Comments on: Independent 7364 by Eimi

By: Scarpia

Scarpia — Mon, 24 May 2010 22:53:07 +0000

I thought this was o.k.,my enthusiasm being somewhat tempered by the theme.As a Channel Islander,and therefore not having a vote, I do not have a great deal of interest in U.K. politics.Saying which,I do read a couple of U.K. papers each day,so I am not completely ignorant of what goes on over there.
I managed to complete even if I wasn’t sure of some of the politicians involved (thanks NealH for explanations).
I’d heard ‘syrup’ for wig,but didn’t know ‘golden syrup’,so I’ve learnt something today!

Not sure if I really like themed puzzles.If the theme is a subject that features something you have knowledge of it can make the puzzle seem very easy e.g. Phi’s recent Dickens themed puzzle for me.
Conversely today’s.

By: BertandJoyce

BertandJoyce — Mon, 24 May 2010 21:44:20 +0000

Excellent puzzle to start the week.

25 across was particularly well clued.

By: jp

jp — Mon, 24 May 2010 19:13:02 +0000

For some reason, I thought 10 across would start with “John” which tied in with my idea that 7 down would be Major. That all foundered when I finally remembered that his ‘unlikely partner’s’ name was Currie and so didn’t fit! A very enjoyable puzzle. I also went up a blind alley with 14 across as the only Miss Lucas I could think of was Charlotte from Pride and Prejudice.

By: Paul B

Paul B — Mon, 24 May 2010 18:01:33 +0000

Great puzzle, which due to circumstances I had to solve on a spare bit of graph paper. Still, it was fun recreating the right grid, especially considering the number of related elements it manages to contain. Splendid grid-fill very well clued, methinks.

By: nmsindy

nmsindy — Mon, 24 May 2010 16:37:25 +0000

They printed the grid for the concise puzzle twice, but it was not a big problem (for those with the Internet at any rate) as the correct grid was on the Indy website so I just took the info from that.

By: sidey

sidey — Mon, 24 May 2010 16:26:51 +0000

eimi, you could have themed the puzzle on all the incongruous ****s on that boat

Oh, and a pdf every day would be nice, I’d quite possibly pay for it.

By: flashling

flashling — Mon, 24 May 2010 16:05:09 +0000

Got stung as well, perhaps I shouldn’t have chosen to have the paper delivered, about 5 am it arrives that’s one keen paper boy.

By: eimi

eimi — Mon, 24 May 2010 15:37:32 +0000

Thanks for the kind comments. I was trying to have a bit of fun with the political shenanigans of the past week or so, and to pay tribute to my new MP at the heart of the puzzle. I’m glad that even the seemingly incongruous appearance of Brucie was contextualised by at least one of our solvers.

I wasn’t aware of the grid problems until I saw wideernie’s comment, as my copy was fine. I’ve since contacted the paper and apparently a sub put the wrong grid in the first print runs, affecting perhaps 30,000 copies. They will be running an apology tomorrow, but that’s not much help to those trying to solve on hard copy today.

If wideernie or anyone else would like a PDF of the correct grid, you can email me at eimi.indy@gmail.com.

By: Richard Palmer

Richard Palmer — Mon, 24 May 2010 15:14:55 +0000

Very enjoyable but I don’t know what our American solvers will make of it (I believe we have some).

The carte blanche added to the fun with the print version but I hope it’s not going to be a regular feature.

By: Wideernie

Wideernie — Mon, 24 May 2010 14:54:56 +0000

Hi,

First post and it’s a moan. I hiked 18 miles today (training for the Pennine Way not to the papershop) and bought the paper, got home, changed and relaxed ready to do battle and find out they have the wrong grid (or the wrong clues!)in my print edition. Unhappy!