Comments on: Independent 7,672/Tees http://www.fifteensquared.net/2011/05/19/independent-7672tees/ Never knowingly undersolved. Sat, 25 May 2013 12:59:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Mustyx http://www.fifteensquared.net/2011/05/19/independent-7672tees/#comment-159401 Mustyx Fri, 20 May 2011 00:20:09 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=29789#comment-159401 Yorick, Ikela, Fawley – we will miss you all. RIP MIke.

]]> By: flashling http://www.fifteensquared.net/2011/05/19/independent-7672tees/#comment-159389 flashling Thu, 19 May 2011 21:27:57 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=29789#comment-159389 @Caretman tees(11) = pilesofsand? :-)

]]> By: caretman http://www.fifteensquared.net/2011/05/19/independent-7672tees/#comment-159385 caretman Thu, 19 May 2011 20:59:23 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=29789#comment-159385 Thomas @12:

I realized I’ve been too involved in crosswords when I see the beginning of your comment:

Tees(11)

and immediately find myself trying to parse the clue.

]]> By: Tees http://www.fifteensquared.net/2011/05/19/independent-7672tees/#comment-159375 Tees Thu, 19 May 2011 19:12:42 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=29789#comment-159375 Cheers T99. *Is* there still a ‘Guardian Site’? I thought they’d blasted it off to Hell in a handcart (GU Crosswords, that is).

]]> By: Thomas99 http://www.fifteensquared.net/2011/05/19/independent-7672tees/#comment-159373 Thomas99 Thu, 19 May 2011 18:42:57 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=29789#comment-159373 Tees (11)-
From the horse’s mouth! Many thanks for setting my mind at rest. I certainly don’t think I’d come across that tent before, but don’t mind learning something new now and again. I’m pretty ignorant about Spain. There’s been quite a “discussion” over on the Guardian site about “obscurity” today and I seem to be keener on it than some (I should admit I also used “Tent = red wine” as an example of something more obscure than anything Araucaria had come up with – even though at the time I didn’t actually know it was right). Thanks for the crossword – lots of good clues with about 3 that had me against the ropes for quite a while. 19 (Start-up) was pretty crafty! I think my favourite was probably 9a – Entertain.

]]> By: Tees http://www.fifteensquared.net/2011/05/19/independent-7672tees/#comment-159372 Tees Thu, 19 May 2011 18:17:12 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=29789#comment-159372 Thomas the Ice Cream parses 15a correctly. Even though my TENT is not to his taste (God it’s horrible stuff). K’s D gets the Double Homophone Challenge Trophy. The only other clue I should probably comment on is THEATRE, where R for Romeo is removed from THREAT/RE.

Many thanks to you all, as ever, for the comments, and to Ali for his perceptive bloggery.

Just a word about Mike Laws, who has passed away: you were one hell of a compiler, Mike, and I for one (there are many others) am deeply saddened to see you go.

Tees

]]> By: Mustyx http://www.fifteensquared.net/2011/05/19/independent-7672tees/#comment-159363 Mustyx Thu, 19 May 2011 15:10:04 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=29789#comment-159363 On the easy side, but an enjoyable puzzle. ‘Leman’ was new to me and ‘Avernus’ I’d forgotten if I ever knew it, but both eminently gettable from the wordplay.

A design query: why are the clues sometimes published in a serif typeface, as today, and sometimes in a sans font, like on Saturday and Monday? I much prefer the serif face myself, finding it easier to read.

]]> By: nmsindy http://www.fifteensquared.net/2011/05/19/independent-7672tees/#comment-159360 nmsindy Thu, 19 May 2011 14:22:32 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=29789#comment-159360 Yes, that’s how I read ENAMEL too which was my last answer ie LEMAN reversed after the middle letter of swEet. Like others, I found this quite easy compared with some Tees puzzles of the past. The SW corner I found the trickiest bit overall. Thanks, Tees and Ali.

]]> By: Thomas99 http://www.fifteensquared.net/2011/05/19/independent-7672tees/#comment-159359 Thomas99 Thu, 19 May 2011 14:22:14 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=29789#comment-159359 15a-
I don’t understand Ali’s parsing. As far as I can see it’s TENT (a – to me – obscure, archaic word for Spanish red wine) then ATE (consumed) after HR (for hour, or time).

17a
Leman is more familiar to me, but probably only from doing crosswords…

]]> By: walruss http://www.fifteensquared.net/2011/05/19/independent-7672tees/#comment-159352 walruss Thu, 19 May 2011 13:50:08 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=29789#comment-159352 ‘Sweetheart’ for E then another kind of sweetheart reversed?

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