Comments on: Independent 6598/Bannsider http://www.fifteensquared.net/2007/12/14/independent-6598bannsider/ Never knowingly undersolved. Thu, 23 May 2013 09:21:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: PaulB http://www.fifteensquared.net/2007/12/14/independent-6598bannsider/#comment-9435 PaulB Sun, 16 Dec 2007 12:33:46 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/2007/12/14/independent-6598bannsider/#comment-9435 I claim my prize. But who is Brian of Britain, exactly?

]]> By: Bannsider http://www.fifteensquared.net/2007/12/14/independent-6598bannsider/#comment-9338 Bannsider Fri, 14 Dec 2007 20:57:08 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/2007/12/14/independent-6598bannsider/#comment-9338 Spot the difference betwen the last 2 posts …

]]> By: Bannsider http://www.fifteensquared.net/2007/12/14/independent-6598bannsider/#comment-9337 Bannsider Fri, 14 Dec 2007 20:56:27 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/2007/12/14/independent-6598bannsider/#comment-9337 Re 21 ac – the clue originally referred to a radio poser as well, but was edited out, presumably because RR is no longer on Brain of Britain either.
Testy is right to say that the IN=OBSCURE is somewhat tenuous. It’s a meaning by extension, I suppose you could say in its defence.
As for England being a synomym for rubbish, well I couldn’t possibly comment …
But I’m looking forward to the Tommy Coopello jokes :-)

]]> By: Bannsider http://www.fifteensquared.net/2007/12/14/independent-6598bannsider/#comment-9336 Bannsider Fri, 14 Dec 2007 20:56:06 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/2007/12/14/independent-6598bannsider/#comment-9336 Re 21 ac – the clue originally referred to a radio poser as well, but was edited out, presumably because RR is no longer on Brian of Britain either.
Testy is right to say that the IN=OBSCURE is somewhat tenuous. It’s a meaning by extension, I suppose you could say in its defence.
As for England being a synomym for rubbish, well I couldn’t possibly comment …
But I’m looking forward to the Tommy Coopello jokes :-)

]]> By: Colin Blackburn http://www.fifteensquared.net/2007/12/14/independent-6598bannsider/#comment-9335 Colin Blackburn Fri, 14 Dec 2007 20:46:00 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/2007/12/14/independent-6598bannsider/#comment-9335 21A could, just, refer to Robert Robinson: Ask The Family, Call My Bluff, etc.

Colin

]]> By: Testy http://www.fifteensquared.net/2007/12/14/independent-6598bannsider/#comment-9327 Testy Fri, 14 Dec 2007 16:22:29 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/2007/12/14/independent-6598bannsider/#comment-9327 Are there any other cases where IN can mean obscure because I’m not entirely convinced by the in-joke example?

I agree that an in-joke is an obscure joke but the IN in in-joke (Wow, three in’s in a row!) is just indicating that it is a joke shared within a group. The fact that other people will, as a result, find it obscure does not, to my mind, mean that “in” and “obscure” are synonymous. The English football team is a rubbish football team but that doesn’t mean that “English” and “rubbish” are synonyms….does it? ;-)

]]> By: Bannsider http://www.fifteensquared.net/2007/12/14/independent-6598bannsider/#comment-9319 Bannsider Fri, 14 Dec 2007 13:46:27 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/2007/12/14/independent-6598bannsider/#comment-9319 Just a couple (or three) things:
GAWA is the Green and White Army, IN RAPTURES at you-know-what.
I’ve actually lived through 2 such victories, but many won’t have lived through any home wins given the last was in the 1920s.
27 across: IN can mean obscure as in an in-joke for example.
24 down: It’s OF FA

]]> By: nmsindy http://www.fifteensquared.net/2007/12/14/independent-6598bannsider/#comment-9314 nmsindy Fri, 14 Dec 2007 12:57:01 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/2007/12/14/independent-6598bannsider/#comment-9314 RAPTURES PT U in RARE Stretch. Like you, I don’t fully understand INFLAMING. Agree with you about RESEW – easier for older solvers, I guess. V good puzzle, hard.

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