Comments on: Independent 7,182 by Nimrod

By: eimi

eimi — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 23:33:41 +0000

Well done, pennes – certainly not the easiest Indy setter. In 16 Down, heading north gives the reversal indicator (in a Down clue) for I lop, which is contained within over = across, but floorless (lacking the last part – hmm, but this is Nimrod), with citadel as the definition. I don’t wish to homogenise the Indy setters and certainly some setters are more libertarian than others.

By: pennes

pennes — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 22:28:35 +0000

never thought i’d see the day when i finished a nimrod (and i really enjoyed the clues) . i mention 5 dn as 3 letter clues don’t usually manage such neatness.
rer 16 ac still can’t see where acros(s) comes from

By: mhl

mhl — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 13:08:30 +0000

Thanks for the post on this. I was delighted to finish this completely under strict conditions, and for once could work out my time from the passage of the train (50 minutes). Great stuff from Nimrod, lots of really nice clues :)

By: jetdoc

jetdoc — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 11:08:55 +0000

Re 15a: there’s also N for ‘N’ (north), as Glos is a western county of England, not a north-western one.

By: nmsindy

nmsindy — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 10:57:25 +0000

I agree with Rishi’s explanation of D ON A TOR. Liked ADAPTIONS, where AS in the blog looks like a typo, and EGOISTS, also liked the construction of MORAL PHILOSOPHY.

By: RayFolwell

RayFolwell — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 10:35:08 +0000

10a – the chemical formula for common salt is NaCl which is hidden in binNACLes

By: Rishi

Rishi — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 10:21:32 +0000

Re: 12ac
One giving – def
daughter – D
up – ON
in Devon or Cornwall? – A TOR (Tor, I know from crosswords, is a rocky hill; perhaps, Devon or Cornwall abounds in tors. In India, Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh have areas where rocky hills are common.