Comments on: DA’s Vanquishing http://datrippers.com/2008/04/20/das-vanquishing/ "A force for good", David Astle (DA) Sat, 04 Feb 2012 23:32:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: AS http://datrippers.com/2008/04/20/das-vanquishing/#comment-207 AS Sat, 04 Oct 2008 07:52:31 +0000 http://192.168.94.49/~busybee/wordpress/?p=4#comment-207 Yep, I noticed that too. I had no idea what a demitasse was until this crossword, and it was nice to see it reappear and remind me of a past victory while I was being brutalised by the fiendish 26th of September edition. Yep, I noticed that too.

I had no idea what a demitasse was until this crossword, and it was nice to see it reappear and remind me of a past victory while I was being brutalised by the fiendish 26th of September edition.

]]> By: NC http://datrippers.com/2008/04/20/das-vanquishing/#comment-205 NC Sat, 04 Oct 2008 05:17:23 +0000 http://192.168.94.49/~busybee/wordpress/?p=4#comment-205 While the clue for 1 down in the April 18th 2008 DA may be lost to posterity, the same answer ("demitasse") has bobbed up as 3 down in the fiendishly difficult September 26th. In this case, the clue was: Sat up in end coffee cup (9) and the explanation is: Sat up = tas, end = demise, so "sat up in end" = demi tas se = DEMITASSE = coffee cup. While the clue for 1 down in the April 18th 2008 DA may be lost to posterity, the same answer (“demitasse”) has bobbed up as 3 down in the fiendishly difficult September 26th.

In this case, the clue was: Sat up in end coffee cup (9)
and the explanation is: Sat up = tas, end = demise, so “sat up in end” = demi tas se = DEMITASSE = coffee cup.

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