Comments on: Independent 6456/Virgilius

By: colinblackburn

colinblackburn — Wed, 27 Jun 2007 08:36:57 +0000

Thanks for the correction Alan. I did have the correct answer in the grid but including inter-linking in the preamble was a inter- too far.

By: alan j cannon

alan j cannon — Wed, 27 Jun 2007 08:29:50 +0000

I think the 'anagram' in 4D must be INTERWEAVING. A small point but i did spend a bit of time thinking about interleaving. ajc

By: michod

michod — Tue, 26 Jun 2007 19:22:23 +0000

Hear hear, even if it took a while to crack!

By: eimi

eimi — Tue, 26 Jun 2007 14:02:58 +0000

I'm in the SOFT-BOIL fan club too. A classic CD.

By: nmsindy

nmsindy — Tue, 26 Jun 2007 13:44:46 +0000

This was a pleasing puzzle with an old-fashioned feel. While themes can be good, clueing is also at the heart of the game IMHO, and there were some excellent clues here such as IGNORANCE, SOFT-BOIL and ADDING UP.

By: neildubya

neildubya — Tue, 26 Jun 2007 12:56:24 +0000

I couldn't see a theme either - although two black crosses do appear in the grid so that's another sort of "double cross". I'm not usually a fan of cryptic defs but I liked the ones in this puzzle, especially 1A.