Comments on: Independent 7,368/Phi

By: nmsindy

nmsindy — Mon, 31 May 2010 19:57:57 +0000

A pangram in a crossword is when each of the 26 letters of the alphabet appears in the completed grid.

By: Merlyn

Merlyn — Mon, 31 May 2010 19:27:33 +0000

I’m rather chuffed that this is is first Indie crossword I have completed without reference works! (even though I did not understand all of the clues).

Re: Pangrams – do they have to only use each letter of the alphabet in the initial letters? I only ask because the whole grid does have all 26.

By: flashling

flashling — Sat, 29 May 2010 15:02:07 +0000

Found this strangely easy (despite the latin phrase) and breezed through Saturday’s as well. Iota was a twist on the well known clue for atom.

By: Scarpia

Scarpia — Fri, 28 May 2010 18:34:24 +0000

Thanks Ali.
As usual,an excellent puzzle from Phi.Some nice anagrams,particularly 5 down and the very 60′s 11 down.
Also featured Hilaire,the most famous member of the Bellocs an often mispronounced family!

By: Kathryn's Dad

Kathryn's Dad — Fri, 28 May 2010 16:44:58 +0000

Thanks Ali, and to Ian for explaining IOTA, which I stuck in without understanding it. Wasn’t keen on Phi’s Dickens-themed puzzle last Friday, but this one entertained me well.

Slight smirk at the clue for LOVE NEST and liked EXAM for its clever surface – I suppose that short words are sometimes harder to clue cleverly than long ones because there’s less to work with, but listen, what do I know about setting clues? I just enjoy tackling them, and I enjoyed these today.

Ali, I think you’ve put two 16 acrosses which has jumbled up the clue numbers for the remainder.

By: NealH

NealH — Fri, 28 May 2010 16:24:03 +0000

Like most of the puzzles this week I struggled to get the last few, but it was quite satisfying when I did eventually get them. I thought noggin was very good.

By: IanN14

IanN14 — Fri, 28 May 2010 13:12:37 +0000

Ali,
22d. “a” to “i” (9 letters) reversed.
After doing most of the top half, I thought this was going to be a pangram where each letter was an initial, especially as there were 26 clues, and a grid where no letter had to be used twice…

But no.