Comments on: Independent 6663/Scorpion http://www.fifteensquared.net/2008/02/29/independent-6663scorpion/ Never knowingly undersolved. Tue, 18 Jun 2013 06:55:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Al Streatfield http://www.fifteensquared.net/2008/02/29/independent-6663scorpion/#comment-15911 Al Streatfield Mon, 03 Mar 2008 12:53:11 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/2008/02/29/independent-6663scorpion/#comment-15911 14dn

Shurely “masks” doesn’t work as a “container” indicator, because the letters ETC (or, if you like, ET C) can be seen quite clearly in GET CARTER… The aim of a mask is to conceal what is underneath it.

Al

]]> By: Fletch http://www.fifteensquared.net/2008/02/29/independent-6663scorpion/#comment-15694 Fletch Fri, 29 Feb 2008 22:37:31 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/2008/02/29/independent-6663scorpion/#comment-15694 That’s the same way I interpreted the shorn clue.

First time I think I came across bedroom abbrev. as BR was in this Enigmatist clue: Spanish chap in bedroom penetrates (6).

]]> By: Jon http://www.fifteensquared.net/2008/02/29/independent-6663scorpion/#comment-15671 Jon Fri, 29 Feb 2008 14:01:31 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/2008/02/29/independent-6663scorpion/#comment-15671 Enjoyed this very much, despite staring at an empty grid for half an hour before 8d fell into place, and then I started to get somewhere…

]]> By: nmsindy http://www.fifteensquared.net/2008/02/29/independent-6663scorpion/#comment-15667 nmsindy Fri, 29 Feb 2008 13:16:37 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/2008/02/29/independent-6663scorpion/#comment-15667 I thought this was one of the best Indy puzzles of the year so far, a real pleasure right through to solve. Happy with ‘faces’ for first letters in ALOE VERA – would see it as similar to ‘front’. Re ON MERIT, think “According to …. other” taken together indicates the anagram.

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