Comments on: Independent 7812 by Tyrus (Saturday Prize Puzzle 29/10/2011) http://www.fifteensquared.net/2011/11/05/independent-7812-by-tyrus-saturday-prize-puzzle-29102011/ Never knowingly undersolved. Sun, 19 May 2013 00:34:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: MikeC http://www.fifteensquared.net/2011/11/05/independent-7812-by-tyrus-saturday-prize-puzzle-29102011/#comment-173730 MikeC Mon, 07 Nov 2011 15:56:48 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=36341#comment-173730 Many thanks to both blogger and setter. I was very pleased to complete such a challenging and rewarding puzzle – though I confess I needed this site to parse some of the answers!

]]> By: Tyrus http://www.fifteensquared.net/2011/11/05/independent-7812-by-tyrus-saturday-prize-puzzle-29102011/#comment-173662 Tyrus Sun, 06 Nov 2011 14:48:47 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=36341#comment-173662 Many thanks for the comments and to twencelas for the excellent blog.

]]> By: Conrad Cork http://www.fifteensquared.net/2011/11/05/independent-7812-by-tyrus-saturday-prize-puzzle-29102011/#comment-173627 Conrad Cork Sat, 05 Nov 2011 16:31:06 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=36341#comment-173627 13 across, ‘ambition’ is a real virtuoso piece of cluing. So many gems here, but that one struck me as jaw-droppingly good. Great blog too twencelas.

]]> By: Wanderer http://www.fifteensquared.net/2011/11/05/independent-7812-by-tyrus-saturday-prize-puzzle-29102011/#comment-173622 Wanderer Sat, 05 Nov 2011 14:51:17 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=36341#comment-173622 Hurrah! My first ever completed Tyrus. I found this extraordinarily difficult (as I always do with this setter!) but a remarkable and brilliant set of clues.

5/14 took me forever, as even after identifying the fodder, I noticed that it could produce both ECONOMIST and INFLATION which I tried to fit in the 9 letter light. MANIFESTO didn’t leap out at me for ages.

28/9 superb.

Many thanks twencelas for the blog, and to Tyrus for a wonderful puzzle. I have been waiting for some time to crack one of yours!

]]> By: Lenny http://www.fifteensquared.net/2011/11/05/independent-7812-by-tyrus-saturday-prize-puzzle-29102011/#comment-173619 Lenny Sat, 05 Nov 2011 13:12:09 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=36341#comment-173619 Thanks Twencelas and thanks to Tyrus for an amusing theme. I don’t think I have ever seen such a politically committed crossword before. I thought I would never get started on this but, once I got the first phrase, everything dropped out very quickly, with no obscure words amongst the answers. One obscure bit of general knowledge was required, the shape of the 17th hole at St Andrews, which is why the NW corner held me up a bit at the end.

]]> By: Tramp http://www.fifteensquared.net/2011/11/05/independent-7812-by-tyrus-saturday-prize-puzzle-29102011/#comment-173613 Tramp Sat, 05 Nov 2011 11:18:22 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=36341#comment-173613 A truly wonderful and entertaining puzzle.

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