Comments on: Independent 6635/Virgilius http://www.fifteensquared.net/2008/01/22/independent-6635virgilius/ Never knowingly undersolved. Sat, 25 May 2013 19:19:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Testy http://www.fifteensquared.net/2008/01/22/independent-6635virgilius/#comment-12424 Testy Wed, 23 Jan 2008 11:48:09 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/2008/01/22/independent-6635virgilius/#comment-12424 That sounds fine (although I would be quite keen to know who I’m doing!). Publishing a day behind is a good compromise on the phoneline issue and the “reveal” option is helpful for beginners.

Congratulations on getting this up and running! I am definitely converting to be a regular Indy kid from now on (rather than flitting between FT, Indy, Guardian and Times).

]]> By: Jon http://www.fifteensquared.net/2008/01/22/independent-6635virgilius/#comment-12423 Jon Wed, 23 Jan 2008 11:43:33 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/2008/01/22/independent-6635virgilius/#comment-12423 Looks good. Like the Reveal Letter / Reveal Word buttons – is this part of a big push to attract novice solvers? I’d have liked to have seen the link to the crossword more prominent on the home page – ‘Extras’ wasn’t the first place I thought to look for the link. Perhaps ‘Games’ would have been better? But there again, I did find it quickly enough, so perhaps I’m just being picky?

]]> By: eimi http://www.fifteensquared.net/2008/01/22/independent-6635virgilius/#comment-12421 eimi Wed, 23 Jan 2008 11:22:00 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/2008/01/22/independent-6635virgilius/#comment-12421 At present the plan is for the crosswords to run one day behind, apart from prize puzzles which will be a week behind. I’m not sure about the byline situation yet.

]]> By: Testy http://www.fifteensquared.net/2008/01/22/independent-6635virgilius/#comment-12420 Testy Wed, 23 Jan 2008 11:05:39 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/2008/01/22/independent-6635virgilius/#comment-12420 Woohoo! That’s fantastic news!

Just a couple of questions. Is it going to be updated daily? Is it going to continue to be one day behind the printed version? Is it going to have a byline?

]]> By: eimi http://www.fifteensquared.net/2008/01/22/independent-6635virgilius/#comment-12419 eimi Wed, 23 Jan 2008 10:51:29 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/2008/01/22/independent-6635virgilius/#comment-12419 This puzzle is now available online at the new Indy website

]]> By: Jon http://www.fifteensquared.net/2008/01/22/independent-6635virgilius/#comment-12417 Jon Wed, 23 Jan 2008 08:27:32 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/2008/01/22/independent-6635virgilius/#comment-12417 Cheers!

]]> By: nmsindy http://www.fifteensquared.net/2008/01/22/independent-6635virgilius/#comment-12342 nmsindy Tue, 22 Jan 2008 15:02:17 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/2008/01/22/independent-6635virgilius/#comment-12342 8d ‘van’ is ‘leaders’ i.e.in the van(guard).

]]> By: Jon http://www.fifteensquared.net/2008/01/22/independent-6635virgilius/#comment-12339 Jon Tue, 22 Jan 2008 14:20:42 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/2008/01/22/independent-6635virgilius/#comment-12339 7d I’ve just got… The hazards of putting in SWALLOWS instead of SPARROWS for 18ac.

]]> By: Jon http://www.fifteensquared.net/2008/01/22/independent-6635virgilius/#comment-12334 Jon Tue, 22 Jan 2008 13:53:21 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/2008/01/22/independent-6635virgilius/#comment-12334 Yes, thought this was brilliant. The theme made it fairly easy to guess a lot of the answers, though I found the bottom half a lot easier than the top.

16ac I liked – not the first time Al Gore’s been referenced as an environmental campaigner in crosswords lately, if I remember rightly. Sure it was in The Independent a while back…

I’d pencilled in ODORISE for 2D as well, and so got myself into a mess thinking that 1ac must be DOUBLE something… Explaining, really, my problems with the top half of the grid.

I still can’t get 7d, and have no idea where the ‘van’ in 8d comes from!

]]> By: neildubya http://www.fifteensquared.net/2008/01/22/independent-6635virgilius/#comment-12331 neildubya Tue, 22 Jan 2008 13:43:51 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/2008/01/22/independent-6635virgilius/#comment-12331 15/19d – I think it’s “causing scare” for ALARMING.

Agreed, great puzzle.

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