Comments on: Inquisitor 1151 – On the Rebound by Kruger

By: scarpia

scarpia — Fri, 19 Nov 2010 00:48:17 +0000

Thanks kenmac.
Thoroughly enjoyed this puzzle,which turned out to be easier than I thought from reading the preamble.
I got EGGAR as one of my first entries,as they seem to turn up in my garden most years in September(didn’t realise there was an alternative spelling).A beautiful large moth,one of the few moths I am able to identify!
Last one in for me was POSTCODE,which wasn’t as difficult as I was making it !

By: REGALIZE

REGALIZE — Thu, 18 Nov 2010 21:09:40 +0000

I loved this one. I went a bit wrong with 15ac. My first guess was ADVISE -AD +VIS + E(for drug). Which made 6dn impossible to solve until I realised a noun was needed not a verb. Even so, a thorougly enjoyable challenge. I would appreciate more puzzles as gratyifing as this one.

By: HolyGhost

HolyGhost — Thu, 18 Nov 2010 10:37:42 +0000

Din’t worry, Ken – I had exactly the same for the wordplay as your original (anagram of half of REGion), and wasn’t at all unhappy with it.

By: kenmac

kenmac — Wed, 17 Nov 2010 23:29:37 +0000

Yep, I think you’re both right. As you can see from my explanation, I wasn’t too happy with EGGER. This is one of those rare occasions when you can get the answer wrong and still be right!!

I’ve corrected the blog.

By: HolyGhost

HolyGhost — Wed, 17 Nov 2010 21:42:49 +0000

Comment 6: In retrospect, I think Kettledrum is right (about GAR being half of garden (=fertile region).

By: HolyGhost

HolyGhost — Wed, 17 Nov 2010 20:22:21 +0000

The Lone Ranger clue made me smile.

And WHINCHAT was the last answer to fall, a little time after I’d completed the grid.

Re 34a: I haven’t seen R clued by Russia – any reference?

In response to Kettledrum: according to Chambers, EGGER is more common than EGGAR (though shtum for a week …).

By: Kettledrum

Kettledrum — Wed, 17 Nov 2010 14:04:16 +0000

28d. It makes no difference to the entry, but I’d thought the original word was eggar …. eg + half of garden (fertile region)

By: Ali

Ali — Wed, 17 Nov 2010 13:01:56 +0000

Gah, I didn’t quite finish this as I thought 17A was catastrophical (even though it isn’t a word!), the incorrect checking letters therefore preventing me from getting crazy golf and lone ranger. Thanks for the blog Ken and to Kruger for a very novel, enjoyable puzzle.

By: kenmac

kenmac — Wed, 17 Nov 2010 08:55:49 +0000

Oops – thanks Duncan. A spot of finger trouble in my Excel worksheet.

Fixed now.

By: Duncan Shiell

Duncan Shiell — Wed, 17 Nov 2010 08:12:48 +0000

I enjoyed this very much. An interesting twist for the entries. One or two words that bounced twice would have been fun, but I guess that would have been a step too far.

Like Ken I thought that the puzzle would be more difficult than it actually was.

I think d6 should be a G from GRIEVEC