Comments on: Inquisitor 1169: Tribute by Kruger

By: Scarpia

Scarpia — Thu, 31 Mar 2011 08:20:38 +0000

Thanks Duncan.
Very enjoyable puzzle which I didn’t find quite as easy as you did.
I didn’t spot the theme until quite near the end but had no need to Google any of the thematic material as it was all very familiar to me – my favourite Floyd album!

By: ele

ele — Wed, 30 Mar 2011 21:13:02 +0000

I heard the interview too which did help. Also liked the fact that the FLOYD and the PINK helped out with the two unfamiliar words. I enjoyed this puzzle very much and got it finished in good time. Sometimes it’s up to the wire – like this week’s!

By: Hounddog

Hounddog — Wed, 30 Mar 2011 16:39:39 +0000

34a works either way. Coincidence or design I wonder?

By: HolyGhost

HolyGhost — Wed, 30 Mar 2011 14:52:02 +0000

I stupidly got carried away with solving the clues, so it wasn’t until about 75% of the way through that I turned to look at the tribute being formed by the initial letters. And SHINE, CRAZY, and DIAMOND hit me straight away. Like Hounddog, I didn’t need recourse to Google or any other aid for the remaining thematic material.

I recalled an interview with Syd Barrett’s sister (?) that had been broadcast on the radio earlier in the week, concerning the publication of “Barrett” + the opening of an exhibition on 18 March. Was the timing of the puzzle a coincidence or a happy accident, I wonder?

Thanks for the blog, Duncan. That’s two weeks in a row for KIT-CAT, I notice. Also, a very minor point: I had “level” = TIER in the wordplay for 34a – not that it makes any difference to the entry, and Duncan’s suggestion of TIED doesn’t seem unreasonable.

By: Hounddog

Hounddog — Wed, 30 Mar 2011 09:22:27 +0000

I had ‘crazy’ fairly early on, then suddenly spotted ‘shine’ at the beginning (I’d been initially thinking ‘she’ until the ‘I’ came out) and the full phrase came immediately. I wasn’t actually listening to the album at the time, but I could easily have been as it’s still one of my favourites.