http://www.fifteensquared.net/2010/12/11/enigmatic-variations-no-943-upstarts-by-nudd/ Never knowingly undersolved. Wed, 19 Jun 2013 08:14:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://www.fifteensquared.net/2010/12/11/enigmatic-variations-no-943-upstarts-by-nudd/#comment-142243 twencelas Sun, 12 Dec 2010 18:58:29 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=23554#comment-142243 Nudd – Thanks for the corrections. It proves one of my mottos “There’s always at least one mistake in everything I do”. It also tells me to spend longer on the shorter answers, they often are the trickiest ones that get left till last.
As to your opportunities for future newspaper publication, I would think they are quite high – Certainly, to me, it was a well themed crossword, which delivered the contented chuckle at the end.

]]> http://www.fifteensquared.net/2010/12/11/enigmatic-variations-no-943-upstarts-by-nudd/#comment-142032 Nudd Sun, 12 Dec 2010 11:46:24 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=23554#comment-142032 Thank you for the blog and helpful comments twencelas. Yes, I’m a new setter – or rather this is my first effort in a national paper (I have had a couple in Magpie) – so feedback is most welcome.
Good solve, except 18′s wordplay is SPAR reversed (not a DD), and 10 was SUSS from S + USS.
I was quite pleased with ‘Upstarts’ in that it did not have to rely on any hidden letters in clues – I think it worked ok. Hopefully it will not be my last effort to surface.
Wishing all an enjoyable festive season.

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