Comments on: Independent 6875 by Eimi

By: eimi

eimi — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 23:00:37 +0000

It’s a fair cop, Wil. I don’t usually take kindly to Chambersisms in the daily puzzle, but I thought o’ was well enough known in phrases such as eleven o’clock, cock o’ the north or John O’Gaunt to be easily guessed.

By: Wil Ransome

Wil Ransome — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 22:48:39 +0000

Several little points that have now been answered. Merely an observation: in 6dn ‘o = of, and surely that’s out of place in a daily cryptic. All those things like ‘ve = have and t’ = the are for crosswords like The Listener, I should have thought.

By: Geoff Moss

Geoff Moss — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 17:01:18 +0000

Testy wasn’t alone in googling Frank Turner and I nearly posted a comment at lunchtime querying whether this was an indication of one of your preferred music genre.

However, I didn’t follow it through as far as he did to come up with the track titles.

By: eimi

eimi — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 15:50:54 +0000

I’m amazed, Testy. I was convinced that no one would get the ghost theme.

He is indeed a folk singer of sorts, but he doesn’t put his finger in his ear or wear Aran sweaters. He opened this year’s Cambridge Folk Festival, but his debut EP was entitled Campfire Punkrock and that gives you some idea of his style.

You can listen to some of his songs for free at http://www.myspace.com/frankturner
, including his latest single, Long Live the Queen, which is in aid of Breast Cancer Campaign.

By: Testy

Testy — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 15:33:28 +0000

I just noticed “Frank Turner” across the top and a bit of Googling shows that he’s a Folk singer whose songs include:

VITAL SIGNS
FATHER’S DAY
WISDOM TEETH
SUBSTITUTE
BETTER HALF

By: Geoff Moss

Geoff Moss — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 13:13:45 +0000

Testy

You obviously don’t do the Private Eye crossword!

One definition for ‘ball’ in Chambers is ‘to entangle’.

By: Testy

Testy — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 13:06:58 +0000

I’m afraid I was undone through my lack of knowledge of kayaks, Old Contemptibles, UT, EDDO, Peppin the Short and RAIN (the play that is, I’m all to familiar with the other meaning).

I’m not sure I’ve seen “balls” as an angrind before. Is it the “forms a ball” sense or the “he talks a lot of …” sense that implies the anagram?

By: Eileen

Eileen — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 12:49:40 +0000

Mick H: thank you so much for your interpretation of 4dn – it made my day! [Come to think of it, I suppose it was a sickness of the heart that really did for Tess.]

By: mhl

mhl — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 12:22:22 +0000

Oh, and I particularly liked DITKAT

By: mhl

mhl — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 12:19:54 +0000

I enjoyed this puzzle a lot, particularly a few guessable references that turned out to be educational e.g. “Old Contemptibles” = BEF and Pepin the Short, etc.

After a bit of Googling, I guess that the play “Rain” might the one that this film was based on?