Comments on: Inquisitor 125 UNCLUED by Schadenfreude

By: HolyGhost

HolyGhost — Sat, 30 May 2009 10:57:01 +0000

I too had YAKOW at first, which caused me a problem since 1A (7 letters) and 1D (5 letters) share their initial letter.

Also I assumed incorrectly that a setter such as Scadenfreude would have located the unclued CROSSES in the central “odd” across slot. And maybe XXXXXXX would have been an appropriate title (but possibly too much of a hint)?

By: Ray Folwell

Ray Folwell — Sat, 30 May 2009 09:45:39 +0000

We also got the theme quite quickly, although we had YAKOW for the MOOLY/YAK cross at first.

The thematic entries were described as a pair of answers (A;B) producing a grid entry (X) which was a useful hint.

By: nmsindy

nmsindy — Fri, 29 May 2009 09:42:36 +0000

Very tough and enjoyable puzzle with great clueing as always from Schadenfreude. It was the reverse of the usual sequence as I found the theme almost immediately but it still took ages to finish. Congrats to the setter on finding so many crosses and then fitting them all into the grid.