Comments on: Enigmatic Variations No. 1,004: A Trip Out by Warbler

By: Michael

Michael — Mon, 15 Oct 2012 21:33:57 +0000

I thought some of the clues were a little far-fetched, for example “faring” for “succeding” (I thought succeeding was faring well) or tablet for drug.
27A was also marked as being 8 long, and I didn’t count so didn’t get it. Apart from that, I don’t get any joy when I’m constantly reaching for the dictionary – so I guess it’s back to “Sun Quickie” for me!

By: Tony

Tony — Sat, 18 Feb 2012 11:32:14 +0000

Thanks, mc. I don’t see what the shading is meant to represent, unless it’s the arms in some disco dance. Nice puzzle though.

By: mc_rapper67

mc_rapper67 — Sat, 18 Feb 2012 08:07:42 +0000

Thanks Dave – and good point on 24D.

Can’t remember what my solving process was, but as I blogged it I put AN(N) as the middle letters of spANNer, with the N as the extra letter…but then there was also an extra N in the agaram of VEI(N) – so I changed it to AN –> NA, and promptly forgot to mention it!

I think I gave Warbler/the editor the benefit of the doubt by subconsciously reading it as ‘some of the middle-ish letters’ of spANner…

By: Dave Hennings

Dave Hennings — Sat, 18 Feb 2012 07:41:41 +0000

Good blog as usual, mc, and a neat puzzle from Warbler. However, I think there's an extra gremlin at work: in 24dn, AN aren't the middle letters of spANner. Not that I can guess what it was meant to be.