Comments on: Inquisitor 154 – X by Phi

By: Simon Harris

Simon Harris — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 03:36:10 +0000

Enjoyable puzzle, incredibly well blogged. Thanks Duncan.

By: duncanshiell

duncanshiell — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 22:07:03 +0000

I am happy to go along with the interpretation of 11a by Ray and HolyGhost.

By: HolyGhost

HolyGhost — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 22:01:41 +0000

As Duncan intimates, this was more of a diversion than a puzzle. I really only needed to look up CAPUL (at 33a).

W.r.t. 11a, I noted the possible ambiguity in the wordplay, and, if pushed, would have blogged it as RayF… suggests.

By: RayFolwell

RayFolwell — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 19:45:30 +0000

I read 11a as RE (about) + LEASE (extra life, which Chambers has as a definition)

By: duncanshiell

duncanshiell — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 12:28:52 +0000

Michael

Thanks for spotting the ‘deliberate’ mistake.

It is of course in 15a where I had shown PER rather than the b>PPE that it should have been. The entry is therefore CLIR which I did manage to submit correctly. I’m afraid I didn’t read my notes properly when I came to write the blog.

I have corrected the blog.

By: Michael Harold

Michael Harold — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 11:59:23 +0000

Whatever happened to PPE? I spent hours trying to fit it in to 21d.