Comments on: Inquisitor 1197: Noises Off by Nudd http://www.fifteensquared.net/2011/10/12/inquisitor-1197-noises-off-by-nudd/ Never knowingly undersolved. Mon, 20 May 2013 02:07:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Nudd http://www.fifteensquared.net/2011/10/12/inquisitor-1197-noises-off-by-nudd/#comment-171775 Nudd Wed, 12 Oct 2011 14:51:12 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=35125#comment-171775 Thank you Duncan for a fine blog and an equally fine set of solution notes. Yes, Phi set you right on your one slight stumble: I must add that the ‘thematically’ was a late editorial suggestion from John which I happily embraced. As soon as I had ‘abear’ in the grid, I wanted to give it a thematic nod, but my contribution was to include ‘going’ (another exit) at 24 across — but of course it was not directly pursued by ‘abear’, whereas flagging the clue immediately preceding 28D gave a cleaner link.
Thanks to other posters too for your comments – the title was not actually referring to the Frayn play, but that Exits link is great lorlaa! It was just, as Duncan suggests, an indication of what the playgoer might have heard. In fact, if you check the Chambers definition for ‘noises off’ there is even an unexpected bit of help on my use of ‘direction’ in that it reads “(a stage direction indicating) sounds made off-stage to be heard by the audience”.
Thanks again to all, and to the Inquisitor team for hosting one of my puzzles.

]]> By: Chalicea http://www.fifteensquared.net/2011/10/12/inquisitor-1197-noises-off-by-nudd/#comment-171771 Chalicea Wed, 12 Oct 2011 14:30:50 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=35125#comment-171771 I had the pleasure of test-solving Nudd’s ‘Noises off’ some time ago when it was not quite in its current form and didn’t have the same title. However, I was still flummoxed by 25d when I had a new ‘solve’ three weeks ago and am grateful to duncanshiell for that explanation and for the fine blog. (And of course to Nudd for what was, for me, an enjoyable and challenging puzzle twice over.)

]]> By: HolyGhost http://www.fifteensquared.net/2011/10/12/inquisitor-1197-noises-off-by-nudd/#comment-171765 HolyGhost Wed, 12 Oct 2011 13:17:57 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=35125#comment-171765 I’m with Duncan on this one: I initially had TRIO for “triplet” rather than TRIN in 4d; yes, I noticed A BEAR at 28d; and, yes, I too was puzzled by “thematically” at 26d – even Phi’s explanation means that “thematically” is not part of the wordplay of either 26d or 28d, but relates to the puzzle as a whole.

I enjoyed the puzzle rather a lot, despite guessing the stage direction relatively early, and moving on from there to complete ANTIGONUS and then finish the other four unclued entries I hadn’t got. And I liked the well worded preamble, referring to characters disappearing in different senses, and the use of “direction being followed” as someting of a misdirection. Thankyou, Nudd (& Duncan for the blog).

]]> By: lorlaa http://www.fifteensquared.net/2011/10/12/inquisitor-1197-noises-off-by-nudd/#comment-171764 lorlaa Wed, 12 Oct 2011 12:15:59 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=35125#comment-171764 The title Noises Off refers to the play of the same name which was based on a short play called Exits. “The prototype, a short-lived one-act play entitled Exits” http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noises_Off

]]> By: kenmac http://www.fifteensquared.net/2011/10/12/inquisitor-1197-noises-off-by-nudd/#comment-171743 kenmac Wed, 12 Oct 2011 09:36:14 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=35125#comment-171743 Hi Duncan,

I’m guessing that you’re not too hot on posting URL links (no offence intended) so here, for all, is a link to the Crossword Centre Message Board thread alluded to (in 3 above): http://www.boards2go.com/boards/board.cgi?action=read&id=1318076698&user=dharrison. In that thread you’ll find a link back to here.

]]> By: duncanshiell http://www.fifteensquared.net/2011/10/12/inquisitor-1197-noises-off-by-nudd/#comment-171731 duncanshiell Wed, 12 Oct 2011 07:19:15 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=35125#comment-171731 And I can’t even distinguish between 1 and 2!

]]> By: duncanshiell http://www.fifteensquared.net/2011/10/12/inquisitor-1197-noises-off-by-nudd/#comment-171730 duncanshiell Wed, 12 Oct 2011 06:59:54 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=35125#comment-171730 Phi @ 2 – Thanks for pointing out what I had failed to see for AUDIT and ABEAR even though I had written in the blog that ABEAR could be split into A BEAR. I hadn’t made the obvious link back to the previous clue where I had waffled about my inability to understand the word ‘thematically’ in the clue.

I note that Nudd has entered a short discussion about the Inquisitor on the Crossword Centre message board (you will have to scroll down a little bit on the Message Board to find it).

]]> By: Jake http://www.fifteensquared.net/2011/10/12/inquisitor-1197-noises-off-by-nudd/#comment-171729 Jake Wed, 12 Oct 2011 06:39:35 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=35125#comment-171729 Even though I didn’t do this puzzle the theme caught my attention as this book I own would of come in handy:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Exit-Pursued-Bear-Shakespeares-Characters/dp/0747566399/ref=sr_1_3?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1318401228&sr=1-3

An invaluable source for those who don’t own a copy. It’s helped me out several times with the EV,

]]> By: Phi http://www.fifteensquared.net/2011/10/12/inquisitor-1197-noises-off-by-nudd/#comment-171726 Phi Wed, 12 Oct 2011 03:24:07 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=35125#comment-171726 Presumably AUDIT, as an answer, is pursued by A BEAR in the list?

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