Comments on: Independent 7687 by Morph

By: Morph

Morph — Tue, 07 Jun 2011 15:36:45 +0000

Super!

By: NealH

NealH — Tue, 07 Jun 2011 12:13:19 +0000

Of course, under a superinjuction, it would be illegal to report that anyone had completed anything or even that there was anything to complete in the first place.

By: crypticsue

crypticsue — Tue, 07 Jun 2011 12:10:12 +0000

It was Congratulations *** have completed the *********

By: NealH

NealH — Tue, 07 Jun 2011 12:03:52 +0000

I can’t remember exactly, but it was something like “****** have completed the *******”.

By: Morph

Morph — Tue, 07 Jun 2011 10:30:22 +0000

Thanks for the blog, Neal, and all your comments. I’m immersed in the news, so it’s always good to get feedback on how obscure these references are – I realised Moussa Koussa might be, but apols to those abroad for whom superinjunctions haven’t been top of the agenda!
Wish I’d thought of Richard’s idea though!
Now can anyone tell me what the message was in the online version?

By: Paul B

Paul B — Mon, 06 Jun 2011 22:43:30 +0000

‘A ass’, if you don’t mind, superkiwigirl (cf. Guardian 25306).

Pat on the back and a pint in store for Morph and for Mike, for best use of irritating screen. We could do more: ‘Incredibly – for you have been detected as an habitual Telegraph solver – you have finished the puzzle’.

Big Dave will kill me now. Dave, I DON’T really mean it.

By: Richard Heald

Richard Heald — Mon, 06 Jun 2011 22:31:16 +0000

It’s OK, I’m just kidding! Or am I …?

By: Richard Heald

Richard Heald — Mon, 06 Jun 2011 22:30:35 +0000

I thought it was extremely clever, not to mention brave, of Morph to include in the completed grid the names of several high-profile recent recipients of super-injunctions hidden among the unchecked letters. Best Nina of the year so far!

By: caretman

caretman — Mon, 06 Jun 2011 16:55:28 +0000

I agree with walruss @10 that the COD was HERMAPHRODITE, but there were a lot of good clues to choose from. I found it quite difficult, with DORK and OEDEMAS my last two in (the former since I was unfamiliar with the slang mentioned, the latter since in the states the word would be spelled EDEMAS and I hadn’t put on my British English spelling hat this morning). On the other hand, getting CELERIAC was much easier for me than it might have been for others.

I echo superkiwigirl’s sentiment @3, hurray that the Independent is back online!

By: walruss

walruss — Mon, 06 Jun 2011 15:58:52 +0000

Pretty tough, especially when compared with The Guardian. But at The Independent you might not necessarily fet away with a simple start to the week! I think Morph has done better than this of late, but it was a fair puzzle with some nice clues. COD for me would be the HERMAPHRODITE.