Comments on: Independent 7413/Tees http://www.fifteensquared.net/2010/07/20/independent-7413tees/ Never knowingly undersolved. Sun, 26 May 2013 05:54:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Merlyn http://www.fifteensquared.net/2010/07/20/independent-7413tees/#comment-114842 Merlyn Thu, 22 Jul 2010 09:01:30 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=19317#comment-114842 K’sD] Ta

]]> By: anax http://www.fifteensquared.net/2010/07/20/independent-7413tees/#comment-114775 anax Wed, 21 Jul 2010 15:51:43 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=19317#comment-114775 Sorry I’m a bit late – managed to solve this late last night then got caught up in other crossword stuff today.

Any road up, smashing work Tees. The quotes device is as special as special gets and I’m guessing the drugs you’re taking are even better than mine. Can I have some?

]]> By: nmsindy http://www.fifteensquared.net/2010/07/20/independent-7413tees/#comment-114754 nmsindy Wed, 21 Jul 2010 10:26:41 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=19317#comment-114754 Excellent puzzle from Tees, quite hard, my favourite clue was CHATTERBOX. Football knowledge proved useful as that’s how I’d heard of SLIEMA (a team from which plays in Euro comps)

]]> By: walruss http://www.fifteensquared.net/2010/07/20/independent-7413tees/#comment-114753 walruss Wed, 21 Jul 2010 10:23:19 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=19317#comment-114753 SVDH sorry! I wasn’t trying to be horrible, and I too think you have a good way around that phrase.

]]> By: Kathryn's Dad http://www.fifteensquared.net/2010/07/20/independent-7413tees/#comment-114751 Kathryn's Dad Wed, 21 Jul 2010 10:12:16 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=19317#comment-114751 Merlyn, it’s short for sex appeal – often also clued as ‘it’ – she’s got it = she’s got sex appeal. I did this puzzle online so I can’t remember the exact clue. As John said, it’s pretty dated.

]]> By: Merlyn http://www.fifteensquared.net/2010/07/20/independent-7413tees/#comment-114747 Merlyn Wed, 21 Jul 2010 09:40:16 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=19317#comment-114747 I did rather well on this, but missed the obscure answers [xyster, sliema] and got 7, 9, 10 A without reference to ” “. Would someone explain SA in 19D please?

I liked 13D, but hadn’t got the answer!

]]> By: flashling http://www.fifteensquared.net/2010/07/20/independent-7413tees/#comment-114706 flashling Tue, 20 Jul 2010 20:36:59 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=19317#comment-114706 Even with the dead tree version didn’t spot the quote marks bit and to be honest I can’t recall hearing them called that, very clever though. Spent far too long wondering what ossort meant for 25A. D’oh.
Was expecting a usual themed Tuesday and the grid screamed nina. After the Eimi on Saturday perhaps Mike’s changing things around.

]]> By: Sil van den Hoek http://www.fifteensquared.net/2010/07/20/independent-7413tees/#comment-114693 Sil van den Hoek Tue, 20 Jul 2010 16:59:06 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=19317#comment-114693 .. yeah, Tees, and those linked clues, that was rather clever!
In the end, My (and probably everyone’s) Clues of the Day.
[sometimes I am as changeable as the English weather :) ]

]]> By: Tees http://www.fifteensquared.net/2010/07/20/independent-7413tees/#comment-114690 Tees Tue, 20 Jul 2010 16:45:56 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=19317#comment-114690 You’re quite right there Sil – I could simply have had L (for large) plus CROWD*/ UP – with but few objectors to the indirect fodder! – so well spotted. But thanks too to Walruss for parsing the construction I had in mind. Thanks for the reminder about linked clues also, but as you now see the two had to be joined together in some way or other.

Many thanks John, and to all for astute comments.

]]> By: Sil van den Hoek http://www.fifteensquared.net/2010/07/20/independent-7413tees/#comment-114684 Sil van den Hoek Tue, 20 Jul 2010 16:16:01 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=19317#comment-114684 walruss #15:
It looks like you think that I don’t understand how 18d works, but I do. The only thing I said is that just a simple ‘turned up’ would have read better [for me, just a personal view]. In that case it would have been (L CROWD)*, but Tees chose to do (CROWD)* around L – fair enough.

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