Comments on: Independent 6563 by Tees http://www.fifteensquared.net/2007/10/29/independent-6563-by-tees/ Never knowingly undersolved. Tue, 21 May 2013 04:59:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: nmsindy http://www.fifteensquared.net/2007/10/29/independent-6563-by-tees/#comment-6492 nmsindy Mon, 29 Oct 2007 21:15:46 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/2007/10/29/independent-6563-by-tees/#comment-6492 Re Rightback’s point in 7 re 14ac, that was just what I thought before eventually getting the answer from the definition and then seeing how it worked afterwards.

]]> By: nmsindy http://www.fifteensquared.net/2007/10/29/independent-6563-by-tees/#comment-6491 nmsindy Mon, 29 Oct 2007 21:10:23 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/2007/10/29/independent-6563-by-tees/#comment-6491 Yes, Rufus, thanks, that’s exactly right, similar to what’s noted by Neildubya above.

]]> By: rightback http://www.fifteensquared.net/2007/10/29/independent-6563-by-tees/#comment-6490 rightback Mon, 29 Oct 2007 21:08:42 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/2007/10/29/independent-6563-by-tees/#comment-6490 14ac: ‘lead in Peter’ had me totally (wrongly) convinced there was a ‘P’ in the answer, and I couldn’t work out what ‘duo’ was doing so ending up leaving this one blank, along with 14dn (not helped by being unsure over ‘summiteer’ vs ‘summitter’). A win for the setter, I’m afraid – well done.

]]> By: Rufus http://www.fifteensquared.net/2007/10/29/independent-6563-by-tees/#comment-6486 Rufus Mon, 29 Oct 2007 17:37:45 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/2007/10/29/independent-6563-by-tees/#comment-6486 My thesauri all give medium=channel (Collins; Rodale; New Penguin; Geddes. It’s where we get media for channels of commuication.

]]> By: nmsindy http://www.fifteensquared.net/2007/10/29/independent-6563-by-tees/#comment-6484 nmsindy Mon, 29 Oct 2007 15:15:28 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/2007/10/29/independent-6563-by-tees/#comment-6484 Sorry, that should be 16 across etc (not 14 across).

]]> By: nmsindy http://www.fifteensquared.net/2007/10/29/independent-6563-by-tees/#comment-6483 nmsindy Mon, 29 Oct 2007 15:13:54 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/2007/10/29/independent-6563-by-tees/#comment-6483 Thanks, Neildubya, that’s right, I’m sure, channel = medium (not necessarily “to the other side”) and “say television” (double definition). A slip with Lulu – have to admit, in musical terms, I’m more familiar with a Scottish Eurovision lady. 14 across etc links in with all this.

]]> By: neildubya http://www.fifteensquared.net/2007/10/29/independent-6563-by-tees/#comment-6482 neildubya Mon, 29 Oct 2007 14:39:15 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/2007/10/29/independent-6563-by-tees/#comment-6482 Well, yes – that’s sort of my point. Sorry, didn’t word that very well. Another way of putting might be to ask if we could call Doris Stokes a “channel” as well as a medium. That’s the bit I wasn’t sure about.

]]> By: conradcork http://www.fifteensquared.net/2007/10/29/independent-6563-by-tees/#comment-6480 conradcork Mon, 29 Oct 2007 14:27:18 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/2007/10/29/independent-6563-by-tees/#comment-6480 Neil

Isn’t that what mediums are supposed to do, to channel communication between you and the ‘other side’?

]]> By: neildubya http://www.fifteensquared.net/2007/10/29/independent-6563-by-tees/#comment-6479 neildubya Mon, 29 Oct 2007 13:58:20 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/2007/10/29/independent-6563-by-tees/#comment-6479 Just a minor point: BERG was Alban not Alvin.

I also thought I was going to struggle with this as I had half a dozen answers filled in after 10 minutes and none of ‘em were thematic. Then I saw that the long phrase at 16A might end in SIDE and it all fell into place after that.

3D – I think it might be a double def: “Say television” and “channel”. Could a MEDIUM be a channel between the living and dead perhaps? Not sure.

Anyroad, as you say, great puzzle with lots of clever stuff going on.

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