Comments on: Independent 7,242 by Phi http://www.fifteensquared.net/2010/01/01/independent-7242-by-phi/ Never knowingly undersolved. Sun, 19 May 2013 09:40:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Kathryn's Dad http://www.fifteensquared.net/2010/01/01/independent-7242-by-phi/#comment-99550 Kathryn's Dad Fri, 01 Jan 2010 22:11:29 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=13784#comment-99550 Thank you, nms, that makes a bit more sense now.

]]> By: nmsindy http://www.fifteensquared.net/2010/01/01/independent-7242-by-phi/#comment-99541 nmsindy Fri, 01 Jan 2010 17:49:55 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=13784#comment-99541 I think it means usually the anagram is in the clue – here it’s reversed as the answer itself suggests it.

]]> By: Kathryn's Dad http://www.fifteensquared.net/2010/01/01/independent-7242-by-phi/#comment-99534 Kathryn's Dad Fri, 01 Jan 2010 16:39:27 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=13784#comment-99534 Thanks, Simon. Yes, a bit tougher than usual, but hey ho, it’s a holiday. A puzzle of two halves, the bottom coming fairly quickly but the top half proving problematical. Generally very well clued. I failed on a number of answers, including BOTTEGA, which isn’t in my Collins (yes, I know I should buy a Chambers) – BODEGA is what I knew. And I-AND-I is a completely new one to me, as was LUCUBRATE, which I had to do a word check for.

To ask my first stupid question of the decade, could someone explain what a reverse cryptic is and how it works in 17ac, please?

]]> By: nmsindy http://www.fifteensquared.net/2010/01/01/independent-7242-by-phi/#comment-99523 nmsindy Fri, 01 Jan 2010 15:01:32 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=13784#comment-99523 Very enjoyable, which I found quite a bit harder than Phi usually is, perhaps chosen as such for the holiday. Favourite clue SHOP, I agree with you about HOLDING tho it took me a while to see it. LUCUBRATE was my last answer and is a new word to me tho I got it eventually from the wordplay once I’d all the crossing letters.

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