Comments on: Independent 6968/Phi (Prize puzzle 14-02-09)

By: beermagnet

beermagnet — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 13:44:10 +0000

Thanks Geoff. Would you believe I actually looked up “sley” earlier to see if it is an acceptable spelling of “slay” (it isn’t, it is another word entirely) but never thought of “slew” !

By: Geoff Moss

Geoff Moss — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 13:38:10 +0000

4d ‘put away’ = kill or killed = slew

By: beermagnet

beermagnet — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 13:30:47 +0000

As you’re looking in Eimi have you a comment on 4D I,SLE[?]
I too can’t think of a “SLE?” that means “put away”.
Originally I thought it was SLEEP but that doesn’t seem right.

By: eimi

eimi — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 12:14:26 +0000

2 Down was intended to be heart-free, which is in Chambers.

By: Allan_C

Allan_C — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 11:45:46 +0000

I too hadn’t heard of “free heart”, but googling comes up with a link to http://www.thefreeheart.com leading to (among other things) a poem by one Annette Knoop. Never heard of her, either. So still none the wiser.

By: beermagnet

beermagnet — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 09:59:20 +0000

9 The AN at the end are from the initial letters of Act Not

By: nmsindy

nmsindy — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 09:49:08 +0000

5 PURPLE P(a)L in PURE, I think. 21 NAP IE R (king) GLASS EYE is cryptic definition, I think, as you suggest.