Comments on: Guardian 24,735 – Paul

By: stiofain

stiofain — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 20:28:25 +0000

Teleport is now in common usage as the way of moving around in virtual online worlds such as Second Life again exposing that recent scurrilous article in The Guardian accusing all xword solvers of being trapped in an imaginary middle england of pink gins and dusty academia.
Stiofain

By: Neil

Neil — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 12:10:12 +0000

Liz #12: thanks for the portrait reference. Poor old Henry!

Dave Ellison #19: “propaganda” an acceptable homophone? I guess you’re not American (as dagnabit #18 is) or Scots, or Irish, or from the Western half of England (not just the southwest)? And I bet you’re going to prove me wrong!

By: Neil

Neil — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 11:47:52 +0000

Piece of cake! Only took me two days to complete, though I did struggle for a while with 21 across.
Otherwise, such clever, taxing, enjoyable stuff!

Shall we ever know Paul’s intention about the delightfully silly PANDEMONIUM?

By: Martin Searle

Martin Searle — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 22:59:06 +0000

Hello, old hands. A bit slow through todays, but rather enjoyable. I’ve grown to really like Paul.

By: Brian Harris

Brian Harris — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 21:47:25 +0000

Pretty tough today, but got there in the end. Some very entertaining clues, particularly 14ac (Space Hopper – although two words?) and 3dn. Only just got the POST ER bit now!! Thanks, Ciaran.

By: Dave Ellison

Dave Ellison — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 21:39:01 +0000

Sorry, I pressed the Submit instead of the Preview button, before I had finished. teleport ...coined in 1931 by Charles Fort, a travesty of running a Greek and a Latin word together

By: Eileen

Eileen — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 21:36:56 +0000

Thanks, Dave, for the nice comment. I’m up to my ears in exam marking. I insist on giving myself time to do the crossword but am rationing my comments!

By: Eileen

Eileen — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 21:34:25 +0000

Dagnabit, you just beat me to it. I was about to say that science fiction was not my scene but that I did know the [non- cf 'Play it again, Sam]] quotation!

By: Dave Ellison

Dave Ellison — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 21:33:22 +0000

Eileen, we’ve missed you in the last few days; I always look forward to your calming commentary.

As brr says, teleport is from SF world, and, according to Wikipedia (dare I mention it – I always chide my student’s for quoting there from) coined in 1931 by title=”Charles Fort”, a travesty of running a Greek and a Latin word together

By: Dagnabit

Dagnabit — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 21:28:33 +0000

Yes, Eileen, I agree with brr – the most familiar example I’m aware of is in the “Star Trek” series: “Beam me up, Scotty!”