Comments on: Inquisitor 1155 His Did! by Samuel

By: scarpia

scarpia — Wed, 15 Dec 2010 23:55:49 +0000

Thanks Hihoba.
I didn’t do too well on this one,only solving just over half the clues – I can’t seem to get on Samuel’s wavelength.
Even if I had solved more of the clues,I would never have got the theme,as my knowledge of old TV shows is non existent!

By: HolyGhost

HolyGhost — Wed, 15 Dec 2010 23:30:26 +0000

A slow pace because of some of the vocabulary as Hi says (and thanks to him for blogging at such short notice). The entry at 27d was the last to succumb – because it had two clashes – despite my knowing that those clashes had to produce a B & E from BERET. Slight quibble with 1a: I'd pronounce it gene-RAY-trix, so not the best homophone. And although Chambers doesn't give the plural of naos as NAOI (3d), and it can be inferred from pronaoi, I was slightly put off by remembering an answer to Dysart's great puzzle 4007 in The Listener giving it as naoses. (Merry pre-Christmas everyone, as Duncan's blogging for me next week – off to Damascus, assuming I get to Heathrow …)

By: Alan Goddard

Alan Goddard — Wed, 15 Dec 2010 22:22:10 +0000

Very enjoyable just missed the ‘em’ in some of the mothers which was clearly critical. Ooh Betty was a great help as soon as it emerged and really gave beret which led to a resolution of the clashes.

By: Ali

Ali — Wed, 15 Dec 2010 16:45:14 +0000

A very nicely worked theme, I thought. I spotted the mother connections fairly early on and then Frank Spencer shortly afterwards, but even though I’m familar with the source material, I convinced myself that the ‘thematic’ item of clothing was going to be another example of the EM in MOTHER idea. This made spotting the clashes harder, not least as this was an absolute bugger of a grid fill which used pretty much every nook and cranny in Chambers. This was one puzzle for which I was happy to cheat and liberally use Bradford’s and the CD-Rom full text search!

By: kenmac

kenmac — Wed, 15 Dec 2010 11:55:25 +0000

Oops! ^mine did^

By: kenmac

kenmac — Wed, 15 Dec 2010 11:54:10 +0000

Some would say mind did as well!

Thanks Hi,

I didn’t actually finish this one, I failed to get 36a but I think I got everything else (can’t find my copy for the moment.)

Good fun puzzle, though thanks to Samuel, it took me several days to stop saying “Ooh Betty!” every time something went awry. And thanks for stepping in at short notice to do the blog.

HAPPY HOLIDAYS everyone. (I work for an American company!)