169 Dave Ellison Fri, 30 May 2008 20:12:22 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=1597#comment-29169 John Ridd I really meant John Ridd I really meant

]]> By: Dave Ellison http://fifteensquared.net/2008/05/30/guardian-24402-gordius/#comment-29156 Dave Ellison Fri, 30 May 2008 19:02:23 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=1597#comment-29156 15d I got this more or less straight away. Those of us who built balsa wood and lacquered-paper aeroplanes in our youths would remember this. Anhedral (sloping down) and dihedral, the other way. You see anhedral tips to the main wings on many jet liners these days. Oare: John Rigg, yeoman and church warden thereof, told a simple tale simply: Lorna Doone 15d I got this more or less straight away. Those of us who built balsa wood and lacquered-paper aeroplanes in our youths would remember this. Anhedral (sloping down) and dihedral, the other way. You see anhedral tips to the main wings on many jet liners these days.

Oare: John Rigg, yeoman and church warden thereof, told a simple tale simply: Lorna Doone

]]> By: Gail http://fifteensquared.net/2008/05/30/guardian-24402-gordius/#comment-29110 Gail Fri, 30 May 2008 13:23:39 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=1597#comment-29110 Pretty straightforward, apart from 14a which I had to look up and 15d which I'd never have got in a month of Sundays without Googling. I also had to make sure there was a wood called 'Tigerwood'but the clue was well-formed and it could not have been anything else. I remember 'Ut' being on the old programme Call my Bluff years ago when I was a kid, so that was no problem. Pretty straightforward, apart from 14a which I had to look up and 15d which I’d never have got in a month of Sundays without Googling.
I also had to make sure there was a wood called ‘Tigerwood’but the clue was well-formed and it could not have been anything else.

I remember ‘Ut’ being on the old programme Call my Bluff years ago when I was a kid, so that was no problem.

]]> By: Eileen http://fifteensquared.net/2008/05/30/guardian-24402-gordius/#comment-29057 Eileen Fri, 30 May 2008 08:58:41 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=1597#comment-29057 And Oare is where Lorna Doone was shot. Thanks - I did look up 'ut' once Diagacht had confirmed it was a word - hadn't bothered before because it looks so unlikely! And Oare is where Lorna Doone was shot.

Thanks - I did look up ‘ut’ once Diagacht had confirmed it was a word - hadn’t bothered before because it looks so unlikely!

]]> By: Shirley http://fifteensquared.net/2008/05/30/guardian-24402-gordius/#comment-29054 Shirley Fri, 30 May 2008 08:45:44 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=1597#comment-29054 15D the aerodynamics referred to are apparently the angle at which a planes wings move from the horizontal. I had to look it up! 16D UT is the French for the note we know as C. 14A Altarnun is probably best known to non Cornish people as the provenance of the dastardly vicar in Daphne du Maurier's novel Jamaica Inn. Hope this helps 15D the aerodynamics referred to are apparently the angle at which a planes wings move from the horizontal. I had to look it up!
16D UT is the French for the note we know as C.
14A Altarnun is probably best known to non Cornish people as the provenance of the dastardly vicar in Daphne du Maurier’s novel Jamaica Inn.
Hope this helps

]]> By: Eileen http://fifteensquared.net/2008/05/30/guardian-24402-gordius/#comment-29052 Eileen Fri, 30 May 2008 08:26:59 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=1597#comment-29052 19dn: no problem - 'Guardian' is usually 'we' or 'us' in [Guardian!] crosswords. Thanks for 16dn: I knew it must be SHUT DOWN but had never heard of 'ut'! 19dn: no problem - ‘Guardian’ is usually ‘we’ or ‘us’ in [Guardian!] crosswords.

Thanks for 16dn: I knew it must be SHUT DOWN but had never heard of ‘ut’!

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