Comments on: Independent 7,918 / Mordred

By: RatkojaRiku

RatkojaRiku — Wed, 07 Mar 2012 12:40:07 +0000

Thanks for input, Miche.

I agree with Bertandjoyce about the dearth of comments despite the difficulty of the puzzle!

By: Bertandjoyce

Bertandjoyce — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 23:34:53 +0000

Nothing too difficult? It was a typical Thursday ‘toughie’ in our opinion complicated by the inclusion of several obscure words. Mordred always seems to add a twist but it wasn’t until the very end that we noticed the homophones.
Enjoyable workout, more braincells stimulated so thanks Mordred.
Thanks RR for the blog. You must have had some head-scratching and yet there are so few comments. Did people just give up on it?

By: Allan_C

Allan_C — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 22:15:03 +0000

Nothing too difficult here, although a few words aren’t exactly in everyday use. Thanks, Mordred and RatkojaRiku.

Re 6d, embouchure is also the “mouth” (i.e. the shape of the mouth) made when playing a wind instrument, particularly a brass instrument.

By: Alberich

Alberich — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 16:29:33 +0000

Sorted it – was something to do with my page size settings! Nice puzzle by the way.

By: Gaufrid

Gaufrid — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 16:28:40 +0000

Hi Alberich
Sorry, I misinterpreted your question. I checked the website version before replying initially, and again a couple of minutes ago, with no problems on either occasion (using IE9).

By: Alberich

Alberich — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 16:17:02 +0000

Thanks Gaufrid, I got it OK too with Crossword Solver but am just wondering if the online pages are playing up or whether it’s a problem my end.

By: Gaufrid

Gaufrid — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 16:13:34 +0000

Hi Alberich
I’ve just tried downloading via Crossword Solver and it worked fine for me, no problems at all.

By: Alberich

Alberich — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 16:04:56 +0000

Is anyone else having trouble getting the puzzle to load on the Indy site? I get the words “Wrong size” instead of the grid and only some of the clues. I use Crossword Solver to get the puzzles and only stumbled on this by accident, but would be interested to know if this is a known problem or just my computer being nasty to me. Thanks.

By: Miche

Miche — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 10:03:48 +0000

Thanks, RatkojaRiku. I found this slightly tough going.

Ia: A cheque is a bill of exchange. I think chequer and peg can both be used to mean the pieces in Chinese Chequers.