Putting in Goliath

If anyone still suffers from the misconception that cruciverbalists (people who do crosswords to you) are dull and humourless pedants, think again.

Comparing performances on a puzzle on the Times for the Times blog last week, one regular solver wrote that he had "jumped out of bed in the middle of the night to put in 'Goliath'." To which a fellow who uses the moniker "lonny2" made his first contribution to this year's blog a memorable one with the comeback:

"'I jumped out of bed in the middle of the night to put in Goliath.' There are too many people boasting on this site!"

For those who are interested, the original clue was "Trouble arising when captured by barbarian or Philistine (7)."