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Post by Mark on Dec 26, 2011 21:25:04 GMT
Anne, I might have overcomplicated the light puzzle. Wasn't sure we knew the on or off position of the switches.
Did you solve the other crossword clue?
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Post by anne on Dec 31, 2011 16:56:15 GMT
Mark I'm afraid I turned several crosswords into a collage in my sketchbook - not sure what I'm going to with it next, paint and draw on it perhaps.
ok back to finishing crosswords - here is a clue I got right but not sure why ..
Get to stretch between bends (5) - REACH
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Post by Mark on Dec 31, 2011 19:12:58 GMT
Hi Anne, well get to means reach, and a reach is the straight section of a river or canal. ie the bit between the bends.
Did you fathom your hotel /entertaining girls clue? It stumped me. I kept coming up with geishas, but couldn't explain why!
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Post by anne on Dec 31, 2011 21:56:48 GMT
glasses ....?
Hotel is part of the phonetic alphabet, comes after Golf; lasses = girls ... something along those lines perhaps?
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Post by Mark on Jan 1, 2012 11:06:42 GMT
Anne, thought of that too, but still not seeing it. What was the 'blockade' all about?
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Post by anne on Jan 3, 2012 23:05:23 GMT
well I wondered if the H was blockading the G? Yes, it's a bit thin, isn't it,  Unfortunately I don't have the answer as I really did cut the crosswords up and stick them in my sketchbook ... However I've had a happy time downloading and printing the Guardian crossword. LDO cocktail? (3-9) is .... Old-Fashioned - I know this is the name of a cocktail and that LDO is an anagram of Old - but I'm sure I must be missing some other reason why this is the correct answer? Listen to Pluto in torment from Illness (5,7) = heart disease. How does Pluto come into it apart from containing a letter t? |
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Post by Mark on Jan 6, 2012 9:28:37 GMT
Guardian crosswords are my favourites.
I liked the economy of the 'old fashioned' clue. LDO is old 'fashioned'. Simple as that. 'Cocktail' meaning a mixture or, in this case, an anagram.
Still pondering Pluto.
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Post by virtusscientia on Jun 20, 2012 20:37:09 GMT
Ahhh, an 'overworked postman' thread. I do love a cryptic crossword. I'm a Saturday Telegraph girl though.
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Post by Mark on Jun 20, 2012 22:33:51 GMT
Overworked postman meaning mixed up letters. Funny. Especially to an overworked postman like me. Any of the broadsheet crosswords are fine.
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Post by virtusscientia on Jun 21, 2012 8:58:42 GMT
2 down: Overworked postman
How many letters?
Too bloody many.
Ba-bum.
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Post by Mark on Jun 21, 2012 19:53:45 GMT
Still funny!
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