Comments on: Inquisitor 1131 – Number by Loda

By: Scarpia

Scarpia — Mon, 05 Jul 2010 17:52:18 +0000

Thanks kenmac.
I was pleased to find this weeks puzzle a bit easier than some of the recent Inquisitors.Took me a bit longer than an hour though!
Filled the grid in about an hour and a half and then took another half hour to spot “the magnificent”.
Nicely constructed puzzle.

By: kenmac

kenmac — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 07:23:32 +0000

I didn’t really think that Mike would have made a glaring mistake, hence the humorous reference.

Personally speaking, I never saw the cricket connection having not finished IQ1130 and having little (or no) cricket knowledge.

By: Mike Laws

Mike Laws — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 03:16:44 +0000

Correct, HolyGhost. I couldn’t resist the temptation Loda’s puzzle was already in stock when Raich’s arrived.

It’s also been the subject of some extremely approving comments.

By: HolyGhost

HolyGhost — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 21:05:09 +0000

(Couldn't add this as a comment to last week's puzzle because of timing.) Got DEXTER & VAUGHN very quickly, and thought: "English batsmen" – just as in the clue for 7d in #1130. Only then did I realise that that was a reference (including COBURN) to The Magnificent Seven, the title of that puzzle and the subject of this. (I can't believe that Mike Laws wasn't editorially aware of the association of these consecutive publications – maybe an attempt to be intentionally mischievous?)