Comments on: Inquisitor 1141: Tough Times by Samuel http://www.fifteensquared.net/2010/09/08/inquisitor-1141-tough-times-by-samuel/ Never knowingly undersolved. Thu, 23 May 2013 14:10:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: kenmac http://www.fifteensquared.net/2010/09/08/inquisitor-1141-tough-times-by-samuel/#comment-120444 kenmac Wed, 08 Sep 2010 20:16:33 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=20682#comment-120444 Hi Samuel,

It’s nice to know that some of the setters look in here. And, I agree that easier puzzles have their place. Looking forward to the “harder Samuels” though!

]]> By: Samuel http://www.fifteensquared.net/2010/09/08/inquisitor-1141-tough-times-by-samuel/#comment-120376 Samuel Wed, 08 Sep 2010 12:56:49 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=20682#comment-120376 I agree that this was at the easy end, but I’m a believer that a) easier puzzles have a place, if only to entice new solvers, and b) that a puzzle should find its own level of difficulty, which this one did. There are (much) harder Samuel puzzles to come!

]]> By: Colin Blackburn http://www.fifteensquared.net/2010/09/08/inquisitor-1141-tough-times-by-samuel/#comment-120373 Colin Blackburn Wed, 08 Sep 2010 12:50:02 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=20682#comment-120373 …and thanks for explaining 9ac. I didn’t see the previous puzzle so thought I was missing some clever, subtle wordplay.

]]> By: Colin Blackburn http://www.fifteensquared.net/2010/09/08/inquisitor-1141-tough-times-by-samuel/#comment-120370 Colin Blackburn Wed, 08 Sep 2010 12:46:19 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=20682#comment-120370 I had the same first thought as you. It came from fitting MANTRAS to 23ac and so having a MAN redundant in addition to the ANT from my other entry at that time. When I got a second ANT I thought maybe several examples of each redundancy. Three ANTs later I checked whether TANTRA was a word-not even considering that it should be from TANTRIC.

I agree it was at the easier end with a theme that could be worked out quite quickly. However, I’m happy to see such puzzles in the Inquisitor (and EV) series and enjoy tackling them.

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