guardian cryptic explained

grantinfreo @1 – I parsed MACKEREL the same way you did!

I had never noticed that Leo Varadkar’s surname was an anagram of AARDVARK until it jumped out at me today when I was tussling with 26. 8a: ZUCCHINI is plural, so the clue should read ‘vegetables’. I liked FLEABAG and AARDVARK but COTD was the lovely NIPPLEWORT. It seems to me in retrospect that there’s something unfinished about quite a few of the clues, that the whole thing is like a first draft that doesn’t just need polishing but totally rethinking. Lord Jim @34 – I sort of thought along those lines, too. Thanks, manehi for unravelling some rather tortuous – to me – parsings, and to Shed. (There was a riff about her, last year?, again sparked by ‘keel’, over which I got taken to task for irrelevance by RVW). But be fair Mark. No doddle, this,despite some gimmes like charge, stray cat, paltry and tigers. The purpose of this site is to provide a daily analysis of, and commentary on, the cryptic puzzles published in the Financial Times, Guardian and Independent (Inquisitor in the i, Enigmatic Variations in the Sunday Telegraph and Cyclops in Private Eye are covered as well). I know Shed is an accomplished and well-regarded setter, and, yes, he’s also Dogberry who is highly esteemed and, yes, he appears here less frequently so we are all pleased to see his name at the top of a puzzle. My photography background came to the rescue at 5d as pellicule is film in French. I generally find Shed quite difficult but most of this was pretty easy, although DNF as I’ve never heard of the plant, nor of PELLICULE. Good point, well argued. In case something is wrong or missing do not hesitate to leave a comment and we will be more than happy to help you out with the correct solution. Please click 'Accept' to close this notification. Time on your hands? and “one looked after”=WARD) instead of CHARGE at 7d. I didn’t know this either but per Chambers a keel is also a ‘low flat-bottomed boat, or barge’.

“Homeless animal’s style of singing captivates carrier”????? “vegetable” is correct, because “zucchini” is singular, with plural “zucchinis” or “zucchini”. Yes, [email protected], I thought some of these surfaces were a bit off-putting too, especially confronting 8ac at the very start. Blaise, yes I like your clue. Within those surfaces are the devices and wordplay that enable solution. (I see he set a Guardian puzzle recently, but I must have missed that one.) I found this a lot easier than I recall Shed of many years ago, when I struggled to get about half the answers. Every once in a while someone issues a plaintiff cry for enlightenment and, today, it’s me. and is filed under Guardian. Inquisitor 1665: Seize Them All by eXternal, Enigmatic Variations No. We can now look forward to the unveiling of the well-known Ware 4 (or possibly the Ware 6) if a clue is ever needed for Waiver. I felt this was rather too Quipticish for Shed. Thanks both, I guess it depends on whether you want the setter to tell stories or just provide a technical way to get to the answer. Finished up staring at 17 and 5 for ages, then resorting to a bit of check button trial and error…should have got textile unaided, super clue, but pellicle was a nho, and the ‘from’ felt a bit hmmm. I spent about as long on MACKEREL and PELLICLE as the rest of the grid.
I liked 1d BUCKAROO and 6d BROWBEATEN. Chambers describes it as a “soft Irish accent”, I thought this was the easiest of the week and would have been better as a Quiptic, To be fair to Shed I was kept awake half the night by foxes so it’s possible I have my grumpy boots on this morning. [email protected] – I don’t follow why not knowing a word means a DNF. That version brings me up in a rash! It occurred to me today that a mackintosh and a mackinaw are two entirely different coats. Hopefully this will continue. There’s a fine version of The Keel Row on youtube. Defeated by PELLICLE — not familiar with “ell” as a measure. As was the clue for AARDVARK. Thanks Shed for giving the brain a work out! Thanks to Manehi for help completing a couple of pesky parsings, and thanks to Shed for the fun. A cryptic crossword clue contains two things.

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