Comments on: Guardian 24,449, Brendan - A Shaw Thing

By: Richard Thayer

Richard Thayer — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 20:35:38 +0000

Sorry Matthew, just re-read your contribution - all is explained.

By: don

don — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 18:44:29 +0000

OK - Julie (ANDREW)S

By: don

don — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 18:41:41 +0000

What’s the answer to 19d, please?

By: Qaos

Qaos — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 18:05:25 +0000

Hi Richard, for 12d, Matthew was referring to the nursery rhyme London Bridge is Falling Down, the last line being the answer and the person who the rhyme is being sung to.

By: Richard Thayer

Richard Thayer — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 17:59:06 +0000

Yes, thanks golgonooza and of course Brendan for an enjoyable puzzle. Well done for spotting those aitches (or was it a reference to 5D?). But still no explanation for 12D, which I only got from the general context. Enlighten me someone.

By: Dave Ellison

Dave Ellison — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 14:14:07 +0000

I think Beermagnet must be right. I would query the “in a row”; more in “an off diagonal”, but that would ruin the clue.

I like Brendan’s originality; every time something unexpected.

By: beermagnet

beermagnet — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 11:42:30 +0000

The clue to 11A is more accurate than that: Henry Higgins initials are HH and that appears twice in those big black shapes!

By: golgonooza

golgonooza — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 11:38:16 +0000

Well spotted Andrew and Dave; 11ac must be a ref to the H shapes in the grid. I suppose if you drop two H’s from the four shown you get the two that are referred to in 11ac.

By: Andrew

Andrew — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 11:22:10 +0000

There are four H shapes formed by black squares in the grid; I don’t know if that’s relevant to 11 ac.

By: Dave Ellison

Dave Ellison — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 11:18:28 +0000

An enjoyable puzzle. Can’t understand 11 ac either - is it something to do with dropping two Hs? Or two solutions 11 and 24 Ac begin with Hs?