Comments on: Inquisitor 1138 – Up and Down by Nutmeg

By: nmsindy

nmsindy — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 14:20:46 +0000

That’s a nice PDM moment, Mike.

By: Mike Laws

Mike Laws — Sun, 22 Aug 2010 02:27:18 +0000

I thoroughly enjoyed this puzzle – including checking spelling for the solution notes:

“Tourists and a Jumbo, among other people and jets, were grounded by volcanic ashes from Eyjafjallajökull, in Iceland, recently. Four volcanoes were hidden in the diagram: Cotopaxi, Fuji, Etna and St Helen’s.”

Apparently “Eyjafjallajökull glacier” would be like “PIN number” in that “jökull” means “glacier” in Icelandic.

By: Simon Harris

Simon Harris — Sat, 21 Aug 2010 19:26:51 +0000

Thanks Duncan, your post was as rigorous and helpful as ever. That volcano really caught the imagination of setters, didn’t it! I’m sure we’ve seen several volcano-themed puzzles over the last few months, including an Indy that I blogged that even had “Eyjafjallajokull” as a Nina! I didn’t spot it, of course.

By: Scarpia

Scarpia — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 22:37:18 +0000

Thanks Duncan.
A very enjoyable puzzle,which turned out to be more difficult(for me) than I envisaged from the preamble.
Amazing how many permutations there are by just moving 1 letter!
Found the top half a lot easier than the bottom half and it took me a while to twig 24 across.
I also liked the misdirection of 32 across.