DA himself has already put out the warning: this week’s (and next week’s) crosswords are doozies.
The festive season is looking decidedly fun, especially if DA can pull off another Christmas special like he did two years ago.
No spoilers on this particular thread until Monday.
Update: A lot of fun:
RC and I combined forces for some good DA fun.
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The DA Poolroom was inaugurated not too long ago when RC completed his first unassisted DA, just he, the pen, the paper and DA.
I’ve noticed that a few of you have clocked in personal bests for this week’s DA, so I figure RC shouldn’t be the only one to have his efforts recorded for posterity: if you’ve got a PB, share the thrill among people who know the feeling.
You can comment about your exploits here; or, better yet, you can email me a photo or scan of your hard-fought efforts with DA and I’ll post it on the blog for the DA faithful to marvel at.
The address to email me at is in the sidebar to your right. If it’s a personal best, whatever it is — the time you got past halfway; the time you completed the DA and only cheated twice; the time you vanquished DA tag team with a friend; the time you completed the DA solo; the time you finished the DA in under thirty minutes – just send it through to the DA Poolroom and your efforts shall be immortalised.
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Speak of your confusion; have your confusion defused.
Here.
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And a happy DA for you.
Let us know how it goes here (although no spoilers until Monday).
Update: Happy times:
Was enjoying this one until I put SHINGLEBACK in as one of the answers. I hadn’t heard of the word, and when I looked it up in Chambers, it wasn’t listed so I assumed the answer was wrong, threw in the towel and decided to look at the answers.
Groaned when I discovered SHINGLEBACK was indeed the answer.
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No doubt, there’s some confusion.
Here’s where you have it sorted out.
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Am off to see and review Sade for Inpress and can’t help but to think something involving SADE might end up being a very great clue indeed.
Any reference to Nigerian marquises in this week’s DA?
Update: Not bad, although some big-time nastiness:
The golden moment: RC asks what BORIS could possibly be a famous dancer; I reply BORIS SPASSKY — but he’s a chess player. We slap our heads: master mover is gold!
We cheated with BOHEA, PLAY HOOKY and LYONNAISE. We were very glad we cheated — we were way off.
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Here’s where you have your confusions resolved.
Enjoy.
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I’m back in town for this week’s DA after my quick sojourn into South East Asia.
But before getting into the crossword, I have a musing that I’m puzzling over: is there a word for synonyms that are also antonyms? There are auto-antonyms, which are words that can have their own opposing meaning, such as cleave, bolt and sanction.
But how about words such as up and down, which are, in the conventional sense, antonyms, but which are also synonyms, i.e. I’m up with that and I’m down with that; or I’m up for it and I’m down for it.
No doubt there are many others where up and down come from, but I can’t think of anything on this mild Thursday.
Update: Hohum:
Lost all interest once I figured out the theme. Not sure why DA thought we’d be interested in a pest theme — a little disappointing.
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Any DA confusion is sorted out here.
If only this thread also sorted out Thai language confusion.
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I’m avoiding floods in Bangkok right now and hope for a jolly good DA show should it be the case that I’m stuck here.
Happy times, and happy DA.
Update: By all accounts, a pretty decent one:
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