Comments on: Inquisitor 143 – PRIMARY REFERENCE by Samuel

By: Dave Hennings

Dave Hennings — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 11:32:05 +0000

A quick note … the solution in yesterday’s Indy gives CHILIAST at 16dn. HG’s blog above is correct in giving CHILIASM, the belief rather than the follower.

By: nmsindy

nmsindy — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 12:03:55 +0000

I thought this was an excellent puzzle, took me quite a while having never heard of the UXBRIDGE ENGLISH DICTIONARY or seen/heard the programme though I had heard of it. The breakthrough to the concept was HOT POT. Thought use of jumble of answers was very appropriate in this case esp as the ‘definitions’ were not normal definitions. Thanks for the excellent blog which has explained 3 or 4 that I did not fully understand tho I had them right.

By: Mike Laws

Mike Laws — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 11:13:00 +0000

22 down – my fault. I meant to change the original “every now and then” (indicating C-N-Y) to “oddly”, but put “extremely” by mistake.

Sorry, Samuel, and frustrated solvers.

By: HolyGhost

HolyGhost — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 10:20:51 +0000

I don’t have the puzzle to hand, but the clue to 22d was something very close to “Monster is extremely canny, retreating completely”. (The last two words could have been swapped, and “retreating” could have been “withdrawing”, for example.)

By: kenmac

kenmac — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 09:57:14 +0000

Hi HolyGhost, I left my ~~heart~~ crossword in ~~San Francisco~~ Cap Salou, so could you remind me of the clue to 22d)?

By: IanN14

IanN14 — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 07:55:54 +0000

Thanks HolyGhost,
I thought this was great (loved “retard”), but, like you, I was confused by 22d.
Has anyone got an explanation for it, or are we to assume it was a mistake?