Comments on: DA Retrospectively: 27th May, 2005

By: RobT

RobT — Thu, 31 Mar 2011 02:31:26 +0000

I liked it. Over the passage of time I had forgotten Mrs Gorbachev’s name, so googled that one only!

RB — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 05:19:01 +0000

It’s SCRUB.

DG — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 04:33:40 +0000

First clue: Does ‘shrub’ = ‘ditch’?

AL — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 03:45:21 +0000

5D ; RALPH = name of a magazine. Take O from ORAL P.H.(said acidity) = RALPH. Cool.

RB — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 03:43:31 +0000

Mmmm. I think DA just couldn’t resist the juxtaposition of “Sky” and “channel”.

5D: Magazine 16/16 = RALPH
takes nothing from said = takes O from ORAL = RAL
acidity = PH

AS — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 03:31:58 +0000

I like the call of vintage gold. Consider it done for next week. (Although I’ve just realised I don’t really understand 5D!)

And I think DA is trying to say a channel in the sky is a bunch of space in the sky, or AEROSPACE.

RB — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 03:14:25 +0000

AS, The only Flora I can think of is Flora Robson (1902-1984) – a well-known English actress.

20D: OFFAL was one of my favourites too.

Re 4A: mic, I agree – I don’t quite get “Sky channel” = AEROSPACE.

AL — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 21:25:11 +0000

Is there a category such as “vintage gold” for retrospective DA gems? I thought 5D was pretty clever (and devious).

Peter — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 18:42:09 +0000

For LANA, read it backwards and have a look at the clue again (think Freud)

mic — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 09:39:04 +0000

AS, flora is indeed a girl’s name, and to be obsessively clean is to be somewhat retentive

‘RB, sorry, i was looking at the wrong clue. i’m as confused as you are actually

actually, i don’t quite get how “channel” works in 4A