Comments on: Independent 7226 by Mass (Sat 12 Dec 2009) http://www.fifteensquared.net/2009/12/17/independent-7226-by-mass-sat-12-dec-2009/ Never knowingly undersolved. Tue, 21 May 2013 15:53:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: petebiddlecombe http://www.fifteensquared.net/2009/12/17/independent-7226-by-mass-sat-12-dec-2009/#comment-98543 petebiddlecombe Fri, 18 Dec 2009 16:35:46 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=13356#comment-98543 Not sure when Ninas were invented – I think they existed for quite a while before getting any name. The Times 75th anniversary book has a nice story about a retiring maths teacher whose colleagues wrote to the xwd ed, and a Times puzzle containing his name and other stuff specially for the occasion – in 1965!

I too must have looked for wordplay where there wasn’t any, but for me that’s legitimate deception as long as the clue is clear when understood.

]]> By: Duggie http://www.fifteensquared.net/2009/12/17/independent-7226-by-mass-sat-12-dec-2009/#comment-98541 Duggie Fri, 18 Dec 2009 16:24:12 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=13356#comment-98541 Agree with nmsindy, though with one minor quibble: I went looking for wordplay in some of the double defs. Couldn’t finish top right and thought HOUSE (4d) must refer to Hugh Laurie’s dark genius, but couldn’t see how.

]]> By: nmsindy http://www.fifteensquared.net/2009/12/17/independent-7226-by-mass-sat-12-dec-2009/#comment-98511 nmsindy Fri, 18 Dec 2009 10:30:48 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=13356#comment-98511 This was one of the best puzzles of the year for me. Long before Ninas were invented, Mass had puzzles like this in the Indy from time to time where every clue related to one area of activity, such as medicine here. Mass is, for me, one of the greatest masters of the different meanings in the English language.
NE corner was the trickiest. Yes, those Mass puzzles were usually hard, like this one, but I did not mind that at all.

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