Comments on: Inquisitor 1199: In Attendance by Phi

By: kenmac

kenmac — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 12:54:00 +0000

Hi Phi,
You’re right about 31d in my grid. It looks like I typed ATOCIA instead of ATOC in 36a. I’ll correct that at home this evening.

The other Hendersons, NICHOLAS, AARON and SHIRLEY??

By: Phi

Phi — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 04:59:23 +0000

I have wanted to use this theme ever since someone alerted me to the song (which I still don’t think I’ve heard), and I set out to do so just under a year ago, thinking it would be a nice theme that would be right up Mike Laws’ street. The additional thematic/editorial relevance was never anticipated, of course. There are, as the notes I think will make clear, three further Hendersons in the grid. I think there’s a typo in 31D in your grid, btw – clearly it was a nuisance…

By: Hi of hihoba

Hi of hihoba — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 12:26:38 +0000

Excellent crossword & nice blog Kenmac. I found 31A&D very difficult too, and actually only solved them after finding the B in Benefit on the “trajectory” and had to correct the L of kneel to the S of knees.

I found the trampoline relatively quickly, and my way in to the solution was via 32D, where the word RELEVANT was key. I googled “Beatles trampoline” and came up with the Mr Kite song straight away. I also found pictures of the interesting poster, bought in Sevenoaks by John Lennon, which led to the song. I heard on Radio 4 yesterday a reference to Pablo Franques, who was a black Victorian impresario in an age when there were few black people living in the UK and many of them were involved in entertainment such as circuses.

I had missed the relevance of the Inquisitor Hendersons though!