Comments on: Inquisitor 129 TWENTY20 CRICKET by Loda

By: Mike Laws

Mike Laws — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 02:03:55 +0000

I saw LIONS WIN when test-solving, but, as editor, had to check the scorecard as well. Pity Australia were eliminated before the puzzle appeared!
And it’s a “super-over bowl-out” that would occur in the event of a tie, but I don’t know exactly how it would work – nor does a friend of mine who’s a regular in my local, and a Lord’s member.

By: Simon Harris

Simon Harris — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 18:38:46 +0000

Thanks for the blog, I appreciate how much work must go into the Inquisitor ones.

I enjoyed the puzzle, but the final step left me wondering. I couldn’t believe we were expected to sit there and do all that counting of vowels, and couldn’t face it myself. I spotted LIONS WIN and highlighted that, but it felt quite unsatisfying!

By: Ray Folwell

Ray Folwell — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 15:29:20 +0000

I agree that the match was a tie. If we are wrong and England won, there was also “LIONS WIN” on the third row. The Lions are the England “A” team.

By: Colin Blackburn

Colin Blackburn — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 11:26:36 +0000

Looking in from the outside I wondered if the proper names were there to provide some easier googlies, as well as provide a cricket surface to the clues.

By: HolyGhost

HolyGhost — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 10:39:00 +0000

Rather too many proper names, I felt … many as “googlies”. But the fact that both sides lost their last wicket off the last ball of the innings was a nice touch (also removing the possibility of scoring runs after they were all out).

By: Chunter

Chunter — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 09:28:36 +0000

Any tied matches at the World Twenty20 would have been settled by a 'super over'.

By: Colin Blackburn

Colin Blackburn — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 08:37:26 +0000

Hmm, an argument for not having smilies turned on!

Thanks for the blog. I didn’t have time to do this puzzle but when I saw the grid and preamble I though it looked interesting. It now looks like I should have given it a go.

By: Hihoba

Hihoba — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 07:21:44 +0000

8) (eight+bracket) seems to have been replaced by a “smilie” – sorry