Comments on: Independent 7,889 / Klingsor

By: Bertandjoyce

Bertandjoyce — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 19:21:02 +0000

Enjoyed the puzzle, especially after completing Gordius earlier. Surface reading was excellent and COD was a toss up betwen 7d and 17a.
Thanks klingsor for bringing a smile to our faces and RR for the excellent blog!

By: Allan_C

Allan_C — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 16:09:51 +0000

No Dac on Wednesday, no Phi on Friday – what is the world coming to?

Seriously, though, a satisfying puzzle from Klingsor with, as one expects, some music-related answers and several clues with musical surfaces. And thanks, RatkojaRiku, for the blog.

Re 24d, SHUN is the pronunciation of the last syllable of “Attention”, the order typically being “Squad: Attennn…… SHUN!”, the squaddies then snapping to attention on that last syllable.

Liked GORE. If I may go slightly off topic it was bizarrely appropriate that the Manchester HQ of the Blood Transfusion Service used to be (maybe still is?) at the end of Gore Street! Though I believe the official address was in the adjoining street.

By: scchua

scchua — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 15:16:59 +0000

Thanks Klingsor, will do.

By: Klingsor

Klingsor — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 15:11:32 +0000

Scchua – not having any problems accessing it myself and not had any complaints. If you want to email me at krizovky2002 at seznam dot CZ I’ll try to sort it out.

By: scchua

scchua — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 15:03:32 +0000

Thanks, RatkojaRiku for the excellent blog, and Klingsor for the excellent puzzle. It’s rare that I can finish a Klingsor in one sitting, and, happily, today was one of them. Plenty to enjoy.

It’s also an opportunity (if I may be allowed to go off-topic for a bit) to ask Klingsor-Alberich, if anything’s happened to his website that I haven’t been able to access for the last month or so – or is just me?

By: Klingsor

Klingsor — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 14:33:29 +0000

Thanks for the nice comments. Thomas99 is far too kind, in thaat he credits me with much more ingenuity than I actually possess. The link between “main” and the Sea Symphony was purely coincidental, as was my recent purchase of Hickox/LSO recording of the symphony which arrived from Amazon only a couple of days ago. Excellent blog, much appreciated.

By: nmsindy

nmsindy — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 14:26:04 +0000

Thanks, RatkojaRiku, and Klingsor. Yes I found this very pleasing and not too difficult with the fluent surface readings I associate with this setter.

By: flashling

flashling — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 14:00:46 +0000

Cheers RR I’m glad you explained SHUN because it was lost on me why it was correct – I found this easier otherwise than I expected, and was reluctant to enter GORE as it seemed too obvious and I thought there must be more to this. Thanks Kingsor for workout, was expecting Phi(sh)on friday, but a pleasant change.

By: Thomas99

Thomas99 — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 11:59:57 +0000

Very enjoyable – a nice contrast/complement to Gordius in the Guardian, who is very libertarian today. We know from his website that Klingsor is basically a Ximenean who likes to keep to the rules as much as possible – but what fun he has all the same!

I think my favourite was Vaughan Williams. I wondered if the “main” was a deliberate extra clue. He wrote the “Sea Symphony” and various other things inspired by the “main”.

By: Eileen

Eileen — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 11:47:23 +0000

Thanks, RatkojaRiku – as K’s D says a super blog of a super puzzle, so many thanks to Klingsor, on a welcome return.

All of the clues were good but my ticks were for THE MORNING AFTER, TOUCH UP, VAUGHAN WILLIAMS [two], GRIST and AMBASSADOR.

Hugely enjoyable and worth the wait!

[Yes, I've come across HAAR in Scotland - in both senses! ]