Comments on: Enigmatic Variations No. 993: Mind the Gap by Ifor

By: mc_rapper67

mc_rapper67 — Sat, 26 Nov 2011 16:44:53 +0000

Thanks Dave and Ifor for the comments – and I have made appropriate updates.

(Ifor – I see your point on the VAMBRACE – I chose the wrong ‘member’ there, not sure which dictionary I was looking in!)

By: Ifor

Ifor — Sat, 26 Nov 2011 16:19:30 +0000

Thank you for the blog. You were kind enough not to mention the (unintentionally) misleading suggestion that the speech was delivered at/immediately prior to the battle, rather than somewhat earlier, for which my apologies. A few points about individual clues:

I think you’ll find from C that your VAMBRACE will be more comfortable worn elsewhere.

TROY was originally just an &lit: “Flirt enthralling Hardy’s central character?” but I wasn’t allowed it.

BLAT (Newspaper baron’s muscle cut short) was pleasingly apposite when I wrote the clue.

ALE: You are to “pitch the covering” of “sales”, so (unlike the EV editor as well as you!) I don’t see it as a hidden.

Ifor

By: Dave Hennings

Dave Hennings — Sat, 26 Nov 2011 08:46:23 +0000

A fine puzzle from Ifor, a relatively new setter whose previous puzzles I have really enjoyed (especially Listener 4137, Frightened Catherine). This EV looked like it would be horribly tricky, but in fact it wasn’t too tough. Re GOB, I had the same thoughts as you did about GO, but in fact it is GOBANG (board game) – ANG (in English).

Dave.