Comments on: Independent 6891/Virgilius (Prize puzzle 15-11-08) http://www.fifteensquared.net/2008/11/21/independent-6891virgilius-prize-puzzle-15-11-08/ Never knowingly undersolved. Wed, 19 Jun 2013 23:37:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: nmsindy http://www.fifteensquared.net/2008/11/21/independent-6891virgilius-prize-puzzle-15-11-08/#comment-55038 nmsindy Sat, 22 Nov 2008 13:57:49 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=4078#comment-55038 The usual excellent themed puzzle from Virgilius showing again that they don’t necessarily have to be hard to be good.

Must say I’ve no problems with BINGE = it’s being drunk – I think that’s quite OK as a definition (period of excessive drinking, say).

]]> By: Wil Ransome http://www.fifteensquared.net/2008/11/21/independent-6891virgilius-prize-puzzle-15-11-08/#comment-54971 Wil Ransome Fri, 21 Nov 2008 22:05:02 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=4078#comment-54971 BINGE

I’m not absolutely sure about this – it’s either brilliant or unsound and since it’s Virgilius it’s probably the former. But OK it isn’t an &lit because ‘It’s being drunk’ doesn’t really mean binge, but would it be an &lit if it were simply ‘Being drunk’? Presumably yes, but still ‘Being drunk’ doesn’t mean binge. In that case what is added by the addition of ‘It’s'?

]]> By: kevin http://www.fifteensquared.net/2008/11/21/independent-6891virgilius-prize-puzzle-15-11-08/#comment-54940 kevin Fri, 21 Nov 2008 17:07:57 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=4078#comment-54940 This is the first Virgilius xwd I’ve completed and I enjoyed its straightforward cluing and surfaces, rather like an Everyman or a Rufus. One highlight: 20 ‘Went hot, not cold.’

I particularly appreciated the thematic clues: look forward to more.

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