Monthly Archives: April 2011

DA Confusion for the 29/30th of April, 2011

Posted on April 28, 2011 by AS| 88 Comments

This is where the confabulations are resolved.

Ask your questions here.

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DA on the 29/30th of April, 2011

Posted on April 28, 2011 by AS| 9 Comments

I expect one of the answers to this week’s DA to be PLUNDER.

It’s a wild speculation based on nothing; if the speculation proves correct, don’t mention it (or anything else that might spoil the fun of completing a DA solo) on this thread until Monday.

Update: It’s not quite Pantheon material, but goddamn I enjoyed this one:

A very enjoyable crossword. A delight.

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Posted in DA Reports

DP Stumps Me

Posted on April 28, 2011 by AS| 7 Comments

I have a couple of clues from yesterday’s DP that have stumped me.

I’ve put the answers in the comments so that you can have a go answering the clues yourselves.

2 down: Popularity assessments made by sailors (7)

3 down: Bear to get jockey upset (4)

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Posted in General Cryptic Talk

DA Debate for the 22/23rd of April, 2011

Posted on April 25, 2011 by AS| 26 Comments

There were a few clues that I and others considered questionable and worthy of debate. They are:

24 across: Bush strife giving voice to sport hero of Australian cricket (4, 3)
Here, it’s the supposed homophone at giving voice to sport = giving voice golf = gulf. Maybe it’s because I’m not a South Australian, but I reckon that’s crap.

Giving voice … hero of Australian cricket = giving voice Waugh = war is alright in my book, though.

1 across: Hearing test results in retriever, perhaps, biting one sheep (9)
Here, it’s retriever perhaps = golden = au that’s dodgy I think on two counts: 1. au is an abbreviation for gold, not golden; 2. the double step, from adjectival possibility to abbreviation, seems one step too many.

6 down: Fuel affair — breach admitted by extreme politician (8)
It’s the extreme politician = pn. A big black mark, no?

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Confused by the Easter DA (22/23rd of April, 2011)

Posted on April 22, 2011 by AS| 69 Comments

Confused or perplexed by the Easter DA? Unsure which of confused or perplexed you might be? Unsure whether or not there’s indeed a difference between the meaning of confused and perplexed?

Ask away here.

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DA for the Easter break (22/23rd of April, 2011)

Posted on April 22, 2011 by AS| 6 Comments

I expect famous bunnies to be the theme this week: Bugs, Jessica Rabbit, the Watership Down rabbits, the frightening Donnie Darko rabbit, perhaps even the Rabbitohs (wow, look what I’ve just discovered: a rabbitoh is an itinerant seller of rabbit meat (although I take the etymology on Wordnik with a grain of salt)).

Anyway, comment away here (no spoilers on this thread until Monday).

Update: A nice one: