Comments on: Guardian 24,862 – Brummie

By: maarvarq

maarvarq — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 00:41:49 +0000

http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Darth

By: maarvarq

maarvarq — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 00:41:26 +0000

I don't suppose anyone will see this, but the cluing 12ac/4dn is wrong. "Darth" is not the name of a Star Wars character, it is the title of several characters, the best known of which is Darth Vader. I'm not even a Star Wars fan and this sloppiness irritates me.

By: Colin

Colin — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 09:27:37 +0000

Nice that, in a puzzle with some “medical” related ansers, the “US TV series” referenced in 26ac is “ER”!

By: rrc

rrc — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:43:52 +0000

I have to admit that I found this crossword rather tedious.

By: Paul B

Paul B — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:08:43 +0000

There isn’t one, so that’s foxed you.

Or rather, sometimes compilers run things on like that with a view to misdirection, or as a means of having a surface – such as the one @ 16dn – making sense when otherwise it might not. Although the ‘as’ is a bit of a spare one whichever way you look at it. And it’s MORGAN IS with the M moved, which might have tempted some people.

Interesting mix of views about this puzzle, though not quite as amusing as the one the other day where the blogger talked it up … and absolutely everyone else shot it down.

By: Ian

Ian — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:03:01 +0000

What a trial it was for me. Over 3 hrs off and on (mainly on).

His style can be exasperating at times in that there’s usually too much information for each clue.

By: John

John — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:40:04 +0000

I’m on the fence on this one. Not wonderful, but not tedious either.
Is 5 dn really cryptic? If so I don’t see it.
And, as is often the case, once again I’m mystified by the …….. link between clues in 16/17 dn. What’s the connection?

By: Brian Harris

Brian Harris — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:28:59 +0000

Not one of Brummie’s best, but still pretty enjoyable. Disappointed by relatively low incidence of scatalogical references, though, with 13down the honourable exception. Clearly, Cyclops is allowed to (encouraged to?) get away with a lot more filth in Private Eye.

By: liz

liz — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:22:47 +0000

Thanks, manehi. I enjoyed this, too, particularly 18ac and the interlinked 11ac, 14ac and 25ac. 8dn was the last one I got and took me ages to see. Didn’t see the wordplay of 26ac until I read the blog — and me a former fan of ER!

(Eileen — good to hear from you!)

By: walruss

walruss — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:48:46 +0000

Possibly. I’m afraid this one bored me, with little to excite in the clue writing. It seemed very clonkily put together, and somehow predictable, although I must confessed I have never been impressed by this compiler even in the Private Eye magazine.