Comments on: Independent 6269 by Merlin – Hard to smoke out that Frenchman (and an error!) http://www.fifteensquared.net/2006/11/25/independent-6269-by-merlin-hard-to-smoke-out-that-frenchman-and-an-error/ Never knowingly undersolved. Thu, 23 May 2013 16:44:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: <![CDATA[nmsindy]]> http://www.fifteensquared.net/2006/11/25/independent-6269-by-merlin-hard-to-smoke-out-that-frenchman-and-an-error/#comment-168 Sun, 26 Nov 2006 16:00:20 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=81#comment-168 Showed solution grid to a non-crossword person (not French) who’d lived in Paris for a few months. Spotted it in seconds.

]]> By: <![CDATA[neildubya]]> http://www.fifteensquared.net/2006/11/25/independent-6269-by-merlin-hard-to-smoke-out-that-frenchman-and-an-error/#comment-167 Sun, 26 Nov 2006 01:22:11 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=81#comment-167 Subtle indeed. I completely missed it.

]]> By: <![CDATA[nmsindy]]> http://www.fifteensquared.net/2006/11/25/independent-6269-by-merlin-hard-to-smoke-out-that-frenchman-and-an-error/#comment-166 Sat, 25 Nov 2006 14:44:16 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=81#comment-166 Thanks, Peter. That was very good and, as you say, subtle. Interesting that, while not seeing it, my review does refer to the theme! Would not have helped with SLOPE, though, which I’m disappointed I missed!

]]> By: <![CDATA[petebiddlecombe]]> http://www.fifteensquared.net/2006/11/25/independent-6269-by-merlin-hard-to-smoke-out-that-frenchman-and-an-error/#comment-165 Sat, 25 Nov 2006 12:04:24 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=81#comment-165 Your initial instinct was right – there is a theme but it’s quite subtle. I had to be told that there really was one. If still stumped after looking again, take the text below to a rot-13 decoder like the one at http://www.rot13.com/index.php

Nyy npebff nafjref ner fgngvbaf ba gur Cnevf Zrgeb flfgrz.

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