Comments on: Independent 6957 by Merlin

By: Allan_C

Allan_C — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 07:27:18 +0000

I’d heard of Groundhog Day (who hasn’t?) but didn’t know anything about it and certainly never heard of Punx…. so found this one a struggle. But got there in the end after googling ‘Groundhog Day’. ‘Cortex’ was brillant!

By: beermagnet

beermagnet — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 06:16:28 +0000

Wil, 5D GLORIA or G.L.O.R.I.A. is about the most famous song by Patti Smith.
(Who said crosswords were stuck in the distant past? OK, that song is now over 30 years old.)

By: Wil Ransome

Wil Ransome — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 23:34:35 +0000

I also found it on the hard side. Have never heard of Punxsutawney, but perhaps that’s my fault.

5dn (A girl disc spelled out: GLORIA) is we are told an &lit. I can’t see how, as I thought an &lit. needed the whole clue to be a definition of the answer. This clue makes precious little sense to me, and I can’t see how it’s a definition of Gloria.

Sorry Merlin, I didn’t enjoy this. Obviously I’m missing something, since it was praised on the Crossword Centre Message Board.

By: nmsindy

nmsindy — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 14:24:21 +0000

I thought 9 down was GROUND HOG DAY rather than just a cryptic definition. Despite the repeated answers, I found it quite a hard puzzle.

By: mhl

mhl — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 14:10:22 +0000

Sorry, “Groundhog”, not “Groudhog”, obviously…

By: mhl

mhl — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 14:09:48 +0000

I think the message of this one for me is that how ever many times the theme comes up, I still can’t spell PUNXSUTAWNEY

I thought this was great fun, and not too hard – the second DEJA VU did make me laugh.

In an inspired bit of scheduling, The Cameo cinema in Edinburgh once did their Sunday double bill as “Groundhog Day” followed by “Groudhog Day”…

By: eimi

eimi — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 14:04:52 +0000

Not sure where the crosswords have got to on the Indy home page, but this link should still work

http://www.independent.co.uk/extras/puzzles/crosswords/cryptic/

By: rayfolwell

rayfolwell — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 12:46:02 +0000

Today’s Indy hasn’t arrived, presumably because of the snow and the on-line version doesn’t seem to be working, so I’ve missed this one.

By: Geoff Moss

Geoff Moss — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 12:18:11 +0000

Neal

27a is DISCO[very]
28a to ‘full’ is to scour and beat (Chambers)

By: Paul B

Paul B — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 12:04:31 +0000

It was – and the fact that Groundhog Day has appeared so recently as a solution in an unthemed Paul puzzle, and that Puck’s effort on this same subject appeared Feb 2 last year, seemed to work for rather than against this nice piece.