Comments on: Inquisitor 156 – Team by Loda

By: Peter Mabey

Peter Mabey — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 20:13:58 +0000

I’m surprised 6d proved so difficult: as the pope & priests are supposed to be celibate I was aware that their children were described as nieces (or nephews) for the sake of propriety.

By: Hihoba

Hihoba — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 10:30:36 +0000

CLAUS was immediately under SANTA!

By: Peter Biddlecombe

Peter Biddlecombe — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 09:16:38 +0000

Thanks Hihoba – where was CLAUS in the grid (copy not to hand) – I looked briefly for it but didn’t find it.

By: HolyGhost

HolyGhost — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 23:37:30 +0000

Hihoba is pretty much spot on with his comments, as ever.

I thought “Should I take this on holiday with no dictionary, or should I try and polish it off before leaving?” Made the wrong choice – I should have taken it. Like PeterB, I guessed the theme from the title and had little need of Chanbers. C’est la vie.

By: Hihoba

Hihoba — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 10:21:00 +0000

Thanks for the New Year wishes – which we reciprocate!
Nice, if easy seasonal puzzle.
To clarify 9D, if you look in Chambers under niece, it gives “a pope’s or priest’s daughter”. I struggled with this too!
The rubric mentioned a jumble of 12 letters, whereas the clues actually contained a jumble of all 13 letters, including those which were not part of reindeer names.
Rudolph and the other eight are actually part of two entirely separate poems/lyrics, so no surprise that they don’t appear in the same “team”.
And finally I think you have to highlight SANTA CLAUS, not just Santa.