Comments on: Inquisitor 1186 Crash-proof by Ploy

By: Sol Indovina

Sol Indovina — Thu, 30 Aug 2012 08:51:18 +0000

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By: Hihoba

Hihoba — Thu, 28 Jul 2011 19:59:32 +0000

No The first problem was the first sentence. “Either . . . provides a letter, one of which must be chosen.” You can’t choose one of a letter! Positions 2 & 3 provide two letters, one of which must be chosen!
The other problem was the positioning of the (15 letters in all) I was unsure whether I was looking for ASTEROID + 15 letters of beneficiaries or ASTEROID + 7. The comma before “and” didn’t help, and it could so easily have been stated “15 letters must be highlighted in the grid, representing the singular cause of the event and some ultimate beneficiaries.” – No possible confusion now.
Pedantic? Perhaps, but years of setting science exam papers have made me very wary of the potential misunderstanding of instructions!

By: HolyGhost

HolyGhost — Thu, 28 Jul 2011 12:18:40 +0000

Yes – another one towards the easier end of the spectrum. That makes four in a row – does this mean that this coming weekend’s puzzle will be a stinker for me to blog? (I did get slightly delayed by 15a SANTS and 1d LYSSA, and also, for some reason, by the wordplay at 41a.)

Hi(hoba) – I couldn’t see much wrong with the rubric. Was it “To complete the grid, solvers must remove the sufferers”?