Comments on: Independent 7,363 by Scorpion (Saturday Prize Puzzle, 22/05/10)

By: Allan_C

Allan_C — Fri, 28 May 2010 07:48:24 +0000

What an absolutely brilliant puzzle! I spotted the nina as soon as I’d got the first four down clues, though I wasn’t sure at first – there aren’t too many words that end with a J (see 25 dn). And a pangram too for good measure. Great stuff.
And being Saturday the dead tree version folded nicely – not like the rest of the week! Has anyone else complained?

By: Scarpia

Scarpia — Thu, 27 May 2010 23:10:01 +0000

Thanks Simon,especially for explaining ‘amaze’.
Spotted the pangram but didn’t spot the nina(thank you Pandean),even though I spent a few minutes looking for one!
Discounted top and bottom rows as having too many ‘j’s.
Excellent job from Scorpion.

By: Simon Harris

Simon Harris — Thu, 27 May 2010 20:04:12 +0000

The former is how I read it, at least Reassuring to know that we struggled on the same two, either way.

By: Kathryn's Dad

Kathryn's Dad — Thu, 27 May 2010 17:50:12 +0000

Just to remove any possible misunderstanding, when I said ‘how clever was that?’ above, I meant how clever the puzzle was, not how clever I was to get within two answers of solving it.

By: Kathryn's Dad

Kathryn's Dad — Thu, 27 May 2010 15:57:46 +0000

Thanks Simon. I failed on JOEL and AMAZE but was pleased to nearly finish a Saturday offering. How clever was that? And no, I didn’t spot it – but then again I haven’t heard many BBC newsreaders attempting to pronounce it either.

By: jmac

jmac — Thu, 27 May 2010 12:55:48 +0000

How uterly brilliant. Bit distressed though that I shall now have to start reading the front page …

By: Pandean

Pandean — Thu, 27 May 2010 12:14:03 +0000

If I remember correctly, I had FLASHBOARD for 5dn.

By: Simon Harris

Simon Harris — Thu, 27 May 2010 12:09:26 +0000

So it does, or at least it would do if I had checked 5dn before writing it in…

By: Pandean

Pandean — Thu, 27 May 2010 12:00:57 +0000

Whoops. Source of ash, I meant.

By: Pandean

Pandean — Thu, 27 May 2010 11:59:34 +0000

Cause of ash appears along top and bottom rows.