It was good to see a newbie’s cryptic within the puzzles summer certain that included your own printing version (16 July), with explanations of certain main forms of cryptic crossword idea. But an important meeting moved unexplained: this is a portion of the idea constantly comes often in the beginning or perhaps the conclusion, or perhaps in some devious method occupies the whole idea â it is never squirrelled away at the center.
Jonathan Gibson
Cottenham, Cambridgeshire
I am not sure whether I am treated or let down to see the clear answer to
last Saturday’s Fast crossword
. Having got the most important page T and 3rd letter A for 6 down, “Despicable individual (informal) (4)”, we note its announced to-be TOAD.
Charlie Leventon
Shrewsbury, Shropshire
Your own post states Tafarn Sinc (Zinc Tavern), “despite the name, is clearly made out of sheets of corrugated iron” (
A great slope walk to outstanding Pembrokeshire club: Tafarn Sinc, 1 July
). The primary reason that the corrugated metal continues after a lot more than 140 decades would be that it was galvanised, ie covered with zinc.
John French
London
Stuart Jeffries, seeking an end to their noisy snoring, might love to decide to try nostrils respiration by placing a tiny, straight strip of surgical recording over their lips, as championed by James Nestor from inside the publication Breath. It will be a great deal cheaper than most of the anti-snoring products (
Snoring was actually ruining my personal relationship â here’s how I eventually cured my self, 16 July
).
Sarah Hughes
Chichester, Western Sussex
Bryan Crook ought to know that it is never too late to fall in love (
Emails, 20 July
). “As soon as the gorse may be out of bloom, kissing’s out of season.”
Margaret Forrester
(in addition 85)
Edinburgh