DA Joy from the 26/27th of February
It's time to fall in love all over again with DA.
Happy times.
(No spoilers in the comments till Monday.)
Update: I didn't even look at the crossword this week.
RC in Rio has had me reminiscing of the times I spent there, where everything is in Portuguese, and English doesn't have the same flavour.
Portuguese really is much prettier than Spanish or French or Italian -- I recommend your learning it, and I thoroughly recommend your reading anything by Jorge Amado, Clarice Lispector and Machado de Assis, all of whom are largely unknown in the Anglophone world.
DA for the 19/20th of Feb, 2010
Your verdicts below.
(No spoilers till Monday)
Update: Fun, although I didn't have enough time to do it:
The Dylan clue tipped me off, and then stuff got in the way and I didn't have time to proceed.
Confused by DA on the 12/13th of Feb, 2010
Can't explain something?
You stuck?
Write something here in the comments.
DA on the 12/13th of Feb, 2010
Any good?
By the way, have a look at what's in store in the next edition of Meanjin.
Until then, let us know your diagnosis on this week's.
(No spoilers, though, till Monday)
Update: A decent crossword by all reports, and I say by all reports because I hardly did it:
Sadly, I only looked at this week's for an hour or so and didn't get so far in that hour.
DA Retrospectively: 27th May, 2005
Glory be to DA Retrospectively!
Spoil away in the comments on this blast from the past as soon as you see fit.
The Golden from the Chocolate Coated – 1st Crossword of Feb, 2010
22 down: HEA_E? (5)
An outstanding DA special in a very specially themed crossword: hea_e = heave - v = v omit = vomit = heave.
4 down: Sweet athlete ad company thrice exploited (9-6)
A joy: athlete ad company thrice exploited = athlete ad co co co exploited = chocolate-coated = sweet.
Two gold nuggets seems like too few for such a brilliant crossword, but the clues alone are not as great as one would assume. It seems that the theme really drove this crossword upwards into new heights rather than the clues themselves.
Feel free to beg to differ.
