Comments on: Independent 6279/Nestor – what a challenge!

By: Testy

Testy — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 18:35:57 +0000

And the href tag

By: Testy

Testy — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 18:11:10 +0000

Sorry I'm just testing the blockquote cite tags somewhere where I hope no-one will mind.

Oracle of Bacon

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Nestor — Fri, 01 Dec 2006 13:46:09 +0000

Thanks for the comments. I wasn’t trying to make it hard (honestly), but the “stinkers” ASYMPTOTICALLY and BOPHUTHATSWANA were forced on me by the things Pete referred to above.
An easier way to copy text from a comment is to view the RSS feed by clicking on the RSS 2.0 link in the box below the initial entry, where it says “You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed.” On that page, all the text seems to be selectable.

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Michael Macdonald-Cooper — Fri, 01 Dec 2006 11:32:30 +0000

This puzzle by Nestor had the best clueing of a 15×15 daily puzzle that I can ever recall seeing. The professionalism of the setter was established beyond doubt for me by the very clever clue to SUBMARINER. The crossword occupied me for 30 minutes and 45 seconds before I had all the answers resolved beyond doubt, and the achievement of solving it was very satisfying. I shall look forward with keen anticipation to further Nestor puzzles.

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eimi — Fri, 01 Dec 2006 11:18:11 +0000

Of course, when I tried to quote the additional strings they reverted to inverted commas, but you’ll see what I mean.

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eimi — Fri, 01 Dec 2006 11:17:18 +0000

You will be left with a few additional strings such “ which replace the inverted commas but you can search and replace to remove them.

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eimi — Fri, 01 Dec 2006 11:14:27 +0000

One way around it is to select source (under the View menu in Internet explorer) and then search for an unlikely text string such as ebtre – then you can cut and paste at will.

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nmsindy — Fri, 01 Dec 2006 11:06:00 +0000

These are easier to decipher that their ugliness suggests. Each letter is replaced by that 13 letters away in the alphabet (in either direction). Suggest you make 2 side by side lists and work from there.

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neildubya — Fri, 01 Dec 2006 10:47:02 +0000

I can’t either – am trying to find out why.

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tilsit — Fri, 01 Dec 2006 10:41:14 +0000

Aaargh! Aberrant apostrophe!