Everyman 3,564

21 comments on “Everyman 3,564”

1. Thanks Matt.

   8D: a charade of LOOSE (‘free’) plus N (‘giN at the end’).
   14D: Robert Dudley was a favourite of Queen Elizabeth I, and she created him Earl of Leicester, so that he is often called by the title Leicester.

2. ‘Blowing hard’ for strong is a meteorological reference from the Beaufort Scale I think.

3. I guessed Mabel for 6a but having to know who Mack was and that a person called Magwitch had a first name of Abel seems a bit of an ask.

4. Thanks Everyman for another good one.

   Thanks Matt, I think in STAMPEDE it is the ‘top of everyone’ that is the ‘e.’ I, too, expected an ‘ing’ ending in 8 until the crossers negated that.

5. Thanks Everyman and Matt.

   Think the Kiwis and Ozzies often get there first on those blogs that are posted early in the morning! Anyway, this Kiwi is an early bird having left the nest.

   Enjoyed doing this puzzle last Sunday. Particularly liked SPIT ROAST, UNDER THE WEATHER and ILLUSION.

   1a, FLUE not FLU?

6. I was also stumped as to the explanation for 14D LEICESTER and would be grateful for enlightenment.

7. Hi Tom,
   See the comment above from PeterO, to whom many thanks.

8. Ah, thanks Matt and to PeterO – apologies for missing that at the time!

9. The dictionary was soon in action today-sp 13a! and 14d was easily parsed from the letters but required confirmation. I thought relax=loosen or loosening without the gin? 6a also needed electronic confirmation. My final answers were in the SE corner with 17d my loi. Favourite clue today 16a.

   Thanks to Everyman for an entertaining start to what we all hope will be an entertainingly full day (and evening) in NZ.

   Cheers all we’re off celebrate our youngest’s 40th.

10. Enjoyed this puzzle. Don’t think the fact that some clues had a NZ reference gave us Kiwis any advantage. Last one in was 17d. I too had trouble with the parsing of 8d. Still don’t feel too clear where the ‘gin’ comes from.
    Although I knew Magwitch as a character from Great Expectations I didn’t know his first name, and had never heard of the musical, but guessed Mabel.
    My favourites were 14 d, 16 ac, 25ac among others.

    Thanks Matt for your clear explanations. As you were told Leicester was a favourite of Elizabeth 1. By the way I like your picture. Is it Trethevy Quoit? (Spelling?)

11. Hi Audrey, very close to Trethevy Quoit, about three miles north from there, less man-made and much older: the Cheesewring.

12. 5down. Member blowing hard. Renowned trumpeter. Member = arm. Hard = strong. Renowned trumpeter = Louie Armstrong.
    8down. Loose = relax. N = end of giN. Sloe = kind of gin.

13. Thanks Matt. I thought there was something familiar about it. My g-g- grandparents came from St. Neot on the edge of Bodmin Moor. I have been to,the Hurlers but we didn’t climb up the Cheesewring.. I have seen pictures though. However we had the most delicious midday roast of beef that we’ve ever had at the Cheesewring Pub.

14. This was a great puzzle. Love the Kiwi connections, the two obvious ones and of course Dunkirk features strongly in our history. And colloquially as well as in “the biggest foul up since…..”. Under the weather was put in without twigging the British subject! Should have known as we have a couple of house guests fron London at the moment.

15. Loosen and Leicester got me too. If the N is ‘gin at the end’ it’s a bit ho hum. The Leister explanation leaves me a bit cold too, pity, the rest was excellent and thanks Everyman for a nod to us kiwis.

16. very proud of myself having finished this on a Saturday when so much on in Auckland to distract.
    A bit unsure about why Leicester and guess you had to be in the know. Loved the additional ref to sloe in the gin clue
    well done b caps….still doesnt pay to be too cocky tho, long way to go yet!
    thought the 25a clue was a bit contrived, am sure we all could have thought of a cleverer clue than that

17. Yes, sounds like a great game – much closer than NZ versus England at any rate.
    Audrey, great stuff. I grew up not far from St Neot, where an old flame still lives. It’s a lovely village. My primary school was Darite, very close to Trethevy Quoit, and I too have tasted a Cheesewring roast.
    When did your ancestors emigrate?

18. Hi Matt. They left in October 1863 and arrived in February 1864. My g-g-grandfather was a copper miner in Cornwall and when he arrived in NZ he worked on building the Lyttelton tunnel (Christchurch), but within ten years he had his own farm.
    My g-g-grandmother’s father was a blacksmith at Treverbyn Smithy near St. Neot. Do you know it? It’s a B&B now . We stayed there.

    Yesterday’s cricket was an amazing and nail-biting game.

19. If you’ve ever watched any TVDramas or movies about the Tudors or Elizabeth 1 in particular, you will have heard of Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester. Elizabeth encouraged him to hope that he might be a suitor. But as his wife died in suspicious circumstances after falling down the stairs, that was the end of that.
    Having re read Peter O’s explanations above for 14D and 8 D, he is absolutely correct, and now I understand that it’s only the ‘n’ in gin. (Sorry Barrie. Perhaps it is a bit Ho Hum ) And Sloe gin has absolutely nothing to do,with this clue.

20. This was a rather simple crossie and I had it sussed in about an hour while watching the cricket. Wow, what a game. The heart was thumping with 1 wicket left and 6 to get. Thrilled that Kane managed to whack the first ball over the boundary and clinch a nail biter.

    Oh yeah, back to the crossie. The only clues I had problems with were MABEL and LOOSEN. I guessed MABEL correctly but initially pencilled in MABLE. Then I did a quick google and corrected the spelling to MABEL. I guessed LOOSEN as well but couldn’t figure out how the clue worked. All the rest were simple enough.

21. Have a very enjoyable afternoon with this sat by Lake Ferry. LOOSEN and EDITION escaped me

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