dt 25,843 4-2-09

[Kamitoo]

1 ac: Is the answer Lump Sum and if so, why?

No DT today because of snow!

[Ought2bband]

You are correct. Lump sum is the answer. Apparently mint sauce is a slang expression for "money". (Yesterday's postings.) I must admit that was a new one to me.

I've collected today's DT from the local Co-op. Snow is quite deep and my council has run out of salt.

Keep smiling.

[Kamitoo]

Thanks Ought2bband. How weird!

It seems to me quite a lot of the clues in the DT crosswords are unsatisfactory at the moment; I find I often get the answers first and then have to work out how the answer relates to the clue. Is it just me or is this a common observation?

[mep]

I quite agree Kamitoo. Have found this to be the case with quite a few clues recently.

[BigDave44]

Yesterday's puzzle (and last Wednesday's) have been the most unpopular for a while.

I've uploaded today's puzzles in pdf format on to my blog. Hope you find them useful. Please leave a comment to confirm that you can read them. This post will be deleted in a day or so:

http://bigdave44.wordpress.com/2009/02/05/toda ys-puzzles/

[Kamitoo]

Pleased to find it isn't just me!

Thanks BigDave44 for the pdf crossword. Have printed the cryptic and look forward to going to bed with it!

[mep]

They work fine BigDave.

Example of an unsatisfactory clue, to my mind anyway.

19d in 25,843 Pay seperately a lot of tax with companion after work.
I worked out that work=go and companion=dutch but a lot of tax?

[sedge47]

a lot of tax = dut(y) and companion = CH (companion of honour)

[JUNKMAN]

I presume tax is duty - so a 'lot of tax' is 'dut' ??

[mep]

Thanks, I missed that because I think Old Dutch is wife (cockney) so thought that was the clue for companion.
Bad example then :-)