Comments on: Independent 7675 by Radian

By: Quixote

Quixote — Tue, 24 May 2011 07:16:09 +0000

This took up a fairly small section of my 3-hour sojourn in A&E Oxford — cracked 5th metatarsal on left hand from tumble after a diving catch at short cover, alas. Tricky but whiled away enough time between triage and x-ray.

By: Wil Ransome

Wil Ransome — Mon, 23 May 2011 22:13:15 +0000

Extraordinary, nms. Because this was about golf and not about football, and I play golf a lot, this took me 25 minutes (although I never saw the Nina at the sides), while usually your time is better than mine. Some very good stuff here I thought.

By: flashling

flashling — Mon, 23 May 2011 22:09:04 +0000

Indeed Sil, see you and the others tomorrow.

By: Sil van den Hoek

Sil van den Hoek — Mon, 23 May 2011 20:35:08 +0000

As one who likes bigger balls (round, please) more than these tiny little white ones, I was surprised how quickly I went through this puzzle. Two clues stumped me eventually [I did the paper version, so no cheating]: 24ac (SWEDES) [one of the easiest of the puzzle ... ahum] and, of course, SHANKS’S PONY (13ac) [never heard of it (nor had Mrs Chambers), even though I am keen on walking ].

Very well constructed crossword compiled with love & dedication.
Didn’t spot the Nina though ….. [will there ever be a time that ... ?]
So, thank you Radian.
And NMS too. Agree about your favourites (25ac, even if I got it almost right away) and 17d’s LIQUID. And 8d was, as the French say, “hors catégorie”.

Not so enthusiastic about ‘exceptional style’ for TL, but I have seen Radian doing a thing like this before in another disguise. And it is defendable.

Once more, thank you NMS and hope to see you tomorrow (and flashling and ….)

By: hounddog

hounddog — Mon, 23 May 2011 20:27:06 +0000

I mean slicing. Cutting implies a degree of control.

By: hounddog

hounddog — Mon, 23 May 2011 20:26:19 +0000

Fairly straightforward for me, not least because I’m only too familiar with shanking, hooking and cutting on the golf course.

By: flashling

flashling — Mon, 23 May 2011 17:28:22 +0000

Bit mixed solve here lots done quickly and stuck in others and beaten by shanks’s pony.

Thanks the blog explaining titles as wel NMS. And thanks to Radian for the entertainment.

By: NealH

NealH — Mon, 23 May 2011 17:12:25 +0000

I found this fairly easy apart from 13, 17 and 25, which took me ages. The golf theme came fairly quickly and I guessed 8 down as soon as I saw the clue. 18 across might have been a harder clue if it hadn’t been placed in the middle of golfing puzzle.

By: Eileen

Eileen — Mon, 23 May 2011 15:45:16 +0000

Hi scchua

Yes, of course – and of course I don’t mind1

By: scchua

scchua — Mon, 23 May 2011 15:26:02 +0000

Hi Eileen@5. (Hope you don’t mind my saying so), but I think the golfing term nms was refering to was “clubhouse leaders” rather than “stitch”