Everyman 3,562

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1. I didn’t have too many hold ups but I couldn’t get 22a even with I?a?t and running through the alphabet several times. If someone had told me that inapt was the answer, I would have been thinking how does nap=down. Thanks for enlightenment.

2. Thanks Everyman & Flashling.

   Hi, Flashling; I echo your comments. The only one that gave any trouble parsing at the beginning was MISTRAL/mistrial – nice clue! Also, I struggled with nap = down, but found it eventually.

   I liked the JACK-IN-THE-BOX.

3. Thanks Everyman and flashling.

   I enjoyed this, a crossword I could do in a reasonable time.

   Could not parse INAPT, thanks again flashling (see that the OCED gives nap n. 2 a soft downy surface).

   Particularly liked MISTRAL, EYEWASH, JACK IN THE BOX and MADEMOISELLE

   4d TRUNK not TRUCK

4. Ta Cookie re truck, fixed.

5. In common with many others down here I look forward to our Saturday challege and as per usual this was an entertaining puzzle with several interesting clues. I liked 17d, 26a and 13a, 4d was a neat anagram. Wrt nap=down has occurred in the past and is relatively common usage amongst golfers referring to the nap on greens and the way the grass (down) lines itself in its surface so 22a was straightforward.

   Until next week, thanks Everyman and Flashling and here’s to the sporting bonanza of this weekend in NZ.

6. My geography is rubbish so had to look up a few here, although I should have known Brooklyn and Glyndebourne. Never heard of Manitoba though. Had a pair of Hush Puppies years ago, came with a little wire brush and instructions to ‘brush the nap’ although I associate ‘down’ more with feathers (or beer!) than the grain of suede or putting greens.

   Thanks Flashling and Everyman, and yes I hope the Black Caps maintain their recent good form.

   Another lovely day for bowls, Audrey.

7. Quite an interesting puzzle, some easy clues and some difficult clues. I liked Brooklyn the Manx (tailless) cat. I knew heather was known as Erica, I have now learned that ling is another kind of heather. Always something new to learn.

8. Glyndebourne got me this week, as did17a and funnily enough superhero, although my 3 year old grandson tells me he is one all the time . I liked 26a and 13a. Go the black caps, not doing too bad at the moment

9. Not a bad attempt. Managed all bar 11d, I figured it was an anagram but have never come across the word. I presume it’s a place? 26a got me, as did 22a. However all sewers (the people who sew)will know ‘nap’ as in fabric like corduroy. It is smooth one way when patted and rougher the other way. There’s a big colour difference too. Hence it’s usage on golfing greens. It would be the direction of the mower. Some obvious clues made this one an easier solve than last week’s. To me it was the hardest by far, hence I did poorly on it. Or was it the fact I had a house full of family staying and celebrating my daughter’s 30th birthday?
   Too many I liked to choose a favourite. Barrie, your geography certainly is rubbish. Never heard of Manitoba?? Oh well, my mythology is hopeless. We’ve all got our different interests, huh?

10. By jove that was easy! Even Glyndebourne. I think that only took me 20 minutes to complete. Hoping for a harder one next time. Till next weekend!

11. Relatively easy puzzle this week. Didn’t start till this evening as I played bowls all day. A lovely day in Auckland, as you said Barrie, though cold in Christchurch for the cricket, and in other places, I gather.
    I, too, associate ‘nap’ with fabrics like velvet. I agree with Margie, Barrie, regarding your geography. Have you really never heard of Manitoba?
    I liked lots of these clues, especially Brooklyn, Ellington, GlyndeBourne and eyewash.

    Go the Blackcaps!! Nice to see Sonny Bill back in the Chiefs rugby team too.

12. Re Geography: guilty as charged, sorry. And I’d only heard of Phoenix through a pop song. I did not shine at school in what were considered the ‘minors’.

13. Nothing to apologise for Barrie. We’re not all geniuses and most of us have holes in our knowledge. You know more about UK football and Cockney rhyming slang and probably heaps of other things than I do. I learned about Canadian provinces in 6th form Geography. I think Winnipeg is the capital of Manitoba and you’ve probably heard of that. I only knew of Phoenix from the Pop song too, but who cares how we knew.

14. I know the bias on a bowls ball came from the flat bit when someone sawed off the knob on his staircase bannister, thus leading to bowls as you know it Audrey.

    Rumour has it the practice of boys sliding down the banisters grew in popularity about that time as well.

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