Comments on: Inquisitor 1195: Highly Strung by Samuel http://www.fifteensquared.net/2011/09/28/inquisitor-1195-highly-strung-by-samuel/ Never knowingly undersolved. Thu, 23 May 2013 00:57:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Mr A Writinghawk http://www.fifteensquared.net/2011/09/28/inquisitor-1195-highly-strung-by-samuel/#comment-171130 Mr A Writinghawk Tue, 04 Oct 2011 10:38:00 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=34543#comment-171130 I and a couple of friends enjoyed this crossword – we were lucky that one of our number, though not the greatest crossword addict among us, knew the name ‘International Rescue’ and arrived just at the moment when there were enough letters to identify it (with the help of the title).

If I have a complaint it is that since the required 7-letter representation was CROWSTH (very nice), it was a mean trick to include GARUDAS in the grid. From Wikipedia, s.v. ‘Thunderbird (mythology)’:

“The Thunderbird’s name comes from the common belief that the beating of its enormous wings causes thunder and stirs the wind.”

and s.v. ‘Garuda’, which is from a different mythology:

“The Garuda … is a large mythical bird … it is also said that when a garuda’s wings flap, they create hurricane-like winds that darken the sky and blow down houses.”

Is GARUDAS a ‘cryptic’ representation? Well, as a reference to the TV series, I thought so, and it certainly had 7 letters. So having spotted the connection, I didn’t look further.

]]> By: kenmac http://www.fifteensquared.net/2011/09/28/inquisitor-1195-highly-strung-by-samuel/#comment-170793 kenmac Wed, 28 Sep 2011 16:32:46 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=34543#comment-170793 Thanks HG for taking my slot. I’ll reciprocate next week.

I was out of the country when the puzzle was published, consequently I never even saw it. Pity, cos it looks like it was fun.

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