Comments on: Independent 6953 by Dac

By: Allan_C

Allan_C — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 07:55:35 +0000

I too needed electronic help for PUTSCHIST and, I’m sorry to say, COATIS – didn’t think of oats as a synonym for porridge as oats aren’t porridge till they’ve been cooked. 25a threw me for a bit; I guessed R OUTER but thought of “rowter” (power tool) rather than “rooter” at first. Quite challenging overall.

By: Wil Ransome

Wil Ransome — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 22:42:23 +0000

This took me longer than the excellent Times crossword of today, which is universally praised on Times for the Times and in the view of many people is remarkably difficult. PUTSCHIST was a new word to me and I never got this before electronic help. And I never understood HAIR, although that’s entirely my own incompetence.

By: Mick h

Mick h — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 18:24:24 +0000

Thanks for the blog. I fell down on PUTSCHIST. ‘Figure’ was, as you say, nicely misleading – I was looking for a shape called something like ESPERAGON.