Comments on: Independent 7936 / Tees

By: Adam

Adam — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 08:51:54 +0000

So pleased to have found your site. Most helpful. Had Tormentors – didn’t enter my head that the spelling could be different. Need to watch out for those

By: duncanshiell

duncanshiell — Sat, 24 Mar 2012 09:13:26 +0000

Will Ransome @ 16

I also wondered about ‘marine’ but when I saw that Chambers defined ‘marine’ as ‘a soldier serving on board ship’ I felt that it was OK.

By: Wil Ransome

Wil Ransome — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 23:28:13 +0000

Really good I thought, very clever to get all those Ts round the edge without having to resort much to either strange words or unsatisfactory checking. And some excellent clues. I was less than happy with at = by, but I suppose it’s OK, and I also had doubts about calling marines soldiers: are they? I always thought they were halfway between soldiers and sailors.

By: flashling

flashling — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 00:20:32 +0000

Bit late on parade, unlike most I had the T connection early on (well suspected anyway) this to me caused it to unravel very quickly which was a bit of a shame as I had some time to kill, some very nice misdirection I thought and looking back without the T link some rather tricky clues. Cheers T’s and Duncan.

By: Dormouse

Dormouse — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 23:07:38 +0000

Totally failed to spot the Ts, and failed to coplete the top left corner. A read toughie.

By: Bertandjoyce

Bertandjoyce — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 23:03:28 +0000

Well, it seems that a number of us missed the Ts until well into the puzzle although normally this sort of grid pattern tends to suggest a theme or nina – maybe it’s just late in the evening! Having spotted the theme it did help for the last few. A really amazing feat again from Tees!

Thanks Duncan for the blog and Tees for dropping in!

By: Tees

Tees — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 20:16:41 +0000

Hmmm. ‘So far’. Pah.

By: Kathryn's Dad

Kathryn's Dad — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 19:22:45 +0000

It’s bizarre, isn’t it, how you can be so focused on solving a puzzle that you don’t see what is completely obvious once you look at the filled grid. Maybe people’s brains work in different ways, or perhaps with a themed crossword you just need to step away for a minute and look at the big picture.

As for the footie, I will beg Gaufrid’s indulgence and pass on my congratulations to the setter for his team’s excellent season. So far.

By: Allan_C

Allan_C — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 18:02:06 +0000

Doh! Never spotted all the T’s till Duncan pointed them out; might have finished a lot quicker if I had.

K’s D: after your comment about hockey the other day I see we’re back to footie with TAP-INS and the surface of the clue for AMULET.

By: hounddog

hounddog — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 18:00:52 +0000

Duncan & K’sD, you weren’t alone. I think I had four left to solve when I spotted the Ts.