http://www.fifteensquared.net/2008/11/28/enigmatic-variations-no-838-definition-or-by-xanthipe/ Never knowingly undersolved. Wed, 22 May 2013 14:08:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://www.fifteensquared.net/2008/11/28/enigmatic-variations-no-838-definition-or-by-xanthipe/#comment-56709 Xanthippe Tue, 02 Dec 2008 13:17:12 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=4106#comment-56709 Thanks for your comments. The idea for this puzzle came from The Independent quick crossword which has the first two (or three) entries making a homophone. My wife and I do this quick puzzle sometimes as she’s not into cryptics.
Xanthippe

]]> http://www.fifteensquared.net/2008/11/28/enigmatic-variations-no-838-definition-or-by-xanthipe/#comment-56527 nmsindy Mon, 01 Dec 2008 14:48:09 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=4106#comment-56527 This was an entertaining and quite novel puzzle for me. Like you I spent longer at the thematic ones, taking quite a while to get the idea. Then it got easier esp when I noticed they were real words lying side by side and studied the enumerations. Was held up by tentatively writing SALFORD in 5 dn, tempted by ford = cross so SALTIRE was my last entry. Thanks for explaining AREA.

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