Comments on: Independent 7805/Phi http://www.fifteensquared.net/2011/10/21/independent-7805phi/ Never knowingly undersolved. Sun, 19 May 2013 06:38:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: flashling http://www.fifteensquared.net/2011/10/21/independent-7805phi/#comment-172461 flashling Fri, 21 Oct 2011 21:02:11 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=35739#comment-172461 @stumped #11 Make a comment on my yesterday’s blog and I’ll help on that.

]]> By: stumped http://www.fifteensquared.net/2011/10/21/independent-7805phi/#comment-172459 stumped Fri, 21 Oct 2011 20:45:28 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=35739#comment-172459 Kathryn’s Dad @1 Re: unchecked perimeter letters.

From NW corner
Clockwise: BA (British Airways), EG, SA (South Africa), RR, OS, ED (Editor)
Anti-Clockwise: VC, AA, ST (Street), RD (Road), NR(Near), SD (San Diego)

Just kidding…

]]> By: stumped http://www.fifteensquared.net/2011/10/21/independent-7805phi/#comment-172457 stumped Fri, 21 Oct 2011 20:36:48 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=35739#comment-172457 Great Fun, Thanks Phi and John for concise explanations.

25a stumped me, even though I had the anagram and we do have Latin American channels on our local (New England) cable TV.

2a took a while to sink in, despite being a cricket and CAMRA fan. Weird.

Further to above, 8a was first in!

Does anyone know how to retrieve Indy’s archived puzzles? I’d like to tackle Thursday’s Anarche.

]]> By: Phi http://www.fifteensquared.net/2011/10/21/independent-7805phi/#comment-172448 Phi Fri, 21 Oct 2011 17:52:39 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=35739#comment-172448 At the same time SdB would be happy to be an ‘author’ not an ‘authoress’…and she did acquire a measure of fame for being Mrs Sartre (not that she would have wanted that as a reason for fame, but I do wonder whether she’d be as prominent otherwise).

The As came about late on in the process – I was looking at clueing AFTER A FASHION and noted how many As it had, and glanced around the rest of the grid whereupon I found only three words without an A, all of which could be brought into line easily. A sort of anti-pangram. I doubt it’ll happen accidentally that way with Q. Or even V.

]]> By: eimi http://www.fifteensquared.net/2011/10/21/independent-7805phi/#comment-172443 eimi Fri, 21 Oct 2011 16:17:23 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=35739#comment-172443 I don’t think Simone de Beauvoir would be happy to be called a him – in fact, it’s probably the sort of assumption that would rile her fans as, to quote from Wikipedia, she’s famous “for her 1949 treatise The Second Sex, a detailed analysis of women’s oppression and a foundational tract of contemporary feminism”.

]]> By: Bamberger http://www.fifteensquared.net/2011/10/21/independent-7805phi/#comment-172440 Bamberger Fri, 21 Oct 2011 15:58:04 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=35739#comment-172440 I got about half out but I owuld never have got 24 & 25 out.
I thought that 24a would be something like gastroentritis.
I can’t say I like the idea of having foreign authors (8a)-I knew I looking for an anagram but absent any crossing letters, I thought it must be Ed somebody. Never heard of de beauvoir and while I could google him, I can’t imagine he ranks as famous.
I thought 18a was hard having to spot largely opinionated =vocal.
10a also an unknown
Thanks for the clear blog

]]> By: Wanderer http://www.fifteensquared.net/2011/10/21/independent-7805phi/#comment-172430 Wanderer Fri, 21 Oct 2011 12:53:41 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=35739#comment-172430 Thank you Phi and John.

I failed to notice the A in every word, but was struck by the frequency with which V occurred. VEAL/BEAUVOIR/CIVET/ADVENT/ADVOCAAT/SAVANT/TELENOVELA/AVER/SVENGALI. I wondered if this was significant or just a coincidence? 9xV=45 and I wondered if this was a reference to a birthday or some such? At any event I enjoyed the puzzle.

]]> By: eimi http://www.fifteensquared.net/2011/10/21/independent-7805phi/#comment-172423 eimi Fri, 21 Oct 2011 11:21:04 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=35739#comment-172423 I suspect that Phi is probably in bed by now (or out clubbing), but I can confirm that Pelham is correct @4. Not out clubbing tonight, but I’m planning to meet Nimrod for an informal pre-Times Crossword Championship drink and chewing of the cruciverbal fat at the Doric Arch in Euston tonight at about 7.30 to 8 and all setters, bloggers, commenters and lurkers are welcome to join us.

]]> By: nmsindy http://www.fifteensquared.net/2011/10/21/independent-7805phi/#comment-172420 nmsindy Fri, 21 Oct 2011 10:48:41 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=35739#comment-172420 That looks like it, Pelham @4, tho I’ll have to admit that I did not spot it. Good puzzle, thanks, Phi and John. My favourites were ALLEGE and SVENGALI.

]]> By: Pelham Barton http://www.fifteensquared.net/2011/10/21/independent-7805phi/#comment-172402 Pelham Barton Fri, 21 Oct 2011 07:45:51 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=35739#comment-172402 Phi @2: A in every answer?

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