Comments on: Quiptic 597/Nutmeg http://www.fifteensquared.net/2011/04/25/quiptic-597nutmeg/ Never knowingly undersolved. Thu, 23 May 2013 19:34:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Eileen http://www.fifteensquared.net/2011/04/25/quiptic-597nutmeg/#comment-157515 Eileen Tue, 26 Apr 2011 21:38:46 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=28887#comment-157515 Hi Robi @7

I know they are! That was my point: if a Brigadier is doing it – and on the BBC …

]]> By: Bryan http://www.fifteensquared.net/2011/04/25/quiptic-597nutmeg/#comment-157477 Bryan Tue, 26 Apr 2011 15:47:46 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=28887#comment-157477 The Quiptic has finally arrived on the Main Grauniad site …

But now it claims to have been posted since yesterday at 00.00 GMT!

]]> By: Robi http://www.fifteensquared.net/2011/04/25/quiptic-597nutmeg/#comment-157474 Robi Tue, 26 Apr 2011 15:37:36 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=28887#comment-157474 Nice puzzle, although a bit too tricky, I think, for a Quiptic.

Thanks Pierre for a good blog. I did manage to parse MILITATE as above.

Eileen @4; my Oxford Thesaurus says that: ‘mitigate and militate are frequently confused on account of their similarity in form….’ so perhaps we shouldn’t be too hard on the Brig. :)

BEETLE CRUSHERS were also known as brothel creepers – I think I had a pair once.

]]> By: Pierre http://www.fifteensquared.net/2011/04/25/quiptic-597nutmeg/#comment-157431 Pierre Tue, 26 Apr 2011 06:51:52 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=28887#comment-157431 Many thanks for the explanations. I should have seen ODDEST even though I was in a rush, but MILITATE is a tricky one, I must say. I did enjoy solving this one though.

The Grauniad site is STILL showing last week’s puzzle.

]]> By: caretman http://www.fifteensquared.net/2011/04/25/quiptic-597nutmeg/#comment-157406 caretman Mon, 25 Apr 2011 17:03:49 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=28887#comment-157406 Also pipped by the others on explanations, but I thought this was a good, challenging quiptic, rather more difficult than standard but definitely enjoyable. I particularly liked 18 ac for precisely the reason that Pierre gave, the realisation that skate needed to be read as the plural for it to work. On the other hand, I thought 21 ac was not a particularly cryptic definition, but that may have just been a clue that I sussed immediately.

]]> By: Eileen http://www.fifteensquared.net/2011/04/25/quiptic-597nutmeg/#comment-157404 Eileen Mon, 25 Apr 2011 16:39:27 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=28887#comment-157404 Many thanks, Pierre.

Pipped by Bryan and Gaufrid for the explanations but just wanted to say that I enjoyed this – loved FORGET IT!

And also, re MILITATE: on the [BBC!!]lunchtime news:

But Brig Dennis said high tempo and “unrelentingly demanding” Afghan operations were combining to “mitigate against special forces recruitment”.

Oh dear!

]]> By: Gaufrid http://www.fifteensquared.net/2011/04/25/quiptic-597nutmeg/#comment-157402 Gaufrid Mon, 25 Apr 2011 16:26:41 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=28887#comment-157402 To fill in the blanks:
9ac Manila is the capital of the Philippines.
11ac Beetle crushers were the thick soled, suede topped shoes worn by teddy boys back in the ’50s and it is also a slang term for heavy work or army boots.
26ac is D (daughter) in (drunk) [m]ODIST (losing head demure).
2dn is I LIT (I turned on) in MATE (last move {chess}).

]]> By: Bryan http://www.fifteensquared.net/2011/04/25/quiptic-597nutmeg/#comment-157401 Bryan Mon, 25 Apr 2011 16:25:32 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=28887#comment-157401 Many thanks, Pierre, I really enjoyed this.

My take on:

9a Philippines
26a (M)ODEST = Demure + D for Daughter
3d Militate = Count

]]> By: Gaufrid http://www.fifteensquared.net/2011/04/25/quiptic-597nutmeg/#comment-157398 Gaufrid Mon, 25 Apr 2011 16:12:13 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=28887#comment-157398 Hi Pierre
Many thanks for volunteering to cover this puzzle. I only hope your ‘second task’ wasn’t spoilt.

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