Comments on: Inquisitor 1181: Repetitive Practice by Charybdis http://www.fifteensquared.net/2011/06/22/inquisitor-1181-repetitive-practice-by-charybdis/ Never knowingly undersolved. Thu, 20 Jun 2013 00:51:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Philip http://www.fifteensquared.net/2011/06/22/inquisitor-1181-repetitive-practice-by-charybdis/#comment-162009 Philip Thu, 23 Jun 2011 15:28:38 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=30924#comment-162009 11A: You don’t need to abbreviate WITH, just include HIT as well. The anagram indicator is “could be”.

ie, “MEZUZAH WITH ANCIENT TWIRL” could be “A NEW MARTIN CHUZZLEWIT HIT”.

]]> By: Charybdis http://www.fifteensquared.net/2011/06/22/inquisitor-1181-repetitive-practice-by-charybdis/#comment-161996 Charybdis Thu, 23 Jun 2011 13:40:45 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=30924#comment-161996 Thanks, Duncan.
Only things to add are
a) that the title also describes ‘drill’ (e.g. in army sense)
and
b) the puzzle was inspired by flicking through a tool catalogue when it happened to open itself at section 8 ‘Boring Bits’, (which I didn’t bother to read, naturally).

C

]]> By: HolyGhost http://www.fifteensquared.net/2011/06/22/inquisitor-1181-repetitive-practice-by-charybdis/#comment-161925 HolyGhost Wed, 22 Jun 2011 19:20:12 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=30924#comment-161925 As Duncan says, probably on the easy side for regular solvers, but quite enjoyable for all that.

Explanation of wordplay for MEZUZAH looks spot on to me, and that led me to AUGER as the way in. And used the unchecked letters to finish off the grid with TEREBRA.

I too wobbled over ALBS as “undergarments”, but let it pass. (BTW, first occurrence of “chasuble” has vowels transposed.)

I hadn’t noticed the ref. to Key Largo at 6d – I’d just put it down to a weakish clue; how mistaken, so thanks Duncan for the blog (and Charybdis for providing the puzzle).

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