Comments on: Independent 7302/Phi

By: nmsindy

nmsindy — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 12:35:04 +0000

I found this much harder than Phi usually is, with the double answers in SW and NE corners particularly difficult but very satisfying when solved – I too had tum and turn doubts once or twice so I’d say there’s nothing wrong with anyone’s eyesight – may have been the way it was printed on the day.

Challenging and enjoyable puzzle.

By: Colin Saunders

Colin Saunders — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 09:49:18 +0000

Far from being absurd, I thought 10A and 7/8D the best in the puzzle.

By: aferick

aferick — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 22:03:03 +0000

Don’t be ridiculous. 10ac and 7/8d are absurd

By: Ali

Ali — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 20:41:18 +0000

I found this the toughest puzzle of the week, eventually admitting defeat after an hour with around 6 unfinished. Did myself no favours thinking that 5a was SQUASH! Nice puzzle though.

By: Matthew

Matthew — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 19:34:26 +0000

Seven clues involving unfinished/incomplete words? Always nice to be reminded that my week wasn't as productive as it should have been. (Thanks, John, for explaining "Chambers Station" for an American; one of these days I should just print out a Tube map and tack it to the wall.) NealH: Special-made musical saws are, indeed, kind of like $500 cigar-box guitars, but there is a difference: they're longer (more notes available to play) and thinner (much less tiring keeping the S-curve in the blade). I prefer toying around on the hardware-store model, teeth and all. Any music-making that carries with it the possibility of bloodletting is OK by me.

By: Derrick Knight

Derrick Knight — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 15:35:40 +0000

I specs lots of us had a visual problem with 22/23. Tum tee tum

By: NealH

NealH — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 12:15:13 +0000

Turn isn’t even in the clue. As John said, it’s tum (which is anagrammed in stern).

By: Peter

Peter — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 12:15:09 +0000

Pat – it’s TUM, not TURN. I misread it first time round too.

By: pat

pat — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 12:02:55 +0000

I’m not happy with the ski manoeuvre. TURN can’t be in both clue and answer like this – it goes against all crossword principles.

By: Kathryn's Dad

Kathryn's Dad — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 12:01:40 +0000

Yep, a tough puzzle which I had to give up on with about half a dozen left. Didn’t help myself with the skiing term by reading the clue as ‘turn’ and not ‘tum’. Trip to opticians coming soon.

Thanks for blogging, John.