Posted by Bertandjoyce on 10th March 2012
It took a little while to get started on this one.
The first one to go in was 26d and the last one was 16a. We were half expecting a NINA with the grid but cannot see one.
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Posted by Eileen on 10th March 2012
I have said several times that we don’t see enough of Bonxie, so I was pleased to see his name on this puzzle. However, I found it a rather mixed bag, with some pretty easy clues in the bottom half [15, 17, 20, 21, 22ac and 21dn, for instance] and some more challenging ones in the top half, several of them involving [for me] unusual words or rather dodgy cluing. I’m afraid that, when some of the pennies did drop, it was with more of a dull ‘I suppose it has to be that’ thud than a ‘Aha, of course!’ ping.
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Posted by Mister Sting on 10th March 2012
I do like Samuel. I can’t remember exactly which past EVs were his, but his name is associated in my mind with a sort of pleasant, hazy, possibly-toughish-in-parts-but-fair feeling. Perhaps I’m post-rationalising, because I’d say that was a good description of this one.
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