Comments on: Independent 6556/Monk (20-10-07) http://www.fifteensquared.net/2007/10/26/independent-6556monk-20-10-07/ Never knowingly undersolved. Fri, 24 May 2013 21:05:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Wil Ransome http://www.fifteensquared.net/2007/10/26/independent-6556monk-20-10-07/#comment-6408 Wil Ransome Fri, 26 Oct 2007 22:02:40 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/2007/10/26/independent-6556monk-20-10-07/#comment-6408 in BACTERIOLOGICAL (2D) we seem to be asked to accept that a BA is a student. Seems odd. It isn’t in Chambers Crossword Dictionary.

As always, a delight from Monk. How he never got into Jonathan Crowther’s recent “A-Z of Crosswords” I’ll never know. In my opinion, but obviously not JC’s, he’s about the best there is; and that includes JC.

]]> By: nmsindy http://www.fifteensquared.net/2007/10/26/independent-6556monk-20-10-07/#comment-6400 nmsindy Fri, 26 Oct 2007 12:14:35 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/2007/10/26/independent-6556monk-20-10-07/#comment-6400 I’m sure I’m not alone in delight at seeing Monk’s name on a crossword in any publication. A pleasure to solve – tough, fair, and original. I always look for a theme in Monk’s Indy puzzles but had it almost all solved before seeing this one – what convinced me was 12 across where many more familiar words would have fit but did not match the clue so ’twas nice to see the two diagonals.

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