Comments on: Independent 6,943 by Nimrod http://www.fifteensquared.net/2009/01/16/independent-6943-by-nimrod/ Never knowingly undersolved. Sun, 19 May 2013 18:47:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Al Streatfield http://www.fifteensquared.net/2009/01/16/independent-6943-by-nimrod/#comment-64170 Al Streatfield Mon, 19 Jan 2009 10:38:11 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=5046#comment-64170 I’m not familiar with Collins but it seems a pretty strange system of categorisation…

]]> By: Paul B http://www.fifteensquared.net/2009/01/16/independent-6943-by-nimrod/#comment-64125 Paul B Sun, 18 Jan 2009 23:46:37 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=5046#comment-64125 Thanks Beermagnet – that’s right. I do agree with Geoff, but not with Al, as RNA is listed as a noun (and not as an abbreviation) in Collins.

]]> By: davey b http://www.fifteensquared.net/2009/01/16/independent-6943-by-nimrod/#comment-64065 davey b Sun, 18 Jan 2009 13:26:14 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=5046#comment-64065 Thanks Geoff
I think this type of clue is more appropriate to a quizword rather than a crossword!

]]> By: Geoff Moss http://www.fifteensquared.net/2009/01/16/independent-6943-by-nimrod/#comment-64052 Geoff Moss Sun, 18 Jan 2009 11:50:31 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=5046#comment-64052 Davey
In his blog, Simon has indicated a connection to Duran Duran. If you google this name, along with ‘Rio’ you will find, as I have just done, that “Her name is Rio and she dances on the sand” is a line in a song entitled Rio by the group Duran Duran.

]]> By: davey b http://www.fifteensquared.net/2009/01/16/independent-6943-by-nimrod/#comment-64047 davey b Sun, 18 Jan 2009 11:21:20 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=5046#comment-64047 Can someone please explain 10 down “Noted dancer on sand in SA City” I get RIO the city, but as for the rest?

]]> By: beermagnet http://www.fifteensquared.net/2009/01/16/independent-6943-by-nimrod/#comment-63964 beermagnet Sat, 17 Jan 2009 22:35:35 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=5046#comment-63964 I suspect Paul B’s “ditto 11″ referred to comment 11, rather than clue 11, meaning he agreed with you Geoff that “it helps if you read the paper, not just do the crossword online” in the light of that “as if” reference and the amount of research Paul did trying to explain it.
Though the fact that 11 was the RNA answer makes it confusing.
I thought the RNA answer fine of course.
I’ll get my smelly old lab coat.

]]> By: Geoff Moss http://www.fifteensquared.net/2009/01/16/independent-6943-by-nimrod/#comment-63930 Geoff Moss Sat, 17 Jan 2009 18:29:46 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=5046#comment-63930 Al
I think Paul’s “ditto” was simply a means of indicating that he agrees with your comment about 11a.

His ‘personal CPU’ and ‘RAM’ is simply a cryptic way of referring to his brain.

]]> By: Al Streatfield http://www.fifteensquared.net/2009/01/16/independent-6943-by-nimrod/#comment-63929 Al Streatfield Sat, 17 Jan 2009 17:50:35 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=5046#comment-63929 Re. Paul B’s comments:

“Ditto 11″. I thought I was referring to 11- is there another dodgy three-letter acronym?

Didn’t understand his comments about the grid. CPU? RAM?

]]> By: Allan_C http://www.fifteensquared.net/2009/01/16/independent-6943-by-nimrod/#comment-63903 Allan_C Sat, 17 Jan 2009 11:16:48 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=5046#comment-63903 Sorry, Eileen, got it now. I was still thinking of howlers of the schoolboy type.

]]> By: Eileen http://www.fifteensquared.net/2009/01/16/independent-6943-by-nimrod/#comment-63894 Eileen Sat, 17 Jan 2009 10:02:48 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=5046#comment-63894 Allan: didn’t you like my ‘explanation’ of ‘howler’? [comment 8]

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