Comments on: Inquisitor 1137 – Cryptogram by Kruger

By: Chris Weston

Chris Weston — Sat, 28 Aug 2010 15:35:08 +0000

Not my understanding of a cryptogram,so couldn’t send it in as I couldn’t explain Ashes to Ashes to myself! But I like the idea of the emphasis being on crypt!

By: mc_rapper67

mc_rapper67 — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 11:26:36 +0000

(Oops, slip of the mouse there)
I went for ASHES TO ASHES on the basis of the cricketing theme – although, like others above, not sure about it being a cryptogram.
Like Simon H last week, my perseverance was rewarded with a bottle of bubbly delivered to my doorstep…Cheers! Hic…

By: mc_rapper67

mc_rapper67 — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 11:23:36 +0000

I went for ASHES TO ASHES on the basis of the cricketing theme – although not sure about it being a cryptogram.

Like Si

By: Jim

Jim — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 09:33:40 +0000

Isn’t the emphasis on the CRYPTogram?

By: RayFolwell

RayFolwell — Sat, 14 Aug 2010 10:16:53 +0000

Like Peter and others, we managed to finish the grid without too many problems but failed to understand what to do next. We guessed ASHES TO ASHES might be the phrase but were looking for something other than simply CADAVERS and SPEARS to highlight.

One meaning of “cryptogram” is a simple substitution code and I wondered if there was one of these somewhere. Perhaps “cryptically defined” would have been a better term ?

By: Scarpia

Scarpia — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 23:05:27 +0000

Thanks Pete.
I found this very enjoyable. M
anaged to enter the unclued lights with about two thirds of the puzzle completed.Check letters then gave me enough help to complete.
I got ASHES TO ASHES from the cricket references and the normally clued answers and didn’t really think any more of it – have to admit I didn’t know what a “cryptogram” was,so I suppose my ignorance was an aid on this occassion!
Interesting(and totally unconnected) fact – Lindsay Duncan starred in the U.K. premieres of David Mamet’s “The Cryptogram” and Harold Pinters “Ashes to Ashes”

By: aloo2

aloo2 — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 07:13:17 +0000

I thought maybe that as both words defined ‘ashes’, what was required was the t.v. ‘series’ Ashes to Ashes

By: Mike Laws

Mike Laws — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 00:40:42 +0000

I wasn’t too happy with the word cryptogram, either, which is why I put ‘cryptogram’ in the preamble.

By: Simon Harris

Simon Harris — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 00:30:57 +0000

Enjoyed the puzzle greatly, but have to concur with commenters. ASHES TO ASHES occurred to me early on, but was dismissed on that grounds that, well, that ain’t a cryptogram.

In the end, the cricket theme and the two defs confirmed it, but still, how is this a cryptogram?

By: petebiddlecombe

petebiddlecombe — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 15:48:54 +0000

Thanks all – ASHES TO ASHES it must be. I do feel a bit of a chump for (a) not thinking of using the same word twice, and (b) not thinking of looking up “ash” in C.