Comments on: A Confusing Piece of Gold (18th of July edition) http://datrippers.com/2008/07/25/a-confusing-piece-of-gold-18th-of-july-edition/ "A force for good", David Astle (DA) Sat, 19 May 2012 07:08:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: NC http://datrippers.com/2008/07/25/a-confusing-piece-of-gold-18th-of-july-edition/#comment-46 NC Wed, 30 Jul 2008 00:33:55 +0000 http://anagrammatically.com/cryptic/2008/07/25/a-confusing-piece-of-gold-18th-of-july-edition/#comment-46 Nasty indeed. I don't think I would ever have gotten that if not for the cross clues. I had a fixation that point must mean N,S,W or E. Nasty indeed.

I don’t think I would ever have gotten that if not for the cross clues.
I had a fixation that point must mean N,S,W or E.

]]> By: AS http://datrippers.com/2008/07/25/a-confusing-piece-of-gold-18th-of-july-edition/#comment-45 AS Tue, 29 Jul 2008 13:49:03 +0000 http://anagrammatically.com/cryptic/2008/07/25/a-confusing-piece-of-gold-18th-of-july-edition/#comment-45 1 across is actually quite nasty because of a recondite synonym. <em>West of theatre</em> = <em>mae</em> and <em>point</em> = <em>tine</em> (that I only got after consulting the dictionary). From there, the answer is easy. 1 across is actually quite nasty because of a recondite synonym.

West of theatre = mae and point = tine (that I only got after consulting the dictionary).

From there, the answer is easy.

]]> By: NC http://datrippers.com/2008/07/25/a-confusing-piece-of-gold-18th-of-july-edition/#comment-44 NC Tue, 29 Jul 2008 10:39:18 +0000 http://anagrammatically.com/cryptic/2008/07/25/a-confusing-piece-of-gold-18th-of-july-edition/#comment-44 I am kicking myself over 27-across. I really should have solved it. Sydney's top journo penning 2-down (THEATRE) work, is given wide distribution. Sydney's top = S journo = ED (short for editor) theatre work = PLAY penning = containment indicator (nice one. penning as in an animal pen. I'll try to remember that one.) SPLAYED = given wide distribution I solved 1-across but I don't understand how it works. I will post it to DA Confusion if no-one else does. I am kicking myself over 27-across. I really should have solved it.

Sydney’s top journo penning 2-down (THEATRE) work, is given wide distribution.

Sydney’s top = S
journo = ED (short for editor)
theatre work = PLAY
penning = containment indicator (nice one. penning as in an animal pen. I’ll try to remember that one.)

SPLAYED = given wide distribution

I solved 1-across but I don’t understand how it works. I will post it to DA Confusion if no-one else does.

]]> By: AS http://datrippers.com/2008/07/25/a-confusing-piece-of-gold-18th-of-july-edition/#comment-41 AS Mon, 28 Jul 2008 03:11:46 +0000 http://anagrammatically.com/cryptic/2008/07/25/a-confusing-piece-of-gold-18th-of-july-edition/#comment-41 And 27 across was one of the last ones we got out. And 27 across was one of the last ones we got out.

]]> By: TH http://datrippers.com/2008/07/25/a-confusing-piece-of-gold-18th-of-july-edition/#comment-40 TH Sun, 27 Jul 2008 23:06:35 +0000 http://anagrammatically.com/cryptic/2008/07/25/a-confusing-piece-of-gold-18th-of-july-edition/#comment-40 AS and I polished it off over breakfast on Sun. I suspect he'll be posting a rundown this morning. You're right about 5-across. AS and I polished it off over breakfast on Sun. I suspect he’ll be posting a rundown this morning. You’re right about 5-across.

]]> By: NC http://datrippers.com/2008/07/25/a-confusing-piece-of-gold-18th-of-july-edition/#comment-37 NC Sat, 26 Jul 2008 00:26:33 +0000 http://anagrammatically.com/cryptic/2008/07/25/a-confusing-piece-of-gold-18th-of-july-edition/#comment-37 I think it works like this. The definition is just TIME (for). bar=BLOCK. "swallowing" is a containment indicator. essential=core, "back" is a reversal indicator, so "essential back"=EROC. Oh, and drug=E (ecstasy). Hence, BeerocLOCK or "beer o'clock". I ended up 2 clues short of cracking DA this time (on my own again like last time, AJ was busy again). I gave up around midnight. One was 5-across. (looks like an easy anagram, but I am pretty weak on dead white male musicians, which is what I suspect the answer is, and I refuse to google or look up encyclopedias). The other was 27-across. Oh well, a valiant effort against a top-notch opponent, but just falling short (a bit like the Hawks vs the Cats last night really). How did everybody else go? I think it works like this.

The definition is just TIME (for).
bar=BLOCK. “swallowing” is a containment indicator. essential=core, “back” is a reversal indicator, so “essential back”=EROC.
Oh, and drug=E (ecstasy). Hence, BeerocLOCK or “beer o’clock”.

I ended up 2 clues short of cracking DA this time (on my own again like last time, AJ was busy again). I gave up around midnight.

One was 5-across. (looks like an easy anagram, but I am pretty weak on dead white male musicians, which is what I suspect the answer is, and I refuse to google or look up encyclopedias). The other was 27-across.

Oh well, a valiant effort against a top-notch opponent, but just falling short (a bit like the Hawks vs the Cats last night really).

How did everybody else go?

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