Comments on: 17th of July DA http://datrippers.com/2009/07/17/17th-of-july-da/ "A force for good", David Astle (DA) Mon, 21 May 2012 19:46:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: NC http://datrippers.com/2009/07/17/17th-of-july-da/#comment-1193 NC Mon, 20 Jul 2009 01:14:36 +0000 http://anagrammatically.com/cryptic/2009/07/17/17th-of-july-da/#comment-1193 Slow but steady progress over two days saw this DA completed. I found this one much easier than last week. Slow but steady progress over two days saw this DA completed. I found this one much easier than last week.

]]> By: MF http://datrippers.com/2009/07/17/17th-of-july-da/#comment-1185 MF Sun, 19 Jul 2009 07:34:28 +0000 http://anagrammatically.com/cryptic/2009/07/17/17th-of-july-da/#comment-1185 thanks HS once again my satisfaction at completing a DA was annoyingly incomplete because of just one answer i couldn't quite explain. makes sense now though thanks HS

once again my satisfaction at completing a DA was annoyingly incomplete because of just one answer i couldn’t quite explain. makes sense now though

]]> By: HS http://datrippers.com/2009/07/17/17th-of-july-da/#comment-1184 HS Sun, 19 Jul 2009 06:50:58 +0000 http://anagrammatically.com/cryptic/2009/07/17/17th-of-july-da/#comment-1184 MF try http://www.answers.com/topic/ski for ski=runner My thesaurus gives 'practically' as a synonym for 'almost', hence almost love=lov. MF try http://www.answers.com/topic/ski for ski=runner

My thesaurus gives ‘practically’ as a synonym for ‘almost’, hence almost love=lov.

]]> By: MF http://datrippers.com/2009/07/17/17th-of-july-da/#comment-1183 MF Sun, 19 Jul 2009 06:09:25 +0000 http://anagrammatically.com/cryptic/2009/07/17/17th-of-july-da/#comment-1183 i still don't get how practically is working in that clue. is the word love "practically" spelled completely, but not actually? are love and lov "practically" the same word? will look up how runner=ski in the dictionary i still don’t get how practically is working in that clue. is the word love “practically” spelled completely, but not actually? are love and lov “practically” the same word?

will look up how runner=ski in the dictionary

]]> By: JG http://datrippers.com/2009/07/17/17th-of-july-da/#comment-1182 JG Sun, 19 Jul 2009 04:01:02 +0000 http://anagrammatically.com/cryptic/2009/07/17/17th-of-july-da/#comment-1182 I reckon 24A is a bit suss. On my geographic knowledge, gained from "Lawrence of Arabia" and other films, most of the Middle East is a 'vast sandlot'. I reckon 24A is a bit suss. On my geographic knowledge, gained from “Lawrence of Arabia” and other films, most of the Middle East is a ‘vast sandlot’.

]]> By: JG http://datrippers.com/2009/07/17/17th-of-july-da/#comment-1181 JG Sun, 19 Jul 2009 03:49:08 +0000 http://anagrammatically.com/cryptic/2009/07/17/17th-of-july-da/#comment-1181 Ah yes, runner as on a sleigh. Thanks HS. Ah yes, runner as on a sleigh. Thanks HS.

]]> By: HS http://datrippers.com/2009/07/17/17th-of-july-da/#comment-1180 HS Sun, 19 Jul 2009 03:26:59 +0000 http://anagrammatically.com/cryptic/2009/07/17/17th-of-july-da/#comment-1180 runner=ski, i.e. 'lova' is stopping ski. s(lova)ki. Perhaps 'stuffing ski' would have made it more obvious. runner=ski, i.e. ‘lova’ is stopping ski. s(lova)ki. Perhaps ‘stuffing ski’ would have made it more obvious.

]]> By: JG http://datrippers.com/2009/07/17/17th-of-july-da/#comment-1178 JG Sun, 19 Jul 2009 01:11:40 +0000 http://anagrammatically.com/cryptic/2009/07/17/17th-of-july-da/#comment-1178 HS, I am still mystified: why is 'stopping runner' = ski; and what tells us to put 'lova' inside 'ski' ? HS, I am still mystified: why is ‘stopping runner’ = ski; and what tells us to put ‘lova’ inside ‘ski’ ?

]]> By: HS http://datrippers.com/2009/07/17/17th-of-july-da/#comment-1176 HS Sat, 18 Jul 2009 22:21:07 +0000 http://anagrammatically.com/cryptic/2009/07/17/17th-of-july-da/#comment-1176 practically adore (love)=lov; second in race=a; stopping runner (ski); near a; all adds up to Slovakia. My favourites this week 15A and 20A. practically adore (love)=lov; second in race=a; stopping runner (ski); near a; all adds up to Slovakia.

My favourites this week 15A and 20A.

]]> By: MF http://datrippers.com/2009/07/17/17th-of-july-da/#comment-1175 MF Sat, 18 Jul 2009 19:31:52 +0000 http://anagrammatically.com/cryptic/2009/07/17/17th-of-july-da/#comment-1175 this crossword seemed bittersweet in its being not as challenging / hair-pullingly-frustrating as last week's though for the life of me i still can't work out why 11A is slovakia, except for the danube part. help? this crossword seemed bittersweet in its being not as challenging / hair-pullingly-frustrating as last week’s

though for the life of me i still can’t work out why 11A is slovakia, except for the danube part. help?

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