Comments on: Independent 7383 by Virgilius

By: Allan_C

Allan_C — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 07:38:34 +0000

Enjoyable but not quite a 20a for me, mainly because all I could think of for 15d was ‘stop’ (as in organ) although it didn’t quite fit the wordplay. So then I was trying to find _i_n_p for a children’s game or something. Oh well, you can’t win ‘em all.

By: flashling

flashling — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 21:15:38 +0000

Re 4ac there’s a place in Kent called Headcorn, although the Celtic connection wouldn’t obviously work. Did slow me down in the crossword as the train was going there…

By: Mick H

Mick H — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 19:00:33 +0000

A fantastically inventive puzzle. My favourite of the acrosses was Cornwall. Also love the +lit clue for EGO.

By: Wil Ransome

Wil Ransome — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 18:10:53 +0000

Hi, nms. My reading of NON-ELECTION was simply that if someone stands for election and fails then it’s (in a sense) a non-election.

By: Gaufrid

Gaufrid — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 17:31:54 +0000

Hi JP
In 2dn, ‘in’ is simply a link word, a device regularly used in puzzles. The clue needs to be read as BED I’M [can be seen] in BEDIM.

By: flashling

flashling — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 17:27:23 +0000

A ring of conspiritors pursue a goal, struggled most with the short clues today. Guessed epacts but it’s not a word in my regular vocabulary.

By: JP

JP — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 17:08:31 +0000

Some very clever stuff but in 2 down doesn’t the wording produce ‘bimed’? ‘I am’ in ‘bed’? Or is there a crossword meaning of ‘in’ that is after, behind or under?

By: NealH

NealH — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 16:47:22 +0000

I found this somewhat hard going and struggled to get into the across clues. I found things like 28 and 19 a bit strange. I’m still not quite sure why a ring would be pursuing a goal, although I can see that a side would be if it meant a football side. I probably over-complicated some of the clues – for example, I was convinced that 9 must be something to do with army ants. I hadn’t heard of an epact and don’t know much about the bible, so 16 was a bit of a struggle.

By: Kathryn's Dad

Kathryn's Dad — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 11:32:40 +0000

Thanks, nms – most enjoyable and entertaining crossword from Virgilius today, with a neat theme and some very clever clueing.

By: Derrick Knight

Derrick Knight — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 10:45:54 +0000

Agree, nmsindy. And you are right about Harrison Ford.