Comments on: Inquisitor 1157 – Please… by Eddie – 18 December 2010

By: Scarpia

Scarpia — Fri, 07 Jan 2011 00:16:23 +0000

Re.my previous comment – I meant,of course,the definition of NARCS.

By: HolyGhost

HolyGhost — Wed, 05 Jan 2011 13:59:50 +0000

O bugger – a blunder on the last puzzle.

I, too, missed SKRAN with a K. (I was finishing the puzzle whilst on a bus from Damascus to Aleppo, but that’s no excuse for not checking properly when I got home to a dictionary.)

Happy New Year everyone.

By: Scarpia

Scarpia — Wed, 05 Jan 2011 11:50:55 +0000

Thanks Duncan for your usual excellent blog.
Very enjoyable Xmas Inquisitor,with some nice witty clues and the more obscure words very fairly clued.I too had SCRAN for 14 across,justifying it in the same way.I thought the definition was a bit loose for Eddie.I should have looked deeper into that one!
Well worked theme,which has proved useful in solving another Xmas puzzle.

By: Duncan Shiell

Duncan Shiell — Wed, 05 Jan 2011 09:43:30 +0000

Mike

Thanks for the correction – I have updated the blog.

By: Mike Laws

Mike Laws — Wed, 05 Jan 2011 01:28:42 +0000

14 across: not SCRAN, but SKRAN, an alternative spelling. It was “(the) NARKS”, defined by Chambers as “the intoxicating and anaesthetic effect of too much nitrogen in the brain” which was to be reversed.

Many thanks for the blog, Duncan. All feedback helps.