Comments on: Inquisitor 1126: Area Code by Ikela http://www.fifteensquared.net/2010/05/27/inquisitor-1126-area-code-by-ikela/ Never knowingly undersolved. Sat, 18 May 2013 09:16:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: HolyGhost http://www.fifteensquared.net/2010/05/27/inquisitor-1126-area-code-by-ikela/#comment-110042 HolyGhost Thu, 27 May 2010 21:23:46 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=17600#comment-110042 Like RayF, AXMINSTER and ‘carpets’(?) came first, but ILFRACOMBE scotched that one. Had three of the four thematics and was working on the keyword when TAVISTOCK hit me – and it all became very simple (but only after having gone back to the near complete puzzle over a period of a day or so).

Quite a challenge, and different from those of late. (Didn’t like “really” for “certainly” at 7d that much; but OO for “goalless draw” at 2d produced an appreciative groan – last time out it was clued as “spectacles”.)

]]> By: RayFolwell http://www.fifteensquared.net/2010/05/27/inquisitor-1126-area-code-by-ikela/#comment-110009 RayFolwell Thu, 27 May 2010 17:19:10 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=17600#comment-110009 The first thematic we got was AXMINSTER, so we spend some time thinking that the theme might be ‘carpets’.

]]> By: Quixote http://www.fifteensquared.net/2010/05/27/inquisitor-1126-area-code-by-ikela/#comment-109914 Quixote Thu, 27 May 2010 06:32:04 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=17600#comment-109914 Many years ago I produced a Playfair puzzle for Crossword with BUCKFASTLEIGH as the code word and four six-letter Devon places encoded. Much earlier than that, I discovered, Ximenes had used the same code word in a competition puzzle. As a Devon lad, I was very pleased to see this old idea recycled with a new twist.

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