http://www.fifteensquared.net/2007/04/19/independent-6398-scorpion-tough-fare/ Never knowingly undersolved. Sat, 25 May 2013 12:31:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://www.fifteensquared.net/2007/04/19/independent-6398-scorpion-tough-fare/#comment-1791 Fri, 20 Apr 2007 05:27:45 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=417#comment-1791 I thought I was in for a long haul with this, but got there just inside 15 mins after my brain had got itself into ‘Scorpion mode’. Not fussed about the word/numeral issue at 17D – but then I’m quite used to the online version of the Times, where some bug in their system forces them to use words in many cases like this.

]]> http://www.fifteensquared.net/2007/04/19/independent-6398-scorpion-tough-fare/#comment-1790 Thu, 19 Apr 2007 23:12:21 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=417#comment-1790 Precisely. You’re obviously a quick learner, Jon. I’m trying to tame Scorpion a little, but I wouldn’t want to homogenise the Independent crossword. If you see the name Scorpion you know you’re in for a challenge.

]]> http://www.fifteensquared.net/2007/04/19/independent-6398-scorpion-tough-fare/#comment-1789 Thu, 19 Apr 2007 19:54:41 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=417#comment-1789 9 Across – Minstrel. ‘piano perhaps’ = ‘instrument’, half of = ‘instr’ covered by Mel (as in Mel Gibson).

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