Comments on: Enigmatic Variations No 947 Good Cheer by MynoT http://www.fifteensquared.net/2011/01/08/enigmatic-variations-no-947-good-cheer-by-mynot/ Never knowingly undersolved. Sun, 19 May 2013 22:41:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: twencelas http://www.fifteensquared.net/2011/01/08/enigmatic-variations-no-947-good-cheer-by-mynot/#comment-147227 twencelas Tue, 18 Jan 2011 19:20:32 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=24406#comment-147227 Newboy – I think I like your explanation. Why not a bilingual clue?
It was Chambers stating Francis as French in the names section that persuaded me, of my explanation. Both norm and Norma can define rule.
I suspect a third option (along teh lines of my derivation) could be
“Knight following rule is a Francis from the north”

I don’t think there is any ambiguity in the answer though.

]]> By: Newboy http://www.fifteensquared.net/2011/01/08/enigmatic-variations-no-947-good-cheer-by-mynot/#comment-147181 Newboy Tue, 18 Jan 2011 13:39:16 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=24406#comment-147181 For 11a my workings were
Norma = rule
n for knight

With missing letter ‘a’ Francis becomes Francais ie Frenchman from the north = Norman

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