Comments on: Independent 6877/Nimrod http://www.fifteensquared.net/2008/10/30/independent-6877nimrod/ Never knowingly undersolved. Sat, 25 May 2013 19:19:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: eimi http://www.fifteensquared.net/2008/10/30/independent-6877nimrod/#comment-52331 eimi Fri, 31 Oct 2008 10:24:39 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=3641#comment-52331 I can see an argument for both – the letters could be the first part entered in the light, or leading could be taken as ‘ahead of’ in that they are further into the light. It’s like when I suggest that someone parks ‘just in front of that car’ and they park what I consider to be behind it.

]]> By: Richard Palmer http://www.fifteensquared.net/2008/10/30/independent-6877nimrod/#comment-52323 Richard Palmer Fri, 31 Oct 2008 08:57:10 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=3641#comment-52323 7D I can’t see how “leading” can be justified. Surely it should be “following”. The wordplay as it stands leads to NBREADBROW.

I couldn’t finish this and a lot of the answers I did get were pencilled in with question marks. Thanks to the above I can understand most of it now.

]]> By: SteveM http://www.fifteensquared.net/2008/10/30/independent-6877nimrod/#comment-52270 SteveM Thu, 30 Oct 2008 18:11:23 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=3641#comment-52270 12ac: A businessman’s secretary opens letters, as does a blade and (as already noted in comment 4) the word ‘dear’

]]> By: Andrew http://www.fifteensquared.net/2008/10/30/independent-6877nimrod/#comment-52256 Andrew Thu, 30 Oct 2008 16:29:17 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=3641#comment-52256 I thought the Bader link was air raids, but now you mention it I can see the cowboy connection too.

]]> By: petero http://www.fifteensquared.net/2008/10/30/independent-6877nimrod/#comment-52254 petero Thu, 30 Oct 2008 15:58:27 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=3641#comment-52254 26A: Douglas Bader seems irrelevant – think stagecoaches. ESKY must be short for eskimo.

]]> By: Testy http://www.fifteensquared.net/2008/10/30/independent-6877nimrod/#comment-52251 Testy Thu, 30 Oct 2008 15:10:16 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=3641#comment-52251 I’ve heard of ESKY but I think that it is a bit of a down-under-ism.

]]> By: Geoff Moss http://www.fifteensquared.net/2008/10/30/independent-6877nimrod/#comment-52249 Geoff Moss Thu, 30 Oct 2008 14:05:39 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=3641#comment-52249 Al
‘Esky’ is in Chambers and Collins but not COED.

]]> By: Al Streatfield http://www.fifteensquared.net/2008/10/30/independent-6877nimrod/#comment-52247 Al Streatfield Thu, 30 Oct 2008 13:46:45 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=3641#comment-52247 Haven’t got any dictionaries to hand. Is ESKY which I hadn’t heard of in any of them?

]]> By: Richard http://www.fifteensquared.net/2008/10/30/independent-6877nimrod/#comment-52241 Richard Thu, 30 Oct 2008 12:50:17 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=3641#comment-52241 I meant “dear”, of course [lousy typing]

]]> By: Richard http://www.fifteensquared.net/2008/10/30/independent-6877nimrod/#comment-52240 Richard Thu, 30 Oct 2008 12:49:08 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=3641#comment-52240 12ac I don’t have the full clue to hand, but I can help with “sear”. “Dear” is usually the first word in a letter (as in Dear Sir), so is “letter opener”.

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