Comments on: Inquisitor 131 – Feat by Hypnos

By: Hypnos

Hypnos — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 15:12:44 +0000

Many thanks for the comprehensive blog and comments.

Just to clarify three clues:
31a CNIDA is a din(g) (rev) – g (good) is removed from wordplay, ie NOT part of the definition
6d REBUS is two defs (enigmatic representation+inspector)
with anag of sure as wordplay between them
17d AGENDUM is gen+du(e) in gam with the g of gam as the extra letter

Hope this helps

By: HolyGhost

HolyGhost — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 15:10:58 +0000

Comment 6: Having seen the clue again, I think Peter is right – it’s a definition + wordplay + a second direct indication (“inspector”).

Comment 7: ADSUM indeed means “I am present”, but it isn’t part of the wordplay here.

By: qadzbork

qadzbork — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 09:51:04 +0000

A-GEN-D(S)UM: ADSUM is boardingschoolspeak for “Present”

By: petebiddlecombe

petebiddlecombe — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 05:45:28 +0000

6D: The clue is “Enigmatic representation sure to confuse inspector”. You can read the whole clue as a definition, but that’s a bonus – as this answer provides the B in Blondin, there must be wordplay to indicate “REUS”, and this seems to be “sure to confuse”. This leaves “Enigmatic representation” and “inspector” to be explained. I think both are definitions. If not, “inspector” seems to be floating around doing nothing.

By: HolyGhost

HolyGhost — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 21:24:34 +0000

6d: a REBUS is a puzzle in which the parts of the answer are represented by pictures, symbols, etc. (Chambers: “an enigmatical representation of a word or name by pictures representing the component parts of the word, as in a puzzle”) – I didn’t notice a connection with Inspector R.

By: nmsindy

nmsindy — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 16:15:27 +0000

You wait 150 years for one, then two come at once…

By: Simon Harris

Simon Harris — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 16:07:03 +0000

I thought this was great, though I think AGENDUM was last to go in, as I too couldn’t see it in Chambers.

This one was also a great help with the subsequent day’s EV, I note!

By: nmsindy

nmsindy — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 11:35:30 +0000

Very enjoyable puzzle, a little easier than Inquisitor usually is. I read the CNIDA as referring to ‘ding’ tho I toyed with ‘din’ also. Thanks for explaining counter = fish.

By: Duncan Shiell

Duncan Shiell — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 08:28:20 +0000

AGENDUM for ‘schedule’ is in both Collins and the Shorter Oxford.

I think the wordplay is as follows,

GAM (school, of whales) containing (in) (GEN [information] + DUE [exactly] without the E, ‘almost exactly’)

The leading G of GAM is the extra G we need.