Comments on: Early Bird Commenting for 20th February http://datrippers.com/2009/03/20/early-bird-commenting-for-20th-february/ "A force for good", David Astle (DA) Sat, 19 May 2012 08:03:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: RB http://datrippers.com/2009/03/20/early-bird-commenting-for-20th-february/#comment-651 RB Thu, 26 Mar 2009 12:45:30 +0000 http://anagrammatically.com/cryptic/2009/03/20/early-bird-commenting-for-20th-february/#comment-651 16D: haiku - you thought the "clockmaker" clue dubious. But I felt it was OK because a slang meaning of clock (verb) is to hit. I couldn't find this meaning in my Shorter Oxford but it is in The New Penguin Compact English Dictionary. Also in www.thefreedictionary.com. 16D: haiku – you thought the “clockmaker” clue dubious. But I felt it was OK because a slang meaning of clock (verb) is to hit. I couldn’t find this meaning in my Shorter Oxford but it is in The New Penguin Compact English Dictionary. Also in http://www.thefreedictionary.com.

]]> By: NC http://datrippers.com/2009/03/20/early-bird-commenting-for-20th-february/#comment-645 NC Mon, 23 Mar 2009 23:55:18 +0000 http://anagrammatically.com/cryptic/2009/03/20/early-bird-commenting-for-20th-february/#comment-645 Congratulations to everyone who got 24D. That's Gold!! Congratulations to everyone who got 24D. That’s Gold!!

]]> By: RB http://datrippers.com/2009/03/20/early-bird-commenting-for-20th-february/#comment-643 RB Mon, 23 Mar 2009 12:02:28 +0000 http://anagrammatically.com/cryptic/2009/03/20/early-bird-commenting-for-20th-february/#comment-643 13A: Yes, the (ear) canal clue was a hoot! DA is getting very inventive (and obscure) in signalling anagrams: this week we had "clockmaker" (16D) and "semiquaver" (8D). Very enjoyable once you've cracked them! And I thought ".... spin-off teddy bears" (24D) was DA genius! 13A: Yes, the (ear) canal clue was a hoot!

DA is getting very inventive (and obscure) in signalling anagrams: this week we had “clockmaker” (16D) and “semiquaver” (8D). Very enjoyable once you’ve cracked them! And I thought “…. spin-off teddy bears” (24D) was DA genius!

]]> By: haiku http://datrippers.com/2009/03/20/early-bird-commenting-for-20th-february/#comment-642 haiku Mon, 23 Mar 2009 10:58:20 +0000 http://anagrammatically.com/cryptic/2009/03/20/early-bird-commenting-for-20th-february/#comment-642 PS: I quite liked 13A: NONE = "nun" in (ear) canal PS: I quite liked 13A: NONE = “nun” in (ear) canal

]]> By: haiku http://datrippers.com/2009/03/20/early-bird-commenting-for-20th-february/#comment-641 haiku Mon, 23 Mar 2009 10:57:25 +0000 http://anagrammatically.com/cryptic/2009/03/20/early-bird-commenting-for-20th-february/#comment-641 18D: SHAD = type of fish and the regulars of fOr WhY gives OWY; hence SHADOWY = faint 18D: SHAD = type of fish and the regulars of fOr WhY gives OWY; hence SHADOWY = faint

]]> By: haiku http://datrippers.com/2009/03/20/early-bird-commenting-for-20th-february/#comment-640 haiku Mon, 23 Mar 2009 10:56:03 +0000 http://anagrammatically.com/cryptic/2009/03/20/early-bird-commenting-for-20th-february/#comment-640 16D: letters of MAKER get "clocked" (dubious) and then inserted into TOT (a "recipient of the 'this little piggy' rhyme) to get TO MARKET 16D: letters of MAKER get “clocked” (dubious) and then inserted into TOT (a “recipient of the ‘this little piggy’ rhyme) to get TO MARKET

]]> By: JG http://datrippers.com/2009/03/20/early-bird-commenting-for-20th-february/#comment-639 JG Mon, 23 Mar 2009 09:53:27 +0000 http://anagrammatically.com/cryptic/2009/03/20/early-bird-commenting-for-20th-february/#comment-639 RB, thanks for 8D, I like it! What about the first part of 16D, and of 18D? RB, thanks for 8D, I like it!
What about the first part of 16D, and of 18D?

]]> By: NC http://datrippers.com/2009/03/20/early-bird-commenting-for-20th-february/#comment-638 NC Mon, 23 Mar 2009 05:28:14 +0000 http://anagrammatically.com/cryptic/2009/03/20/early-bird-commenting-for-20th-february/#comment-638 Thanks, RB. That's great! Thanks, RB. That’s great!

]]> By: RB http://datrippers.com/2009/03/20/early-bird-commenting-for-20th-february/#comment-637 RB Mon, 23 Mar 2009 04:51:25 +0000 http://anagrammatically.com/cryptic/2009/03/20/early-bird-commenting-for-20th-february/#comment-637 To answer NC's queries: 9A: First word is THIS 1D: Tense = STIFFEN Frames = fits up (Think TV crime shows: "I've been fitted up guv") = STIF bog = FEN Don't know what function the word "possibly" is serving here. 8D: Bantams = PYGMIES 22-down = porker = pig, so 22-down heard = PYG semiquaver = anagram of semi = MIES (I liked that bit!) 10A: Pay for = FOOT(as in "foot the bill") fashion = WAY (as in "do it in this fashion") course = FOOTWAY To answer NC’s queries:
9A: First word is THIS

1D: Tense = STIFFEN
Frames = fits up (Think TV crime shows: “I’ve been fitted up guv”) = STIF
bog = FEN
Don’t know what function the word “possibly” is serving here.

8D: Bantams = PYGMIES
22-down = porker = pig, so 22-down heard = PYG
semiquaver = anagram of semi = MIES (I liked that bit!)

10A: Pay for = FOOT(as in “foot the bill”)
fashion = WAY (as in “do it in this fashion”)
course = FOOTWAY

]]> By: NC http://datrippers.com/2009/03/20/early-bird-commenting-for-20th-february/#comment-636 NC Mon, 23 Mar 2009 03:20:22 +0000 http://anagrammatically.com/cryptic/2009/03/20/early-bird-commenting-for-20th-february/#comment-636 There is a discussion going on at the moment on the ABC radio website to do with this DA and whether a computer program could ever be written to solve CCs. See http://www2b.abc.net.au/science/k2/stn/newposts/4083/topic4083858.shtm Re 25A, I think that at a stretch "skinny" could mean "to do with skin", hence dermoid. It's a fair clue & quite clever IMHO. There is a discussion going on at the moment on the ABC radio website to do with this DA and whether a computer program could ever be written to solve CCs. See
http://www2b.abc.net.au/science/k2/stn/newposts/4083/topic4083858.shtm

Re 25A, I think that at a stretch “skinny” could mean “to do with skin”, hence dermoid. It’s a fair clue & quite clever IMHO.

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