Comments on: Independent 7259 by Nestor

By: Nestor

Nestor — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 08:27:07 +0000

I thought I explained: she’s the person who made the winning bid in an auction for charity, in which I offered the prize of having one’s name hidden in the Independent crossword. (Well, actually, she’s the mother of the winner, but you don’t know who he is, either.)

By: uncle yap

uncle yap — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 05:12:31 +0000

As usual, I did the Indy days after (if only they have a printable version) and thoroughly enjoyed this puzzle. Like many others, I was fooled by yo-yo (bravo, Nestor).

However, this joyous feeling has been somewhat spoiled by “Who shot JR Ewing?” aka “Who is mary giles robertson?”

Can someone put me out of my misery?

By: nmsindy

nmsindy — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 15:07:49 +0000

I assumed it meant she would see her name in the paper as a prize.

By: davey b

davey b — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 14:37:36 +0000

I must be thick. What does “a(non-famous)name embedded as a prize in a charity auction” mean?

By: nmsindy

nmsindy — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 13:33:15 +0000

Very well hidden, that – well, I couldn’t find it anyway until given the v precise guidance.

By: eimi

eimi — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 13:28:55 +0000

See comment 9 from the horse’s mouth

By: davey b

davey b — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 12:12:55 +0000

Thanks for all your help. But, who is Mary Giles Robertson?

By: IanN14

IanN14 — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 10:37:07 +0000

…and I had to do that by recreating the grid from the answers above, because I did it online last Thursday, and, unlike the Guardian, when it’s gone, it’s gone.
Now, back to work…

By: IanN14

IanN14 — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 10:34:25 +0000

I know this is way too late, and I’d got it before eimi’s last message, but it’s Mary Giles Robertson, isn’t it?

By: eimi

eimi — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 10:29:43 +0000

Start at the M in come true and go east, then south from the G in Hungary, west from the second R in demurred and north from the R in Georgia