Comments on: The Nasty (7th of November) http://datrippers.com/2008/11/13/the-nasty-7th-of-november/ "A force for good", David Astle (DA) Tue, 07 Feb 2012 22:28:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: AS http://datrippers.com/2008/11/13/the-nasty-7th-of-november/#comment-29559 AS Fri, 14 Oct 2011 01:49:47 +0000 http://anagrammatically.com/cryptic/2008/11/13/the-nasty-7th-of-november/#comment-29559 Yep, after a while, you grow accustomed to DA's tricks and they become part of your solving arsenal. 13 down, though, I still rate as impossible -- definitely too hard. Yep, after a while, you grow accustomed to DA’s tricks and they become part of your solving arsenal.

13 down, though, I still rate as impossible — definitely too hard.

]]> By: Rupert http://datrippers.com/2008/11/13/the-nasty-7th-of-november/#comment-29555 Rupert Fri, 14 Oct 2011 01:27:20 +0000 http://anagrammatically.com/cryptic/2008/11/13/the-nasty-7th-of-november/#comment-29555 It's fun to look back from three years in the future and realise that one of DA's most endearing quirks was at one time considered nastiness. It’s fun to look back from three years in the future and realise that one of DA’s most endearing quirks was at one time considered nastiness.

]]> By: TH http://datrippers.com/2008/11/13/the-nasty-7th-of-november/#comment-307 TH Sun, 16 Nov 2008 08:43:12 +0000 http://anagrammatically.com/cryptic/2008/11/13/the-nasty-7th-of-november/#comment-307 Bleurgh - I was convinced that 1-across was the opposite way around with "distorted" as the anagram signifier, battle as the direct clue and "ship names" the anagram letters. So close, but so far. Bleurgh – I was convinced that 1-across was the opposite way around with “distorted” as the anagram signifier, battle as the direct clue and “ship names” the anagram letters. So close, but so far.

]]> By: NC http://datrippers.com/2008/11/13/the-nasty-7th-of-november/#comment-302 NC Thu, 13 Nov 2008 09:03:29 +0000 http://anagrammatically.com/cryptic/2008/11/13/the-nasty-7th-of-november/#comment-302 I like to think of the Friday DA as the avant garde of cryptic crosswords, pushing boundaries to extreme limits and sometimes further. Is a dead shark in formaldehyde art? Is 4 minutes and 33 seconds of silence music? Is a Friday DA a cryptic crossword? You decide. I like to think of the Friday DA as the avant garde of cryptic crosswords, pushing boundaries to extreme limits and sometimes further.

Is a dead shark in formaldehyde art? Is 4 minutes and 33 seconds of silence music? Is a Friday DA a cryptic crossword?

You decide.

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