Comments on: Independent and FT Crosswords for new solvers http://www.fifteensquared.net/2008/01/26/independent-and-ft-crosswords-for-new-solvers/ Never knowingly undersolved. Wed, 19 Jun 2013 10:05:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Tony Welsh http://www.fifteensquared.net/2008/01/26/independent-and-ft-crosswords-for-new-solvers/#comment-100567 Tony Welsh Tue, 19 Jan 2010 14:50:27 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/2008/01/26/independent-and-ft-crosswords-for-new-solvers/#comment-100567 The article refers to American cryptic puzzles but I have lived in US for 30 years without ever seeing one. Where can i find an American cryptic?

]]> By: nmsindy http://www.fifteensquared.net/2008/01/26/independent-and-ft-crosswords-for-new-solvers/#comment-95763 nmsindy Sat, 31 Oct 2009 17:16:18 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/2008/01/26/independent-and-ft-crosswords-for-new-solvers/#comment-95763 I think the short answer is “No” but some technical whizz kids might be able to advise you how to do it.

Reason (understandable): they’d like you to buy the paper.

]]> By: David Bothwell http://www.fifteensquared.net/2008/01/26/independent-and-ft-crosswords-for-new-solvers/#comment-95762 David Bothwell Sat, 31 Oct 2009 16:59:10 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/2008/01/26/independent-and-ft-crosswords-for-new-solvers/#comment-95762 As my wife and I like to do crosswords jointly we print them out and do them on paper over meals. We can do this with The Guardian and The Times (paying a subscription) and would like to do the same with Indie but it seems there is no facility for printing. Or is there?

David Bothwell

]]> By: petebiddlecombe http://www.fifteensquared.net/2008/01/26/independent-and-ft-crosswords-for-new-solvers/#comment-74488 petebiddlecombe Sat, 14 Mar 2009 18:43:42 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/2008/01/26/independent-and-ft-crosswords-for-new-solvers/#comment-74488 Coming back to Ninas very late, my memory is that the xwd usage was coined by Roger Phillips (Nestor/Kea), almost cetainly in connection with the Times2 puzzles which have included many Ninas since John Grimshaw took responsibility for producing them in about 2003. Readers of Tony Sever’s blog about this puzzle have fun identifying Ninas in the puzzles that have them.

]]> By: Colin H http://www.fifteensquared.net/2008/01/26/independent-and-ft-crosswords-for-new-solvers/#comment-72055 Colin H Tue, 03 Mar 2009 11:15:41 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/2008/01/26/independent-and-ft-crosswords-for-new-solvers/#comment-72055 Pondering Araucaria’s use of “Cinephile”, it’s an anagram of “Chile Pine” – another name for the monkey-puzzle…

]]> By: Luciver http://www.fifteensquared.net/2008/01/26/independent-and-ft-crosswords-for-new-solvers/#comment-70841 Luciver Thu, 26 Feb 2009 22:11:55 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/2008/01/26/independent-and-ft-crosswords-for-new-solvers/#comment-70841 in response to Jon in comment 2…..
‘a bit of deft use of the Print Scrn button, and a paste into Paint …’

this is exactly what i have taken to doing every day, and keeping the puzzles to print off later when i have more time. Prt scr – paste into paint, cut round grid and ctrl+C, then UNDO or ctrl+Z to get back to clear screen, then ctrl+V. then you have to go back and scroll the clues and you can repeat the process, usually this process is done three times to get a neat version of the whole puzzle. then you have to mess about with print options or it comes out on 4 bits of paper. no ideas there – i let my boyfriend sort that bit out!!

i am so happy to have found this website, since pressing reveal word and arrowing through the crossword whilst squinting hard so as not to see the answers was somewhat trying! indy, sort it out!!

]]> By: David http://www.fifteensquared.net/2008/01/26/independent-and-ft-crosswords-for-new-solvers/#comment-66121 David Sun, 01 Feb 2009 01:44:55 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/2008/01/26/independent-and-ft-crosswords-for-new-solvers/#comment-66121 Kurwamac – I first came across this use on Derek Harrison’s Crossword Centre message board four or five years ago. I could be wrong, but I dimly remember the usage being fresh, and it may have been suggested during a discussion of Times Concise puzzles. Someone on the board should be able to help.

]]> By: neildubya http://www.fifteensquared.net/2008/01/26/independent-and-ft-crosswords-for-new-solvers/#comment-48039 neildubya Fri, 03 Oct 2008 07:50:35 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/2008/01/26/independent-and-ft-crosswords-for-new-solvers/#comment-48039 Andrea – sorry, we don’t cover the Beelzebub puzzle anymore. If there are any answers that you’re stuck on then feel free to post the clues here, along with any letters you’ve got filled already and I’d be happy to try to help.

]]> By: andrea http://www.fifteensquared.net/2008/01/26/independent-and-ft-crosswords-for-new-solvers/#comment-47924 andrea Thu, 02 Oct 2008 15:32:29 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/2008/01/26/independent-and-ft-crosswords-for-new-solvers/#comment-47924 where can i find solution to beelzebub 966,took it on holiday and missed the edition with the solution in!!

]]> By: kurwamac http://www.fifteensquared.net/2008/01/26/independent-and-ft-crosswords-for-new-solvers/#comment-37503 kurwamac Thu, 07 Aug 2008 01:49:11 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/2008/01/26/independent-and-ft-crosswords-for-new-solvers/#comment-37503 I’m a bit late to this party, but I’d be interested in finding out if anyone knows who introduced this sense of ‘Nina’. I started a thread at an etymology board, and received precisely no comments.

I suspect that most of the posters weren’t familiar with the use of the word to refer to the Hirschfeld drawings. I don’t know how widely the term is known on either side of the Atlantic; I’m familiar with it because I grew up in a household that took the NYT and my father was an artist who pointed it out to me. But that’s not typical.

Input from other posters here wouldn’t represent a typical cross-section either, but might be interesting.

As for the link: http://www.alhirschfeld.com/artwork/originals.html

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