Comments on: Independent 6280 by Phi Easy, but top quality as always

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petebiddlecombe — Sun, 03 Dec 2006 13:09:16 +0000

Sorry to worry – “old” only means “good setter who I’ve been solving for 20 years or so”. I’m not just being nice, even though I’ve known Paul through crosswords for a long time. I’ll look harder in future, as the hidden PH passed me by.

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Phi — Sat, 02 Dec 2006 05:37:06 +0000

I’m a bit worried by the ‘Poor old Phi!’ bit… But thanks for all the positive comments.

As for clueing PAUL – no, sometimes a cigar is just a cigar – faced with all the options available I chose PAUL as I have tended to avoid clueing it before! But the other hidden phrase was deliberate (don’t think you’d accept me saying that was just a coincidence). I may not hide things as often as others, but they are there and I’ll be watching to see if you spot them!

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nmsindy — Fri, 01 Dec 2006 21:55:36 +0000

I think you may be right, Peter. Some months ago when checking the solution to another Phi Indy puzzle, I saw (though I had not noticed it when solving), Paul Henderson spelled out. From memory, this was in unchecked letters in the top and bottom rows.

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petebiddlecombe — Fri, 01 Dec 2006 17:37:30 +0000

Poor old Phi! Puzzle full of good doable clues, no comments. I’ll just point out that Phi being Paul Henderson, 24D could be seen as a signature at the end of the puzzle.