Comments on: Guardian 24,448 - placeholder http://fifteensquared.net/2008/07/23/guardian-24448-placeholder/ Never knowingly undersolved. Fri, 21 Nov 2008 21:50:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Dave Ellison http://fifteensquared.net/2008/07/23/guardian-24448-placeholder/#comment-34959 Dave Ellison Wed, 23 Jul 2008 18:10:46 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=1907#comment-34959 Thanks, Beermagnet and Andrew, got there at last with a bit of googling. I struggled earlier with "regular" letters starting in Mayo, to find a visitor, clearly without success. County Mayo, Simon Mayo and the Mayo Clinic didn't help, either. I liked 1d. Having got that the other long ones followed quickly. Thanks, Beermagnet and Andrew, got there at last with a bit of googling. I struggled earlier with “regular” letters starting in Mayo, to find a visitor, clearly without success. County Mayo, Simon Mayo and the Mayo Clinic didn’t help, either.

I liked 1d. Having got that the other long ones followed quickly.

]]> By: Andrew http://fifteensquared.net/2008/07/23/guardian-24448-placeholder/#comment-34956 Andrew Wed, 23 Jul 2008 17:36:13 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=1907#comment-34956 I think the wordplay is slightly unsound - "visitor" should be "visitors" (which of course would mess up the surface reading). I think the wordplay is slightly unsound - “visitor” should be “visitors” (which of course would mess up the surface reading).

]]> By: beermagnet http://fifteensquared.net/2008/07/23/guardian-24448-placeholder/#comment-34954 beermagnet Wed, 23 Jul 2008 17:17:11 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=1907#comment-34954 6D Type of mayo(nnaise) 6D Type of mayo(nnaise)

]]> By: Dave Ellison http://fifteensquared.net/2008/07/23/guardian-24448-placeholder/#comment-34953 Dave Ellison Wed, 23 Jul 2008 17:08:50 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=1907#comment-34953 I've got them all 'cept 6 down. Can't get the sense of it; any hints? I’ve got them all ‘cept 6 down. Can’t get the sense of it; any hints?

]]> By: Andrew http://fifteensquared.net/2008/07/23/guardian-24448-placeholder/#comment-34952 Andrew Wed, 23 Jul 2008 16:46:37 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=1907#comment-34952 I think "on the contrary" means you have to reverse the sense of the preceding bit - i.e. "sex? during undies off". I think “on the contrary” means you have to reverse the sense of the preceding bit - i.e. “sex? during undies off”.

]]> By: Tom Hutton http://fifteensquared.net/2008/07/23/guardian-24448-placeholder/#comment-34951 Tom Hutton Wed, 23 Jul 2008 16:28:51 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=1907#comment-34951 I take it that "during sex" indicates putting f for feminine in the anagram. Is during a fair indicator? I take it that “during sex” indicates putting f for feminine in the anagram. Is during a fair indicator?

]]> By: Tom Hutton http://fifteensquared.net/2008/07/23/guardian-24448-placeholder/#comment-34950 Tom Hutton Wed, 23 Jul 2008 16:26:52 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=1907#comment-34950 Grateful thanks. It was driving me mad. Grateful thanks. It was driving me mad.

]]> By: muck http://fifteensquared.net/2008/07/23/guardian-24448-placeholder/#comment-34948 muck Wed, 23 Jul 2008 16:25:26 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=1907#comment-34948 "?"!! “?”!!

]]> By: beermagnet http://fifteensquared.net/2008/07/23/guardian-24448-placeholder/#comment-34949 beermagnet Wed, 23 Jul 2008 16:25:26 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=1907#comment-34949 Tom: Inky-Pinky Tom: Inky-Pinky

]]> By: Andrew http://fifteensquared.net/2008/07/23/guardian-24448-placeholder/#comment-34947 Andrew Wed, 23 Jul 2008 16:24:58 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=1907#comment-34947 Tom, it's a mangled French phrase.. Tom, it’s a mangled French phrase..

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