Comments on: Inquisitor 59 – Commemoration by Hypnos

By: nmsindy

nmsindy — Sat, 01 Mar 2008 14:48:51 +0000

Solution in paper today reveals BELGRADE in bottom row, to match MANCHESTER in the top (which I did notice) – route of the fateful flight.

I never spotted that!

By: HolyGhost

HolyGhost — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 16:52:02 +0000

Got the theme in 10 seconds from the title and first sentence of the rubric.
Didn’t really like ILAN being clued as Welshman – there’s a St Samson in Brittany but that doesn’t make the person that fell in love with Delilah a Frenchman.
And MASS for setter seems rather incestuous.

By: nmsindy

nmsindy — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 10:23:09 +0000

I really enjoyed this puzzle – as one very interested in football with the interest starting not long before that time and actually remembering the tragedy in those formative days, it became an unusually fast IQ solve for me with 10 down going in early on.

The theme was excellently put together with very good clues.

I agree with Duncan Shiell’s points but it took a while to tease those out. I too thought it was a football (which would be very appropriate) but, even more appropriate and which I understand was what was intended, it represents a wreath to go with RIP BUSBY BABES.

By: Duncan Shiell

Duncan Shiell — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 08:27:15 +0000

I think it is two birds with one stone in 5 down.

Contradicted = BELIED

‘Earl going’ eliminates the second E

The intial B is surplus to requirements.

So, ELID round Cuba (C) gives EL CID and we have the first B in BABES