Comments on: Enigmatic Variations No. 969 – Prestissimo by Samson http://www.fifteensquared.net/2011/06/11/enigmatic-variations-no-969-prestissimo-by-samson/ Never knowingly undersolved. Sat, 25 May 2013 13:46:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: mc_rapper67 http://www.fifteensquared.net/2011/06/11/enigmatic-variations-no-969-prestissimo-by-samson/#comment-161130 mc_rapper67 Sun, 12 Jun 2011 22:04:25 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=30567#comment-161130 Tony – many thanks for the extra info – and gives the theme a more solid context that I had failed to spot…my knowledge of G&S being limited to models of modern major generals, etc.

]]> By: Tony http://www.fifteensquared.net/2011/06/11/enigmatic-variations-no-969-prestissimo-by-samson/#comment-161083 Tony Sat, 11 Jun 2011 15:30:59 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=30567#comment-161083 Thanks, mc.

It’s worth noting that this was set exactly 100 years to the day when Gilbert died. There are also some references to Gilbert and Sullivan in the clues. For example, 36A, the quotation in the crossword comes from the song “My eyes are fully open”. Then 9D, the show it comes from has paintings that come to life.

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