Comments on: Inquisitor 1133 – Right(?) by Lato

By: Scarpia

Scarpia — Sun, 18 Jul 2010 15:12:25 +0000

Thamks Mike – I never read the entry details as I only tackle the puzzle for fun.

By: Mike Laws

Mike Laws — Sun, 18 Jul 2010 14:03:00 +0000

No problem, since

“Solvers may e-mail queries and comments to mike.laws42@btinternet.com at any time.”

appears at the end of the entry details under the grid every week in the magazine.

By: Scarpia

Scarpia — Sat, 17 Jul 2010 22:48:58 +0000

Thanks Duncan and Lato.
I enjoyed this immensely,as it was just about the right level of difficulty for me.It took me a bit longer than 2 hours but I did spend a fair bit of time looking for the quotation in various dictionaries(I’ll only use Google as a last resort).Could only shake my head in wonder when I found the quote, by the one time,most powerful man in the world!
Thanks as well Mike for clearing up the “nursemaid” issue – I remember a few weeks back an e mail address was published alongside the puzzle and you kindly said you would let us solvers know if there was a mistake in a puzzle.Like a fool I didn’t make a note of it.Any chance of posting it here?

By: Lato

Lato — Sat, 17 Jul 2010 13:36:39 +0000

Thanks for the blog and comments. Apologies for the missing reversal indicator.

Duncan’s right about the question mark in the title. It’s hard to think of a circumstance where you might feel the need to say this.

By: Hi of Hihoba

Hi of Hihoba — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 07:04:19 +0000

I thought this was a brilliant crossword! I didn’t get the theme until after solving virtually all the clues, and had a really good laugh at the end! I found it more difficult than Duncan, but very rewarding.
I found this quote among the Bushisms which might explain the title.
“I know what I believe. I will continue to articulate what I believe and what I believe — I believe what I believe is right.” –Rome, Italy, July 22, 2001

By: Mike Laws

Mike Laws — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 00:55:06 +0000

HolyGhost is right again.

The clue was intended to read “… after work’s over” (apologies for omission), and CHI was indeed the Romany female person.

What does the quote mean? That Dubya wrote bits of his speeches, I suppose.

By: HolyGhost

HolyGhost — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 10:06:09 +0000

I too have a problem with NURSEMAID. All I could think of was that RUN = "work" with a missing indication of 'up' or 'rev.' And I think that the Human Being in T'AI CHI isn't chi^2 but chi^3 = "same as chai^1" = "fem. of chal" = "a person [Romany]".

By: nmsindy

nmsindy — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 23:18:59 +0000

Yes, this was an excellent puzzle, thanks for the blog, Duncan, it took me a good bit longer to solve than you took. All v good fun. I’d not heard the quote, but it was easy to find on the Internet. Must have been quite difficult to find 10 words to go with the theme.