Comments on: Inquisitor 105, WARTIME SUSPENSE by Schadenfreude http://www.fifteensquared.net/2009/01/09/inquisitor-105-wartime-suspense-by-schadenfreude/ Never knowingly undersolved. Sat, 18 May 2013 15:02:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Chris Jones http://www.fifteensquared.net/2009/01/09/inquisitor-105-wartime-suspense-by-schadenfreude/#comment-73513 Chris Jones Tue, 10 Mar 2009 19:59:00 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=4755#comment-73513 I had a distinct feeling of deja-vu with this puzzle. Has not the same theme been used, fairly recently, in the Independent’s pre-Inquisitor incarnation ?

]]> By: HolyGhost http://www.fifteensquared.net/2009/01/09/inquisitor-105-wartime-suspense-by-schadenfreude/#comment-63384 HolyGhost Tue, 13 Jan 2009 12:03:25 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=4755#comment-63384 Agree with Duncan above – we’re looking for just 15 letters, which means GOING TO has contracted to GONA rather than the more common GONNA, as given in Chambers & elsewhere.

I guess “rich” is just about OK as an anagram indicator (37A), and “relative” = “comparative” so I guess the clue at 27A passes muster too.

]]> By: HolyGhost http://www.fifteensquared.net/2009/01/09/inquisitor-105-wartime-suspense-by-schadenfreude/#comment-63170 HolyGhost Mon, 12 Jan 2009 10:34:18 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=4755#comment-63170 Given the title, I got the theme well before finishing reading the preamble – a crossword with the same theme and construction appeared in the Independent on Saturday some years ago, so it was disappointing. (Not 100% identical though – some of the items of clothing had changed.)
Will check 25A this evening.

]]> By: Duncan Shiell http://www.fifteensquared.net/2009/01/09/inquisitor-105-wartime-suspense-by-schadenfreude/#comment-62591 Duncan Shiell Fri, 09 Jan 2009 12:05:07 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=4755#comment-62591 I couldn’t find the first N in GONNA either. However, we do get 15 letters (as stated by the preamble) without the extra N, as in WERE GONA HANG OUT -so perhaps we are looking for something that isn’t there. Having said that, every reference to the phrase has GONNA with two Ns

I can get 25 across to yield a C PER (a) containing ARC (discharge) = PARER (shaver) but this is clearly not an N. However, The Inquisitor has had the odd error in its clues in recent months and mistakes do happen. I would be very happy to be proved wrong and be shown a convincing argument for a missing N in 25 Across. I think it has to be 25 Across that yields the letter as 27 and 28 are clearly self contained without extra letters.

Despite the slight query over GONNA, I enjoyed the puzzle. I thought about the Siegfried Line fairly early on and the clothes began to appear to confirm the theme. Schadenfreude did another puzzle of this form in The Listener series last year : 3986 Terminal Suspension based on Little Bo-Peep and lambs with their tails hung on a tree across the top of the puzzle

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