DTGK 22ix07

[Strix]

Don't know what you think, but I wonder if KM is reading this website, and as a result has upped the ante because today's (well to me) seemed harder than some of the recent GKs?

[slaney]

Pretty sure she does read it...
http://www.theanswerbank.co.uk/Quizzes-and-Puz zles/Question434386.html

[paulineward]

Didn't see that posting slaney!

[jeanrowe]

i am finding it harder will help any if i can but may need help myself

[Aquagility]

Finished it now (early starter!) and will give help or hints if needed.

I had not seen Kates post either. So Kate, if you read this, we all love you even when you tweak our tails!

[ash24]

I too have finished ... took 74 minutes!!!!!
Definitely harder this week

[Strix]

Interesting! It's good to see that KM does espy our efforts. It makes it more of a challenge. I bought the paper at the nearest shop (about a mile away) at 7.15, rolled up my sleeves, sharpened my pencil (eraser close to hand!), laid out the reference books and ploughed my way through and landed up staring at 32 across, my last one to finish, and continued to stare. Made another cup of tea and with that the answer came! The point of this long-winded posting is the one I struggled over was the one that should not have been a problem. I'm an architect! Stuff the reference books, Strix, use your brain!

[Aquagility]

Strix, 32a gave me trouble,too. Scantlings in my mind means the sizes of timber you choose or specify for building a boat.

And talking of boats, shall we go for Teredo or Toredo? Is this this week's "Katie"?

[slaney]

I've gone with Teredo, Aquagility, as it is the only spelling given in Chambers.

[sarumite]

For 32a by entering "timber beam small cross section" into the one look reverse dictionary, it was the first option given!

http://www.onelook.com/?w=*%3Atimber+beam+smal l+cross+section&ls=a

[Aquagility]

Point taken, sarumite. Scantling sprang to mind immediately, but I was so confident that it meant something quite different. Which, of course, it does!

[sarumite]

Yes .. I've been there Aqua, it's so easy to get a particular theme fixed in ones mind ... I find this especially on the cryptics, and often wander off in the wrong direction !

[Strix]

48ac The genus is Teredo. However in California the most expensive timber used for interior panelling, rather than perfect timber, is wood that has been intentionally left in pools with "Toredo" (sic) worms. The effect is panelling that looks like woodworm on steroids!

[Strix]

32ac I've just gone through the definition in the Complete Oxford Dictionary and its true meaning is a "size or measurement" based round scant in the sense of being economic in the dimensions of materials used whether timber,stone or glass. To boats Scantlings are the measurements/dimensions of the boat.

[Aquagility]

No, sir. In boatbuilding, the scantlings are the size of the timbers used, or to be used, not the dimensions of the boat. Quote me!

[Strix]

Ouch, maestro. You're right.
Scantlings - The dimensions of all parts which go into the construction of a ship's hull.