Comments on: Inquisitor 1160: How Many? by Phi

By: Scarpia

Scarpia — Fri, 28 Jan 2011 00:28:24 +0000

Thanks HolyGhost.
Another very enjoyable Inquisitor.
My heart sank on reading the rubric and seeing there was a numerical quality to the puzzle – I thought Phi’s ‘Hard Going’ puzzle was just that!
I was another who found the theme late and ‘Hard Times’ was the clue that opened it up for me.
Couldn’t work out the wordplay for 10 down – I now see it’s a misplaced clue from a Grauniad puzzle.
Also wondered if 2345 was a significant number but 234 x 5 is 1170,10 numbers on from this puzzle.

By: Ali

Ali — Thu, 27 Jan 2011 18:12:31 +0000

Add me to the ‘got the theme late on’ group. Probably about the same point as the penny dropped with Phi’s Slim Dusty puzzle in fact!

A very nice puzzle though, particuarly the CITROEN clue. I’ve only just spotted now that ENDS and SEND also appeared as possible pitfalls. Vety nice.

By: Mike Laws

Mike Laws — Wed, 26 Jan 2011 15:43:36 +0000

Phi – not entirely your fault, I should have spotted the typo. Quis custodiet…

By: Hi of Hihoba

Hi of Hihoba — Wed, 26 Jan 2011 09:24:13 +0000

I found the theme late, like Holyghost, but found it very satisfying when I did!

I had the same quibbles as Holyghost – I did think that the grammar was peculiar in 10D, but never thought of a misprint!

My main quibble, though, was the double definition at 25A. I am far from clear that “the cost in damage, injury or lives;” (Ch) equates to “injured parties” (Phi)

By: Phi

Phi — Wed, 26 Jan 2011 05:10:32 +0000

10d – one key to the left in ‘pray’ gives you ‘prat’ – typo’s in my original, so mea culpa. (spellcheckers never spot this sort of error, do they?!)

Cuisinier’s – yep, indicating Frenchiness
Stomach – C justifies loose usage as ‘belly’, and I guess most would identify colitis as being in the tummy area
Blouson – again there’s a fairly loose concept here, with even C defining blouson as windcheater (while blaming the French for it), and then windcheater as anorak. Not too anorakky to conjecture a hood here, I feel.