Comments on: Independent 7,164 by Tees

By: Roger Powell

Roger Powell — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 12:19:18 +0000

PS Crossword lovers might enjoy the Gil Evans album Svengali.

http://www.answers.com/topic/svengali-album

By: Tees

Tees — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 09:52:31 +0000

That one wasn’t intended as a homonym (about which I’d have accepted Lawsie’s point, at least for this UK submission): said by Sartre (or Proust, or anyone speaking French) ‘of an’ would or could be D’UNE.

By: Allan_C

Allan_C — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 08:10:37 +0000

Had to give up on it last night, but my subconscious must have been working on it because it all came together quite quickly this morning, with only a little help from the net. Very satisfying.

By: uncle yap

uncle yap — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 05:13:21 +0000

not Tess, oops Tees
sorry for the mistake

By: uncle yap

uncle yap — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 05:12:17 +0000

Most challenging and entertaining.
I thought 22A would have stood simply as Heroic lover (7)
I put in SHABBY without understanding why until I read this blog. BB King !?!?
Thank you Simon and Tess for an excellent puzzle and blog (not necessarily in that order)

By: Mike Laws

Mike Laws — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 01:35:38 +0000

Any offers for the UK first edition of The Dune Trilogy” (the original three books in the series – hardback, mint, except for the author’s signature, inscribed in front of me in Forbidden Planet in Denmark Street?

I suppose we have to accept “d’une” as a homonym for “Dune” – at least not as outrageous a “a pair o’ teef” for aperitif!

By: Tees

Tees — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 22:59:52 +0000

Thanks to Simon for the blog, and to all who posted in response.

By: rawlinson

rawlinson — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 21:56:12 +0000

A very well-crafted puzzle. I was drawn to the last three, two CDs and the nice invention chopping feet orf can get.

By: Ali

Ali — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 13:28:04 +0000

Ah, so they were. 8 of ‘em in fact. Cheers Neal

By: Richard

Richard — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 13:03:43 +0000

I managed to solve this after quite a time, but, like some of those who have contributed above, I didn’t fully understand all the clues. Nevertheless, this was both fair and challenging, so more please, Tees!