Comments on: Independent 6649/Nimrod http://www.fifteensquared.net/2008/02/07/independent-6649nimrod/ Never knowingly undersolved. Wed, 22 May 2013 18:06:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: rightback http://www.fifteensquared.net/2008/02/07/independent-6649nimrod/#comment-13803 rightback Thu, 07 Feb 2008 19:50:33 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/2008/02/07/independent-6649nimrod/#comment-13803 Did this puzzle set a record for the greatest number of 14/15-letter words? To get 11 into a 15-by-15 grid, without too much contrivance or obscurity, is pretty remarkable.

I’m not sure how common ‘TAs’ is – I’ve never heard it said, but maybe it’s an older expression that’s fallen out of fashion. ‘STABs’, on the other hand, is widely used; so too ‘weekend warriors’.

Thanks for explaining ‘hie to’, which I put in but couldn’t fathom.

]]> By: Colin Blackburn http://www.fifteensquared.net/2008/02/07/independent-6649nimrod/#comment-13802 Colin Blackburn Thu, 07 Feb 2008 19:35:33 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/2008/02/07/independent-6649nimrod/#comment-13802 Thanks Eimi. I’m not quite old enough to read Saga magazine so I missed that one! How long before Nimrod discovers STABS, an acronym that appears in the same article?

]]> By: eimi http://www.fifteensquared.net/2008/02/07/independent-6649nimrod/#comment-13799 eimi Thu, 07 Feb 2008 18:33:08 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/2008/02/07/independent-6649nimrod/#comment-13799 The territorial army are known as the TA, but the troops are commonly called TAs – as in http://www.saga.co.uk/magazine/people/publicfigures/army.asp

]]> By: nmsindy http://www.fifteensquared.net/2008/02/07/independent-6649nimrod/#comment-13796 nmsindy Thu, 07 Feb 2008 17:07:05 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/2008/02/07/independent-6649nimrod/#comment-13796 TAS Colin, this is Nimrod.

]]> By: Ali http://www.fifteensquared.net/2008/02/07/independent-6649nimrod/#comment-13790 Ali Thu, 07 Feb 2008 16:26:05 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/2008/02/07/independent-6649nimrod/#comment-13790 Ooops, what I meant to say was that I’d entered TIME RELAY DELAY at 15A!

Ali

]]> By: Colin Blackburn http://www.fifteensquared.net/2008/02/07/independent-6649nimrod/#comment-13789 Colin Blackburn Thu, 07 Feb 2008 16:21:03 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/2008/02/07/independent-6649nimrod/#comment-13789 To explain nmsindy’ comment on 20d a little further, Terriers = TA (Territorial Army). I would have thought that Terriers = TA rather than TAs but I guess it’s arguable.

]]> By: Ali http://www.fifteensquared.net/2008/02/07/independent-6649nimrod/#comment-13783 Ali Thu, 07 Feb 2008 14:02:37 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/2008/02/07/independent-6649nimrod/#comment-13783 I had to concede defeat on 18D, having D?L?H to play with. Am kicking myself now, as it’s clear that it’s hidden, but I’d entered TIME DELAY RELAY at 15A which was never gonna help! I guessed at HIE TO, but wasn’t quite sure how it worked.

A very good puzzle with some really sneaky anagrams.

Ali

]]> By: nmsindy http://www.fifteensquared.net/2008/02/07/independent-6649nimrod/#comment-13780 nmsindy Thu, 07 Feb 2008 12:38:48 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/2008/02/07/independent-6649nimrod/#comment-13780 I think HIE TO is contrasted with “High Five” and the TAS is “sat up”. A very good puzzle from Nimrod.

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