Comments on: Enigmatic Variations No.952 – Time To Wrap Up by Syd Lexis

By: MarcusW

MarcusW — Wed, 30 Mar 2011 08:34:11 +0000

Alas I missed the printed solution to this – but I thought the enclosed letter was G, not R (since the robin ‘hides his head under his wing’ and the word ‘wing’ was incomplete.)

By: Newboy

Newboy — Thu, 24 Feb 2011 19:30:19 +0000

Mister Sting

I am the one who owes an apology.

I have to admit that I did not read your preamble at all.
On my original paper I had marked this clue(40D) as one that I have difficulty with
so I went straight to your solution to see whether you had an explanation.

It just goes to show that fools seldom differ.

Your contributions are much appreciated.

By: Mister Sting

Mister Sting — Wed, 23 Feb 2011 17:09:35 +0000

My dear Newboy,

It was, I wager, due to lack of attention to detail on the part of Syd Lexis, the editor, or some other individual.

Such lapses necessarily happen frequently. It is easy to miss little details.

Details such as:
“My sole, tiny quibble is that, in 40dn, ‘moderations’ is given where, I think, ‘moderation’ is intended.” (See above)

…

My sincere apologies. I could not resist.

By: Newboy

Newboy — Tue, 22 Feb 2011 22:45:38 +0000

40 Down – I don’t see why the plural form of moderation was given in the clue as we are only deleting
‘ho’ (a singular moderation). Could have been a misprint, I suppose.