tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post3318223239868314871..comments2024-03-22T23:27:47.349+00:00Comments on EAGLETON NOTES: 16 Down: Humiliating disaster (6)Graham Edwardshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-30496958788966572272012-07-18T11:52:26.333+01:002012-07-18T11:52:26.333+01:00Well done Monica. A few days later and knowing the...Well done Monica. A few days later and knowing the answer it looks so obvious but it certainly wasn't at the time.Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-72159782189523947262012-07-18T11:50:57.751+01:002012-07-18T11:50:57.751+01:00I wish that I could say that my brain was lively a...I wish that I could say that my brain was lively and vibrant, Virginia. More like plodding and pedestrian unfortunately.Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-21451416120370991402012-07-18T11:43:53.666+01:002012-07-18T11:43:53.666+01:00And yet..... That's just how we felt Lisa.And yet..... That's just how we felt Lisa.Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-32371640721794849562012-07-17T10:39:48.836+01:002012-07-17T10:39:48.836+01:00I actually solved it too before I got to Meike'...I actually solved it too before I got to Meike's comment... But as she had beaten me to it, I didn't bother to try to comment from my phone (which is where I first read it last night). I doubt I'd be able to do one of these on my own though, from the start, in English. (Easier when some of the letters are already filled in!)DawnTreaderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04533307672147117843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-12833588698372628002012-07-17T08:25:09.954+01:002012-07-17T08:25:09.954+01:00Why is it that the witty response comes many hours...Why is it that the witty response comes many hours too late. When CJ and I met for breakfast my first thought was that I didn't stand a snowball's chance in hell of getting the answer.Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-40398665117322717212012-07-17T06:37:02.594+01:002012-07-17T06:37:02.594+01:00My pleasure, John - I am not really a crosswords p...My pleasure, John - I am not really a crosswords person, but years of practise with my grandma and later my husband must have rubbed off :-)Librarianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05704656564078750607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-86658752414791655002012-07-17T06:36:05.635+01:002012-07-17T06:36:05.635+01:00Don't make me blush, Graham! It took me about ...Don't make me blush, Graham! It took me about half a minute to get snowballs, and then fiasco was the obvious answer. Isn't it what usually makes you get the solution when you put it aside for a while, do and think of totally different things and then go back to it with a fresh start, so to speak?Librarianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05704656564078750607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-78757657717373435632012-07-17T02:55:52.641+01:002012-07-17T02:55:52.641+01:00So close, and yet...So close, and yet...shabby girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12340974325967555770noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-34111874192037655572012-07-17T02:34:34.349+01:002012-07-17T02:34:34.349+01:00Well done, Meike. Snowballs - Wow! Definitely a ...Well done, Meike. Snowballs - Wow! Definitely a Fiasco!Scriptor Senexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17795521284516432520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-84840991605767347902012-07-17T00:49:04.548+01:002012-07-17T00:49:04.548+01:00I would never have got snowballs either, but maybe...I would never have got snowballs either, but maybe fiasco.<br />I see you love the crossword puzzle as well....keeps the brain alive and vibrant.VirginiaChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17282569773671179047noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-67079756588974101992012-07-16T23:07:27.551+01:002012-07-16T23:07:27.551+01:00Oh dear Meike. I am full of admiration (again). ...Oh dear Meike. I am full of admiration (again). We should both have got fiasco. I would never have got snowballs. I can't ask CJ at the moment. We've had my son, Gaz, his girlfriend and a friend from New Zealand for dinner and CJ's retired for the night. No doubt his comment will arrive in the morning.Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-29259922065025552232012-07-16T18:37:28.805+01:002012-07-16T18:37:28.805+01:0023 across is snowballs.
16 down is fiasco.23 across is snowballs.<br />16 down is fiasco.Librarianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05704656564078750607noreply@blogger.com