Comments on: Independent 6963 by Glow-worm http://www.fifteensquared.net/2009/02/09/independent-6963-by-glow-worm/ Never knowingly undersolved. Thu, 20 Jun 2013 08:15:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Paul B http://www.fifteensquared.net/2009/02/09/independent-6963-by-glow-worm/#comment-67663 Paul B Tue, 10 Feb 2009 13:37:29 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=5513#comment-67663 Wotcher Glow-worm, Eimi.

Sorry about the noun, guys. I went (in Collins Lite, which is the desktop version they give you when you buy the paper dick) to Media and associated entries, which doesn’t give the noun. Annoyed now.

]]> By: Mike Laws http://www.fifteensquared.net/2009/02/09/independent-6963-by-glow-worm/#comment-67573 Mike Laws Tue, 10 Feb 2009 00:32:53 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=5513#comment-67573 No, it’s the rolling stones which gather no moss.

]]> By: John Peters http://www.fifteensquared.net/2009/02/09/independent-6963-by-glow-worm/#comment-67560 John Peters Mon, 09 Feb 2009 21:03:13 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=5513#comment-67560 I don’t think “Roller” (20,28) was ever used for the Rolling Stones!

]]> By: Glow-worm http://www.fifteensquared.net/2009/02/09/independent-6963-by-glow-worm/#comment-67546 Glow-worm Mon, 09 Feb 2009 17:48:47 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=5513#comment-67546 The third line of the Chambers entry for “Median” gives “also n” in brackets, so I felt pretty safe whichever way solvers wished to read it! Paul B’s right, though, that the adjectival use is predominant and that’s what I had in mind.

]]> By: Simon Harris http://www.fifteensquared.net/2009/02/09/independent-6963-by-glow-worm/#comment-67543 Simon Harris Mon, 09 Feb 2009 17:39:21 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=5513#comment-67543 I also found this remarkably tough going, so nice work on the blog. The 17s eluded me completely, but there was some nice clueing in there all the same.

]]> By: mhl http://www.fifteensquared.net/2009/02/09/independent-6963-by-glow-worm/#comment-67527 mhl Mon, 09 Feb 2009 15:45:42 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=5513#comment-67527 NealH: with regard to 9 across, Chambers does indeed give “perm” as a short form of “permutation” (and it says it can be verbed :) )

]]> By: eimi http://www.fifteensquared.net/2009/02/09/independent-6963-by-glow-worm/#comment-67514 eimi Mon, 09 Feb 2009 13:54:28 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=5513#comment-67514 I have no specialist knowledge of this, Paul, but Collins says “Median n, adj” in the entry under Mede.

]]> By: mhl http://www.fifteensquared.net/2009/02/09/independent-6963-by-glow-worm/#comment-67513 mhl Mon, 09 Feb 2009 13:49:47 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=5513#comment-67513 oops – I was just going by http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Median_language

]]> By: Paul B http://www.fifteensquared.net/2009/02/09/independent-6963-by-glow-worm/#comment-67511 Paul B Mon, 09 Feb 2009 13:43:54 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=5513#comment-67511 It must be ‘old Iranian’ (adj.) here as in ‘relating to the people of Media’: they were Medes (Medic, Medism, Medise etc.)to Greeks, and I’m pretty sure Median isn’t generally used as a noun.

]]> By: mhl http://www.fifteensquared.net/2009/02/09/independent-6963-by-glow-worm/#comment-67508 mhl Mon, 09 Feb 2009 13:34:43 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=5513#comment-67508 Thanks for the post, NealH.

I think 17 across is that MEDIAN was an old Iranian language, T is “artefact ultimately” (as you say) and the definition is “me”, that being the third note of the solfa or the MEDIANT of the scale.

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