Comments on: Inquisitor 1200: Juke Box Jury by Nimrod

By: John Lowe

John Lowe — Fri, 04 Nov 2011 17:29:16 +0000

The clueing to 29 is right: “keep one’s head” is the answer to 10 down so I think it represents IO.

By: Chaz

Chaz — Fri, 04 Nov 2011 10:57:50 +0000

A piece of genius. Also worth noting: published in October 2011 gives 10/’11/12(00).
Thanks Nimrod.

By: twencelas

twencelas — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 22:21:01 +0000

This was a puzzle of the highest quality as the theme slowly revealed itself. The intrigue at the beginning with the number of cells to be highlighted – more than a third of the puzzle. The hard slog to get there, but boy was the end game worth the effort. Truly a work of art. Many thanks to Nimrod and HolyGhost for the blog

By: Shirley Curran

Shirley Curran — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 14:40:25 +0000

Yes, indeed, I had about five solutions in place before a more gifted solver gave me a mighty help and we were both just dazzled by the ingenuity of this – especially by the way the clue numbers told us where to find the lyrics of 1-2-3-4 Come on baby, say you love me etc. It was the figure 61 (other cells) that needed to be shaded that gave me the hint to look for the various types of time. This was truly memorable and raises the IQ bar a few feet for compilers – how does anyone live up to that sort of quality?

By: regalize

regalize — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 21:59:27 +0000

Yes WOW again – what a great puzzle this was. After finding the lyrics, it was the 5, 6, 7 (times) which truly had me stuck till the logical side of my brain went into gear. I have to admit googling the source with the anagram, which on its own threw up some weird hymns. But putting that italicized word in made all the difference. My children gave me the the initial insight. (As they do).
Thanks HG for the blog and of course to Nimrod, I don’t know how he does it.

By: ele

ele — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 20:04:42 +0000

Wow indeed! I completed the grid – not without some difficulty and a little help from my friends. But got completely sidetracked by choosing the wrong GLoria Estefan song to try and fit into the 61 characters. Google returned one called ‘You’ll be mine’ which includes a chorus with the moon rising etc. and so thought that the ‘you are mine’ was the answer to that. Seeing moon in the centre, I was convinced. But it didn’t work and I’m afraid I gave up. Thanks to Nimrod for a real workout – did he put the moon in to mislead us I wonder – and thanks to Holy Ghost for the true explanation.

By: kenmac

kenmac — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 14:28:38 +0000

Well done, HG. Brilliant blog on an outstanding puzzle.
This was one of those rare puzzles that cause you to stand back and say, “WOW!” when you’re finished. What a work of art! Like you, I found GLORIA ESTEFAN fairly early on. I got a little confused thinking that the 4-letter answers also had to go in the grid The long down answers, especially on LHS, took me the longest. No ideas on 29 IDIOM, I couldn’t see the missing I or O either. And I didn’t justify all the 3LA’s but then I didn’t need to since they fell into place and it wasn’t my week to blog – thank goodness