Comments on: Inquisitor 145 – IN MEMORIAM-II by Phi

By: Richard Heald

Richard Heald — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 12:59:53 +0000

As well as ‘bible’, ‘omasum’ and ‘psalterium’, the third stomach of a ruminant is also known as the ‘fardel’ and the ‘manyplies’ (with various alternative spellings). How come the other stomachs don’t have so many names?

By: Mike Laws

Mike Laws — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 03:38:05 +0000

An apology for grid errors will appear below the solution notes. Users of Crossword Compiler will know that the mini-chaos was the result of one wrong click.

I first came across bible as one of the four stomachs in an early Azed “Theme and Variations” puzzle.

From today, Inquisitor solvers are invited, underneath the entry instructions, to e-mail me with comments and queries.

By: HolyGhost

HolyGhost — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 14:43:33 +0000

I can’t say that I found this puzzle hugely enjoyable – difficult, yes, but not commensurately rewarding.

I agree with Hihoba about REPAND (although REDD has been clued in a similar way before), and with Kenmac about BIBLE – the closest I got to rationalising this was from “psalterium” via “psaltery” to “Psalter” … but then the Book of Psalms is only part of the Bible.

By: kenmac

kenmac — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 08:54:37 +0000

Thanks Hihoba,

I guessed SOOTY fairly early on, which really helped when I finally forced myself to attempt the middle 5 rows – EBONY was the one that got me started.

Thanks for the explanation of 4d) I knew I must have it right but BIBLE for a cow’s third stomach; wow, I never knew that!

By: Duncan Shiell

Duncan Shiell — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 07:57:52 +0000

Another enjoyable puzzle from Phi with a challenging twist involving the middle 5 rows where we didn’t know the order of the rows or know which of normal clue and wordplay came first in any of these 5 double clues. It was CARBON BLACK that helped me get SOOTY and then the whole thing fell into place.

Like you I struggled with the mismatch between clues and grid for a little while. I think the numbering of the clues and the indicated answer length were correct in relation to what the grid should have been. As you say there were two extra horizontal bars in the grid and the numbering in the grid around 22,23 and 24 was wrong.