Comments on: Independent 6387 by Phi: 6:5 Special

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nmsindy — Sun, 08 Apr 2007 14:43:16 +0000

A thought that came later was maybe take the LY in mainly to get HEAVENLY and EARTH.

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nmsindy — Fri, 06 Apr 2007 20:45:24 +0000

I did agonise for a while before posting as to whether the Y had a role – and very carefully analysed MAINLY which was the last clue I understood. I thought maybe HEAVEN and EARTH. I think y is Spanish for and but can think of nothing else. As always, elucidation wd be appreciated.

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Phi — Fri, 06 Apr 2007 19:57:58 +0000

I have to say that it wasn’t submitted for Good Friday – indeed, I wasn’t even thinking about Easter when I set it. Though I see EASTERTIDE was in it – I sometimes wonder what would happen if I actually thought while I did these things…

You may want to have another look at 21 down to get a deliberately (but necessarily) concealed element to the theme – I didn’t really want the first square on the bottom row to feel out of it.

If anyone has a pristine copy of the published version, I’d like to know, as my usual source had problems.