Comments on: Inquisitor 1118 – Mine by Charybdis

By: Chris Poole (charybdis)

Chris Poole (charybdis) — Sat, 03 Apr 2010 16:14:21 +0000

That’s right, Mike.

Re: “I suspect the puzzle title of MINE refers to the City of London being a gold mine for many financial traders, at least when the markets are stable or rising.”

That’s right, too, though I was also intending a brief synonym for ‘Bags I!’

By: Mike Laws

Mike Laws — Fri, 02 Apr 2010 00:46:26 +0000

I was impressed by the splendid appositeness of the anagram, given the current financial climate.

HolyGhost’s reading of the clue to BETH was the setter’s intention, and my reading of it when I solved it.

I don’t think ‘second’ = B is acceptable – ‘second-class’ maybe, but not just ‘second’.

By: HolyGhost

HolyGhost — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 19:24:50 +0000

Not so difficult. As with Duncan, PAGANINI and SAUTEED gave me the silver and gold removals; then, having solved 1d, 2d, 4d and 5d, I was led to "Domine d…i…" and 26a almost before I'd really started. Regarding 18a, Duncan's parsing seems reasonable enough, though I had it as a DD, BETH being the second letter of the Hebrew alphabet.