Comments on: Independent 7628/Math

By: flashling

flashling — Tue, 29 Mar 2011 19:26:56 +0000

Another who missed the theme here but it wasn’t needed to solve. Thanks John for the blog pointing it out.

By: ele

ele — Tue, 29 Mar 2011 19:20:57 +0000

Also failed to spot the theme but enjoyed the puzzle very much. Thanks to John for the blog and Math for the puzzle. 12ac SLIGHTLY was the last in as I couldn’t work out the wordplay – always forget that land = light in Crosswordland. Liked NONSTOP and TRUMPETER. Would have got 25d AHOY a bit sooner if I knew my cyclists better. Before he was a film, the Iron Man was a great children’s book by Ted Hughes – well worth reading even for grown-ups.

By: Paul B

Paul B — Tue, 29 Mar 2011 17:40:53 +0000

Annoying isn’t it. I wish we could edit!

By: NealH

NealH — Tue, 29 Mar 2011 17:31:03 +0000

Tink, that is.

By: NealH

NealH — Tue, 29 Mar 2011 17:30:47 +0000

I’m afraid my familiarity with Peter Pan goes no further than the eponymous hero and Captain Hook – never heard of the Iron Man in that context or any of the other characters, so the theme passed me by completely. Still, it was quite an enjoyable puzzle, although I did struggle quite a bit with Tonk. At various times, I thought it might be tonk (knot<) and tone, since a ring tone might be considered a small ring.

By: Hounddog

Hounddog — Tue, 29 Mar 2011 15:38:30 +0000

I think the reference at 9a is to the Iron Man films.

By: Thomas99

Thomas99 — Tue, 29 Mar 2011 13:34:48 +0000

Re 27a – Apparently it’s true that Bill didn’t inhale – because he preferred getting off his face on hash brownies. (See Christopher Hitchens’ autobiography. Admittedly, he doesn’t like Clinton at all…)

By: Kathryn's Dad

Kathryn's Dad — Tue, 29 Mar 2011 12:38:25 +0000

I missed the theme completely, but then that’s the mark of a decent puzzle – if you get it, you’ll appreciate it; if you don’t, then you’ll still have enjoyed the crossword.

Plenty of good clues here. I liked INHALED, WENDY HOUSE, and KUDOS (which was also my last one in).

If I may be inappropriately intimate with the blogger, thank you, John, Darling (no relation, I presume …)

By: Lenny

Lenny — Tue, 29 Mar 2011 12:30:27 +0000

A clever theme from Math which I did not spot. It took me ages to get my last two answers Tink and Hook when, by then, they should have been obvious.

By: walruss

walruss — Tue, 29 Mar 2011 12:07:19 +0000

Nice one from Math. Took me back all right!