Comments on: Genius 78: Brummie — contrariwise

By: Mr Beaver

Mr Beaver — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 13:58:26 +0000

(Belatedly) Personally, I don’t see the objection to misleading capitalisations (Tom, Bill, Penny) – I’d see it as included in the rule that punctuation is to be ignored in a clue, in other words it’s fair game for the setter to change caps to make the surface make sense and throw the solver off the scent. We only complain when it works too well!

By: sidey

sidey — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 11:12:32 +0000

I got all the answers to be entered correct but three of the unentered ones wrong, oh well.

By: Jerb

Jerb — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 19:20:34 +0000

FAST/SLOW also bamboozled me, to the point of failure. I’d thought “diet” might be some old Scots version of “died”, i.e. LATE, which is also “not the right time”. So I entered SOON…

It’s obvious now, looking at it.

By: jetdoc

jetdoc — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 11:42:49 +0000

Thanks, Max.

By: Max

Max — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 11:20:21 +0000

Re 21 ac: an ACT is what a BILL becomes ‘on going through’ (i.e. being passed).

By: jetdoc

jetdoc — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 08:43:54 +0000

Actually, Liz, FAST/SLOW was the last one I got, by quite some time — as I said, I don’t think the (presumed) double definition quite works.

By: Chunter

Chunter — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 07:31:22 +0000

It was just as well that I didn’t make a serious attempt to solve this one, as the preamble was missing when I printed a copy. (it has since been added.)

By: liz

liz — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 00:25:43 +0000

Thanks, jetdoc. This has been so long ago now that I’ve forgotten it. But I see from my print out that I failed to get SLOW, why I don’t know, because the clue seems straightforward. Otherwise, as you say, pretty easy for a Genius, but enjoyable all the same.