Comments on Crossword Unclued: Spoonerisms

Today's Azed is indeed about spoonerisms - hal...

2009-05-04T00:06:00.000+05:30

Today's Azed is indeed about spoonerisms - half across & half down clues!

Easy Everyman though ...........

Yes, Vasi Sir - but found the other half really funny!

Anokha, Did you see the illustration in Shuchi's ...

2009-05-02T14:23:00.000+05:30

Anokha,

Did you see the illustration in Shuchi's main post?

But the glazing part of the anecdote is left out!

That was funny, Anokha, thanks for sharing. Spoon...

2009-05-02T13:41:00.000+05:30

That was funny, Anokha, thanks for sharing.

Spoonerism is an Azed specialty, here is an old Spoonerism-based puzzle from last year: http://www.guardian.co.uk/crossword/java/new/0,,-22490,00.html. Will keep a lookout for next Sunday's.

I am trying to get the hang of Azed these days but it is too tough for me - I always abandon my efforts midway and just check the answers :P

Found mentioned somewhere that next Sunday’s Azed ...

2009-05-02T08:22:00.000+05:30

Found mentioned somewhere that next Sunday’s Azed monthly prize puzzle in the Observer is all about spoonerisms????

Also found the following - hilarious irrespective of true or not!

A true story about Rev. Spooner when he was at a dinner at Oxford: He was proposing a toast to begin the evening which was supposed to say, “Let us raise our glasses and toast the dear Queen (Victoria).” What Spooner actually said was, “Let us glaze our asses and toast the queer dean.”

Delightful! Thanks Bhargav.

2009-05-01T18:15:00.000+05:30

Delightful! Thanks Bhargav.

Here is a nice clue which appeared in the NIE X-wo...

2009-05-01T17:54:00.000+05:30

Here is a nice clue which appeared in the NIE X-word very recently:
First thing to make when composing a spoonerism? (7,4)

I recall a couple of THC clues in which the soluti...

2009-04-30T23:33:00.000+05:30

I recall a couple of THC clues in which the solution was SPOONER/SPOONERISM. I don't remember spoonerisms used as wordplay. Do let me know if you find an instance from THC.

A Spoonerism clue I came across recently used the indicator "switch letters" or something on those lines, without mentioning Spooner. Also, it seems that in American cryptic clues, it is acceptable to say "the Reverend's" to indicate a spoonerism clue - or so I gathered from a discussion on an American crossword forum.

Spoonerism clues have occasionally appeared in THC...

2009-04-30T19:35:00.000+05:30

Spoonerism clues have occasionally appeared in THC, even in recent times but maybe before you started building up your collection of clues.

In the db that I have and from which I often cite earlier instances of clues for particular words (going back to 2001), I cannot find any! The search term that I used was Spooner; could there have been a Spoonerism clue without the mention of the name of the reverend? I don't know!