Comments on: Independent 7445 by Anax

By: Peter Biddlecombe

Peter Biddlecombe — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 06:59:38 +0000

Tried this late last night – ran out of puff just before the end and came here for a couple of answers, but enjoyed the rest, esp. the bhelpuri and the pod+Agra. Also liked the inclusion of Chennai which I think is where Rishi hails from.

By: Scarpia

Scarpia — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 23:33:32 +0000

Thanks flashling.
Excellent puzzle from Anax – tough but fair and very inventive.Had to look up BHELPURI but managed the rest of the themed entries without aids.
PODAGRA is usually used in reference to gout of the big toe,the usual place for symptoms to appear,but gout can affect any joint.
Favourite clues for me,26,28 across and 9 down.

By: Eileen

Eileen — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 21:51:03 +0000

Thanks again, flashling and Anax.

Re comment #9 – I wondered if it was in response to my preceding comment? It would be helpful if pat would 7dn!

By: flashling

flashling — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 21:06:05 +0000

Thanks for the comments, makes it worthwhile doing this and to Anax for one I could get. Too old and uncoordinated to be a games player and don’t have any games consoles but glad to help those that had never heard of it. Anax certainly introduces wordplay not seen before. I’m sorry that pat #9 comment felt that way, was that to my blog or the crossword itself which I thought was clever and well made.

Takes all sorts on the internet I guess.

By: sidey

sidey — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 16:40:56 +0000

Anax seems too modest to mention this http://anaxcrosswords.wordpress.com/

By: scchua

scchua — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 16:02:41 +0000

On second reading…scrap the “ladies night” reference…it’s actually a bad/counter example.

By: scchua

scchua — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 15:44:40 +0000

Thanks Eileen@8 and Rishi@14. I’d missed the “for” (how the smallest word can change the whole meaning!). I was locked on to: one can have a “hen party” but not a “women party”, ditto with a “stag night” but not a “men” night, and a “ladies’ night” but not a “lady night”.

By: Eileen

Eileen — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 14:59:53 +0000

That’s a relief, Colin – I thought it wasn’t like you!

Many thanks, Anax, for dropping by again – it’s always a bonus when setters do this – and for another super puzzle!

By: Colin Blackburn

Colin Blackburn — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 14:48:23 +0000

Yes Eileen you are right. I didn’t have the puzzle in front of me when I commented. So I misremembered a perfect anagram and misforgot a well applied anagram indicator!

By: anax

anax — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 14:17:27 +0000

Good afternoon all, and very many thanks indeed for your kind comments.

My biggest thanks must go to Shuchi who – once I’d mentioned the idea for the puzzle – very kindly compiled a list of suitable thematic entries, many of which I hadn’t thought of. I mention this because, as a surprising coincidence, PATNA wasn’t on that list, and I genuinely had no idea it was Shuchi’s home town; I’m over the Earth satellite that it found its way into the grid.