Comments on Crossword Unclued: Why BENGALI = BENGAL + I doesn't fly

Nobody to my knowledge understood the TOFUS soluti...

2009-10-06T16:20:14.516+05:30

Nobody to my knowledge understood the TOFUS solution, Vasana. Unless someone comes up with an explanation, I'm going to stay away from any cookery book that NJ ever decides to write.

I actually did not understand the TOFUS solution -...

2009-10-05T21:23:51.155+05:30

I actually did not understand the TOFUS solution - did not know Tofu was a herb! I like tofu, but I have always seen it as East Asian version of our own Paneer. Could not google a Tofu herb either. Did I misunderstand the clue?

@maddy: My thoughts exactly :) @Vasana: NJ covers...

2009-10-04T19:59:50.933+05:30

@maddy: My thoughts exactly :)

@Vasana: NJ covers a wide spectrum for intellectual stimulation, doesn't she. At one end, the ACTORS clue, at the other the bewildering TOFUS clue from the same puzzle:

Somehow airlifts extracting the strong herb (5).

Yeah, NJ is intellectually stimulating, really! An...

2009-10-02T05:09:03.271+05:30

Yeah, NJ is intellectually stimulating, really! Another classic from today: Actors lacking an alternative for performances (4). Wow.

My thoughts.. Eaten up and taken in eagerly (8) D...

2009-10-01T10:42:44.318+05:30

My thoughts..

Eaten up and taken in eagerly (8) DEVOURED [2]
- Does not work as a DD since both the Defns mean the same thing. As far as my understanding goes the Defns should be different and not have similar shades of meaning.

Finally, students are able to read quickly (4)

- Pluralizing a word and conveniently using the 's' by letter picking is just lazy clueing and "Inexcusable" as you would say. That too for a simple 4 letter word which can be clued in 'n' number of ways!