Comments on: Independent 7250 by Eimi

By: nmsindy

nmsindy — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 13:39:00 +0000

You may be thinking of Hamilton Academical (The Accies) re the nickname. Partick Thistle’s is “The Jags”

By: pennes

pennes — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 11:36:56 +0000

I found this crossword complete at bottom of pile of papers. 12ac is Partick Thistle, a side near Glasgow and the por relation of the big two. I thick they are nicknamed “ackies” but might be mistaken

By: Paul B

Paul B — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 20:31:41 +0000

Goal scored, I reckon.

By: nmsindy

nmsindy — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 13:38:27 +0000

I thought this was very good too, once I got DONS, VILLA, and FOREST, I saw what was going on.

By: walruss

walruss — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 13:19:36 +0000

I prefer cricket! This was a very good puzzle even so, and I’m glad I tried it.

By: Kathryn's Dad

Kathryn's Dad — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 22:20:11 +0000

Eimi, I preferred the original version, where you obviously forgot to double the ‘t’ at the end of ‘but’.

Butt thanks again for a very enjoyable crossword – got my brain engaged on a cold winter’s morning.

After his excellent debut, hope you’ll sanction a second contribution from Raich soon. I have the impression that he’ll set the record straight about North-East rivalries …

By: eimi

eimi — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 20:00:51 +0000

That should read ‘I’d buy Newcastle United’ of course

By: eimi

eimi — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 19:53:00 +0000

I’ve been playing about with the idea for a year or so, but had trouble filling the Acrosses, as there are surprisingly few options considering the number of teams. I came back to it recently and managed to make the jigsaw work.

Thanks to all for the comments.

For our regular commenters of the Mackem persuasion:

I always said that if I won the lottery I’d but Newcastle United. It’s just getting those three numbers to come up!

Off to the box to watch 18 v 13 now. Come on Robbo! Do it for Sunderland’s feeder club!

By: Quixote

Quixote — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 19:43:33 +0000

Enjoyable and not too taxing — but a chance missed to include Quixote of course!

By: Ali

Ali — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 17:43:12 +0000

I suspected a footie theme after solving only 2 clues (DONS and FOREST), but I still took quite a while to polish them off. ALEXANDRA stumped me for ages! Cracking puzzle though, very enjoyable.