Comments on: Independent 6962/Nimrod (Prize puzzle 07-02-09)

By: nmsindy

nmsindy — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 16:19:07 +0000

Something to amuse you, Jetdoc, when the Test’s abandoned after 10 balls, the May may be relevant too. Good spot.

By: jetdoc

jetdoc — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 10:57:57 +0000

If you look carefully, you will see that 12d gives you the theme — if I remember rightly, Robinson, Broad, Amis, Strauss, Richard (the South African), Ward, Hutton, Edrich, Butcher… and there may be more.

By: Allan_C

Allan_C — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 18:29:32 +0000

Nice one for 15a, finding the Rur river instead of that play by Karel Capek!

By: Ali

Ali — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 12:46:00 +0000

Pah, I spent ages looking at M_S for the first part of 7A, but the penny never dropped!

By: Duggie

Duggie — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 11:34:44 +0000

2 small queries: why the ? in 4D; and why two anagrinds in 13D (eccentric and dodgy)? ‘Stab’ and ‘broadside’ were my last two, but very satisfying when the penny dropped, especially the clever wordplay for ‘broadside’, when Nimrod must have been tempted to use the ‘B road side’ variant.

By: nmsindy

nmsindy — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 09:38:11 +0000

SKI Yes, I read it as K = King, best piece in chess. Re FOR OPENERS, not sure but maybe you cut more than one key FOR OPENERS i.e. to get more than one key.