Comments on: Independent 6622 (Hypnos) http://www.fifteensquared.net/2008/01/07/1158/ Never knowingly undersolved. Tue, 18 Jun 2013 04:45:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: nmsindy http://www.fifteensquared.net/2008/01/07/1158/#comment-11341 nmsindy Mon, 07 Jan 2008 13:22:36 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/2008/01/07/1158/#comment-11341 DE VALERA I think the short refers to very ie v. Thanks for WAGNER – I was right but had no idea of the wordplay that you’ve explained. When I saw six cells in top and bottom rows I thought there may be a theme, but apparently not. Enjoyable puzzle.

]]> By: neildubya http://www.fifteensquared.net/2008/01/07/1158/#comment-11338 neildubya Mon, 07 Jan 2008 12:39:59 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/2008/01/07/1158/#comment-11338 3d: Lodge and Bradbury both wrote comic novels that centred around universities and academic life; in that sense, they might be called rivals but it is stretching things a little bit I think.

As you say, some really good clues in this. My favourite was 18a: “European in a Merc passed recklessly without modicum of sense – activating this?” (5,6)

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