Comments on: Independent 7842 (Saturday Prize Puzzle 03/12/11) by Tyrus

By: twencelas

twencelas — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 22:53:58 +0000

Thanks redddevil – I’ve corrected 29. as to Axl Rose, I would think he was well known enough to justify a clue reference.

By: redddevil

redddevil — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 16:11:15 +0000

AT THIS MOMENT IN TIME.
Not sure what happened there – seemed to auto-submit my comment!

By: redddevil

redddevil — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 16:10:09 +0000

AXL is not a word in any dictionary I own.
If 1st names of 2nd rate rock musicians are to be allowable answers then we’re on a slippery slope indeed.
Otherwise enjoyed this immensely. I especially liked the misdirection away from the right type of JET in 20ac.
Slight error in blog in that 29 s/be

By: Tyrus

Tyrus — Sun, 11 Dec 2011 15:15:24 +0000

Thanks to all for the comments and to twencelas for another excellent blog.

By: MikeC

MikeC — Sat, 10 Dec 2011 19:21:59 +0000

Thanks twenceslas and Tyrus. Good fun but I needed help with 9 (missed the homophone indicator) and 13 (new to me). I hope Paul’s not reading kenmac@4!

By: kenmac

kenmac — Sat, 10 Dec 2011 15:08:46 +0000

13a was the last one I got. Something to bear in mind is that AXL ROSE is an anagram of … well, suffice to say it’s an anagram (4, 3)

By: nmsindy

nmsindy — Sat, 10 Dec 2011 11:38:49 +0000

Yes, this was most enjoyable. It also took me quite a while to break into. I’d not heard of AXL either but the wordplay led very definitely there and I was able to check afterwards. Thanks Tyrus and twencelas.

By: Tramp

Tramp — Sat, 10 Dec 2011 09:34:03 +0000

I thoroughly enjoyed this.

By: Allan_C

Allan_C — Sat, 10 Dec 2011 09:04:47 +0000

Got everything except AXL, whom I’d never heard of (though I’d heard of his band), so thanks, twencelas, for enlightenment. I struggled with this for a bit until for no apparent reason, apart from a few checking letters, CUT A LONG STORY SHORT came to mind for 30/16 and then the theme dawned on me. So one could say I solved it in a rather roundabout way.