Comments on: Independent 7,289/Morph http://www.fifteensquared.net/2010/02/25/independent-7289morph/ Never knowingly undersolved. Tue, 21 May 2013 09:21:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Allan_C http://www.fifteensquared.net/2010/02/25/independent-7289morph/#comment-103185 Allan_C Fri, 26 Feb 2010 10:16:09 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=15349#comment-103185 10 & 17a take us back to the Indy’s polite drawing room again!
‘Key’ for ‘Alt’ has cropped up more than once. Must remember in future that ‘key’ might indicate not only ‘alt’ but ‘esc’, ‘del’, ‘end’, ‘home’ ‘ctrl’ and the like. Better stop there before I give our setters too many ideas.

]]> By: Uncle Yap http://www.fifteensquared.net/2010/02/25/independent-7289morph/#comment-103170 Uncle Yap Fri, 26 Feb 2010 04:40:56 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=15349#comment-103170 A most delightful and entertaining puzzle and a most informative blog.

The definition in 17A “without nuts” made that clue my favourite and 2Down was such a howler:-)

Eimi, this is what I meant by injecting humour in a puzzle (which Nimrod sometimes forgets to)

]]> By: envirochris http://www.fifteensquared.net/2010/02/25/independent-7289morph/#comment-103140 envirochris Thu, 25 Feb 2010 18:11:59 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=15349#comment-103140 Thank you Ali. I wouldn’t have made much of a mark on this puzzle without your help.

]]> By: Gaufrid http://www.fifteensquared.net/2010/02/25/independent-7289morph/#comment-103135 Gaufrid Thu, 25 Feb 2010 16:44:06 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=15349#comment-103135 NealH
As nms indicated in comment #2, ‘vocally upset’ indicates the reversal of the vowels in ‘daily’ (vocal = of or relating to a vowel).

]]> By: NealH http://www.fifteensquared.net/2010/02/25/independent-7289morph/#comment-103133 NealH Thu, 25 Feb 2010 16:10:24 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=15349#comment-103133 With Alt and Esc appearing, I wondered if there was going to be some sort of keyboard theme, but I can’t see any other keys mentioned. I had most trouble with 19 across – my usual mistake of over-complicating the clue, thinking stood around must mean a word for stood running backwards and that seeking was just a synonym for is, so the definition was a type of food. I think vocally upset in 16 down was a bit odd – verbally upset might have made more sense.

]]> By: IanN14 http://www.fifteensquared.net/2010/02/25/independent-7289morph/#comment-103114 IanN14 Thu, 25 Feb 2010 14:28:53 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=15349#comment-103114 I particularly liked NICKNAME.

]]> By: nmsindy http://www.fifteensquared.net/2010/02/25/independent-7289morph/#comment-103113 nmsindy Thu, 25 Feb 2010 14:22:17 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=15349#comment-103113 Very inventive puzzle, and very hard, as Thursdays can be in the Indy. Esp liked POLITICAL ASYLUM, FUNCTION, TWILIGHT, DRAMA QUEEN, DIALYSIS, GLIB. In DIALYSIS I think the ‘vocally upset’ may mean you reverse the vowels in Daily = cleaner.

]]> By: Kamintone http://www.fifteensquared.net/2010/02/25/independent-7289morph/#comment-103109 Kamintone Thu, 25 Feb 2010 14:07:31 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=15349#comment-103109 Yes, quite satisfying. I must admit I guessed 15 across without completely getting the wordplay (earth’s crust goes), and I didn’t understand MALT at all, being fixated on musical keys!

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