Comments on: Independent 7762/Klingsor

By: Allan_C

Allan_C — Fri, 02 Sep 2011 07:53:34 +0000

Excellent stuff from Klingsor, as usual. One expects some musical connections from him, with ELGAR the obvious one here, and more remotely REVERB and NOSTALGIA (a music, or at least CD, genre according to some). Last to go in, needing a word finder, was PEERAGE but a laugh out loud moment when I got it.

Favourites? The aforesaid PEERAGE and the beautifully misdirected CONNECTICUT.

By: nmsindy

nmsindy — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 12:50:24 +0000

This was an excellent puzzle from Klingsor. Quite hard but not spectacularly so, I thought. Some really great clueing – my favourites were DOSAGE, ELGAR, BURGEON, BREAK THE ICE and UNGAG. Many thanks for the great blog, John.

By: Thomas99

Thomas99 — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 12:08:08 +0000

I found 8d particularly hard, very crafty stuff – I was thinking of “cut and run” as a possible example of cut=give up. Superkiwigirl has a better one though – Chambers is usually the clincher.

By: superkiwigirl

superkiwigirl — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 11:00:05 +0000

Thanks for your blog, John, and for a very entertaining puzzle, Klingsor.

I agree with flashling that it’s (t)OUGH + T in 9d, and that there’s no problem with CUT= “give up” in 8d (Chambers lists “to reject or renounce” for CUT as in “to cut one’s ties with one’s family which seems to fit the bill nicely I think).

I loved some of the clues here today – PEERAGE is very clever, and so too is the misdirection in CONNECTICUT. BREAK THE ICE was another favorite, so too UNAWARE.

By: Kathryn's Dad

Kathryn's Dad — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 10:53:50 +0000

Thank you, John, especially for parsing several that I couldn’t. Anybody else find this hardish? NURTURE and AMPOULE were my best ones this morning.

I think CONNECTICUT just about works, although ‘giving up’ is really ‘cutting out’. It’ll do for me.

By: flashling

flashling — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 09:48:44 +0000

lossings? losses! Klingsor as Alberecht has been around for a while methinks.

By: flashling

flashling — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 09:47:23 +0000

Is 9 (t)OUGH +T and 8d Cut as in cutting ones lossings and giving up?