Comments on: Inquisitor 141 – Formula by Kea http://www.fifteensquared.net/2009/09/19/inquisitor-141-formula-by-kea-placeholder/ Never knowingly undersolved. Mon, 20 May 2013 04:54:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: HolyGhost http://www.fifteensquared.net/2009/09/19/inquisitor-141-formula-by-kea-placeholder/#comment-93939 HolyGhost Wed, 23 Sep 2009 09:51:37 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=11182#comment-93939 For Kea’s benefit, and also for that of Mike Laws: A very hard puzzle indeed, but very enjoyable (in my opinion).

And maybe ML would consider mentioning http://fifteensquared.net/category/inquisitor/ alongside future puzzles?

]]> By: petebiddlecombe http://www.fifteensquared.net/2009/09/19/inquisitor-141-formula-by-kea-placeholder/#comment-93938 petebiddlecombe Wed, 23 Sep 2009 09:01:19 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=11182#comment-93938 That just about makes my speed-merchant’s careless handling of this puzzle complete – Pozidriv it is – I’d never noticed the Z (ask Mrs B about my DIY skills sometime!) and rushed into writing the answer without considering the wordplay and seeing Australia = Oz, in POZIRIV = (Oz + and Ir=Iran) in VIP rev.

]]> By: Kea http://www.fifteensquared.net/2009/09/19/inquisitor-141-formula-by-kea-placeholder/#comment-93929 Kea Tue, 22 Sep 2009 22:04:29 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=11182#comment-93929 Sorry to rub salt in the wounds, but you have an inexplicable S instead of Z in 20 Down.

]]> By: petebiddlecombe http://www.fifteensquared.net/2009/09/19/inquisitor-141-formula-by-kea-placeholder/#comment-93916 petebiddlecombe Tue, 22 Sep 2009 16:28:05 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=11182#comment-93916 Much too polite – tare = nett was pretty desperate – it’s actually (gross – net), a distinction which an Economics graduate really ought to notice. And my report was net of the unchecked letters detail.

]]> By: HolyGhost http://www.fifteensquared.net/2009/09/19/inquisitor-141-formula-by-kea-placeholder/#comment-93913 HolyGhost Tue, 22 Sep 2009 15:02:29 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=11182#comment-93913 17d: I believe that Peter’s wordplay is wrong. The answer is indeed DAY-NETTLE, but it’s the N that’s absent from the wordplay, which is YET (=besides) + T(are) in DALE (=valley).
And the wordplay for the clue to the unchecked letters: Y (=unknown) + H(ard) + Y(ear) in FATE (=fortune) rev.

]]> By: petebiddlecombe http://www.fifteensquared.net/2009/09/19/inquisitor-141-formula-by-kea-placeholder/#comment-93910 petebiddlecombe Tue, 22 Sep 2009 13:35:03 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=11182#comment-93910 Curses! Another lurking in the First Names section.

]]> By: HolyGhost http://www.fifteensquared.net/2009/09/19/inquisitor-141-formula-by-kea-placeholder/#comment-93909 HolyGhost Tue, 22 Sep 2009 12:26:18 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=11182#comment-93909 30d: Chambers contains “Edel, f (Ir) perh darling.”

]]> By: IanN14 http://www.fifteensquared.net/2009/09/19/inquisitor-141-formula-by-kea-placeholder/#comment-93852 IanN14 Sun, 20 Sep 2009 21:27:25 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=11182#comment-93852 Thanks Mike,
I do remember it now.

]]> By: Mike Laws http://www.fifteensquared.net/2009/09/19/inquisitor-141-formula-by-kea-placeholder/#comment-93820 Mike Laws Sat, 19 Sep 2009 11:37:40 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=11182#comment-93820 It involved Philip Larkin’s formula for a novel – “A beginning, a muddle and an end.”

]]> By: IanN14 http://www.fifteensquared.net/2009/09/19/inquisitor-141-formula-by-kea-placeholder/#comment-93815 IanN14 Sat, 19 Sep 2009 10:57:26 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=11182#comment-93815 Can anyone remind me what this one was about?
I’m sure I must have finished it – I’ve thrown the magazine away.
It’s last week’s (142) I’m having trouble with…

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