Comments on: Comment http://bigdave44.com Putting the words to lights - crossword clues explained in plain English Sat, 04 Feb 2012 11:11:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Big Dave http://bigdave44.com/contact/comment/#comment-79802 Thu, 02 Feb 2012 10:22:05 +0000 http://bigdave44.com/?page_id=25654#comment-79802 I’ve already published the acrosses! The number is inserted as a Roman numeral.

]]> By: mary http://bigdave44.com/contact/comment/#comment-79801 Thu, 02 Feb 2012 10:20:40 +0000 http://bigdave44.com/?page_id=25654#comment-79801 Last comment then will wait patiently, honest, surely 9a, is a no no! The object of a crossword, surely is to put letters in the squares not numbers!!!

]]> By: Big Dave http://bigdave44.com/contact/comment/#comment-79799 Thu, 02 Feb 2012 10:17:10 +0000 http://bigdave44.com/?page_id=25654#comment-79799 Welcome to the blog Melodie

]]> By: melodie http://bigdave44.com/contact/comment/#comment-79798 Thu, 02 Feb 2012 10:06:25 +0000 http://bigdave44.com/?page_id=25654#comment-79798 glad about that not doing too well !!

]]> By: Big Dave http://bigdave44.com/contact/comment/#comment-79797 Thu, 02 Feb 2012 09:59:37 +0000 http://bigdave44.com/?page_id=25654#comment-79797 Hang on tight, help will soon be at hand!

]]> By: mary http://bigdave44.com/contact/comment/#comment-79796 Thu, 02 Feb 2012 09:55:16 +0000 http://bigdave44.com/?page_id=25654#comment-79796 Splutter, splutter!!!! collapses in a heap

]]> By: pommers http://bigdave44.com/contact/comment/#comment-78360 Mon, 23 Jan 2012 21:51:28 +0000 http://bigdave44.com/?page_id=25654#comment-78360 Sorry, meant styles not stypes but you’ve probably worked that out – see other comment about 3/4 size keyboards etc!

]]> By: pommers http://bigdave44.com/contact/comment/#comment-78359 Mon, 23 Jan 2012 21:50:19 +0000 http://bigdave44.com/?page_id=25654#comment-78359 No idea who the setter is and I think it changes because there are some distinct stypes which show up every now and then. I’ve been doing them for about 9 months now as they come out on Monday’s when there’s no Toughie. Gives me something to do over breakfast (along with the Grauniad Quiptic) as the normal DT back pager has to wait until lunch to share with pommette. As I said, they’re always fairly benign, as this one, but usually with a little sting in the tail! Bit of fun anyway and you never know – you might win £50!

]]> By: gazza http://bigdave44.com/contact/comment/#comment-78346 Mon, 23 Jan 2012 20:53:31 +0000 http://bigdave44.com/?page_id=25654#comment-78346 I’ve just had a look at the puzzle, intrigued by Jezza’s clue. As you say, Pommers, all very straightforward except for the one clue. I wonder who sets them.

]]> By: pommers http://bigdave44.com/contact/comment/#comment-78343 Mon, 23 Jan 2012 20:44:21 +0000 http://bigdave44.com/?page_id=25654#comment-78343 Sorry about the Caps in that comment! I’ll never ever get used to the 3/4 size netbook keyboard which don’t work well with short fat hairy fingers! :grin:

]]> By: pommers http://bigdave44.com/contact/comment/#comment-78341 Mon, 23 Jan 2012 20:39:45 +0000 http://bigdave44.com/?page_id=25654#comment-78341 Ah, you have more power than me! I can only do that on blogs I’ve authored!

]]> By: crypticsue http://bigdave44.com/contact/comment/#comment-78340 Mon, 23 Jan 2012 20:31:59 +0000 http://bigdave44.com/?page_id=25654#comment-78340 No I was cracking up so I took it away again!

]]> By: Franco http://bigdave44.com/contact/comment/#comment-78339 Mon, 23 Jan 2012 20:31:32 +0000 http://bigdave44.com/?page_id=25654#comment-78339 Not on Google Chrome either!

]]> By: pommers http://bigdave44.com/contact/comment/#comment-78338 Mon, 23 Jan 2012 20:27:26 +0000 http://bigdave44.com/?page_id=25654#comment-78338 Not on Firefox it hasn’t!

]]> By: pommers http://bigdave44.com/contact/comment/#comment-78337 Mon, 23 Jan 2012 20:26:29 +0000 http://bigdave44.com/?page_id=25654#comment-78337 Am I cracking up or was there a comment from CS here a FEW MINUTEAS AGO?

]]> By: pommers http://bigdave44.com/contact/comment/#comment-78330 Mon, 23 Jan 2012 19:59:06 +0000 http://bigdave44.com/?page_id=25654#comment-78330 That was my take on it Jezza. Agree a bit of an obscure old city!
R inserted in UTICA followed bty the reversal of ‘show’.

I quite like these online prize puzzles. Not usually too hard but nearly always with one obscure clue – that was today’s (both the rash and the old city took me to Wiki)! I’d volunteer to do a review of them each week but pommette would kill me (hope she doesn’t read this!).

]]> By: Jezza http://bigdave44.com/contact/comment/#comment-78291 Mon, 23 Jan 2012 17:20:10 +0000 http://bigdave44.com/?page_id=25654#comment-78291 Thanks Gazza – yes, it’s a Down clue.
Not the ancient city I would expect to see in a DT cryptic.

]]> By: gazza http://bigdave44.com/contact/comment/#comment-78287 Mon, 23 Jan 2012 16:56:38 +0000 http://bigdave44.com/?page_id=25654#comment-78287 It works for me (as long as it’s a Down clue).

]]> By: Jezza http://bigdave44.com/contact/comment/#comment-78281 Mon, 23 Jan 2012 16:31:16 +0000 http://bigdave44.com/?page_id=25654#comment-78281 May I ask if I am correct in my interpretation of a clue in a DT puzzle?

Rash to show up giving support to king in ancient city (9)
I have (R) for king, UTICA for the city,followed by a reversal of a 3-letter synonym for ‘to show’.

It’s a prize puzzle for this week, so I have not typed the full answer.

]]> By: Big Dave http://bigdave44.com/contact/comment/#comment-77682 Fri, 20 Jan 2012 16:41:38 +0000 http://bigdave44.com/?page_id=25654#comment-77682 It’s on its way – ask here if you have any urgent queries.

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