Comments on: Independent on Sunday 1131/Poins

By: sidey

sidey — Sun, 23 Oct 2011 20:46:24 +0000

Turn out, cast out, fairly close.

By: Eileen

Eileen — Sun, 23 Oct 2011 17:13:44 +0000

Hi Pierre – and thanks for the blog.

As Stella says, it’s a bit quiet here – but that seems to be the way with weekend blogs.

I wasn’r beguiled [this time] by ‘eiderdown’ because I’ve seen NIGHTGOWN [more than once] before.

Re 1ac: the only way I could see turn = cast was in an expression like ‘cast your eye’ – but I don’t like it much.

By: Stella Heath

Stella Heath — Sun, 23 Oct 2011 15:40:20 +0000

Thanks Pierre and Poins.

There don’t seem to be many people around today – is it some kind of holiday over there?

For what it’s worth, 14d was my last in, and only after cheating to reveal the PIG!

As you say, there are some very good surfaces here, and I didn’t have the trouble you did with entering wrong answers – an advantage of solving on-line

By: flashling

flashling — Sun, 23 Oct 2011 15:28:46 +0000

Hi Pierre, didn’t do this as was too busy doing Dean’s Sunday Times, have to agree with you about 1ac and I’d have gone straight for Eiderdown too. Like Benign, great clue.