CancelReport This Post

Please fill out the form below with your name, e-mail address and the reason(s) you wish to report this post.

 

Crossword Help Forum
Forum Rules

jack aubrey

14th September 2023, 17:59
I twigged the theme a little too quickly…. Sign of a mis-spent youth, I fear!
1 of 13  -   Report This Post

malone

14th September 2023, 18:06
No, Jack, I think it's more a case of... a giveaway title!
2 of 13  -   Report This Post

jazzgirl

14th September 2023, 18:26
I am finding the preamble very confusing !
I have almost finished and have Five 2-word unclueds and Three 3-word unclueds and one I am not sure 🤔
3 of 13  -   Report This Post

jazzgirl

14th September 2023, 18:27
Sorry, correction
Two 3-word unclueds
4 of 13  -   Report This Post

jack aubrey

14th September 2023, 18:30
Jazzgirl, I agree that the preamble is a bit of a guddle. The key thing that it makes obscure rather than clear is that one of the thematic items is made up of two unclued lights.
5 of 13  -   Report This Post

will37

14th September 2023, 18:40
Oh my goodness - a "guddle". That was a favourite word of my (Scottish) late wife. This is the first time I've come across anyone else using it. Thank you, Jack.
6 of 13  -   Report This Post

jazzgirl

14th September 2023, 18:41
Jack, thanks. I will put it aside and look at it with 'new eyes' tomorrow.
7 of 13  -   Report This Post

jazzgirl

14th September 2023, 19:00
Eureka.
The bold horizontals were not clear and the unsolved unclued was 6 letters and not five.
8 of 13  -   Report This Post

jack aubrey

14th September 2023, 19:54
Malone, thank you for providing me with an (entirely undeserved) alibi. Jazzgirl, happy to hear you got there. Wil, I am touched; but as a denizen of 9 down it was just a natural usage.
9 of 13  -   Report This Post

malone

14th September 2023, 20:56
Jack thanks. You say 'undeserved', but I think your subconscious might have registered the title, done something with it and started filling in the blanks, literally. Subtlety is seldom a feature in Doc's titles!
10 of 13  -   Report This Post