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Independent 6333/Nimrod - Enigmatic « Fifteensquared — Fri, 02 Feb 2007 10:53:10 +0000

[...] 6333/Nimrod - Enigmatic As with my last review of a Nimrod puzzle there were a few clues in this that I didn’t understand so I’m obviously still having [...]

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nmsindy — Sat, 27 Jan 2007 22:42:01 +0000

I found this very tough, very Nimrod. Thanks for those explanations of DUO and PENSIVENESS. I did solve it correctly as I did every Nimrod in 2006. It took me ages to get I DONT MIND IF I DO. This is a catch phrase going back to the Tommy Handley ITMA wartime radio programme. Guessed ICE UP correctly but do not fully understand. Re 8 down, did get this. “Order of” is the anagram indicator. Liked 14 down “Area of academic knowledge” SCIENCE PARK.

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foggyweb — Sat, 27 Jan 2007 14:03:58 +0000

I spent an enjoyable Sunday afternoon having a go at this.
12a – I saw this as U=’up reduced’ in DO=function

17a – I thought this was good fun – I think STRIKING THROUGH is defined three times 1. ‘Facing bowler’=STRIKING, ‘from beginning to end’=THROUGH. 2. Impressive=STRIKING over=THROUGH. 3. Reverse of character forming= STRIKING THROUGH e.g. written words.

8a – Cashier means ‘to dismiss, esp. from the armed forces’ – I had to look this up, but I knew what to get the ORDER OF THE BOOT meant and thought “Beth too” was an example of wordpay in the clue i.e. ‘order of the boot’ => (theboot)* = Beth too.