Comments on: Independent 6636 by Dac

By: nmsindy

nmsindy — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 17:11:27 +0000

ISSUE I’d similar thoughts when doing the puzzle, but ‘announce’ is in Collins under ‘issue’ as a vb so it’s definitely OK, I’d say.

By: Testy

Testy — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 17:06:05 +0000

I particularly liked BIGAMIST and SOUPCON but I think I take issue with ISSUE which is presumably a double definition but, to me, “announce” is not a very close synonym.

By: Wil Ransome

Wil Ransome — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 23:07:50 +0000

Agreed – an absolutely brilliant puzzle. Since I generally blog Dac, Virgilius or Phi I run out of adjectives. I solved much of this packed in like a sardine on the Northern line.

By: neildubya

neildubya — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 15:43:17 +0000

Nmsindy said it all in his intro really – terrific puzzle. Agree that 14a is the best of the lot.

By: Jon

Jon — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 13:48:29 +0000

Only 25ac and 19d gave me any real problems, the latter being a new word for me. I spent too long in 14ac looking for paint colours that ended with tan, from the rest of the anagram fodder, before the obvious dawned on me. 45 minutes here, compared to normally at least an hour.