Comments on: Independent 7951/Punk

By: Bertandjoyce

Bertandjoyce — Mon, 09 Apr 2012 17:51:12 +0000

Too much to drink….. It should have been irreverence!

By: Bertandjoyce

Bertandjoyce — Mon, 09 Apr 2012 17:49:06 +0000

Bon soir notre ami, merci pour ‘le blog’.

After a fairly pedestrian puzzle from Another Place this one did not let us down. Really enjoyed the irrecerence, especially 13/17d. Very politically correct in your explanation …… Unfortunately!

Thanks Punk for an amusing diversion over our evening meal.

By: Jon

Jon — Mon, 09 Apr 2012 16:54:21 +0000

For what it’s worth, I think it’s a good idea to have the new crosswords in the i. Recycling older ones always made me feel like a second class citizen. The concise one I believe was already the same? And with the i now outselling the Indy…

By: Pierre

Pierre — Mon, 09 Apr 2012 16:37:36 +0000

Thanks, Pelham, it is indeed TWINKLES – my typo, sorry.

By: Allan_C

Allan_C — Mon, 09 Apr 2012 16:25:55 +0000

I was just getting into a routine of doing the indy cryptic relatively early on line (and being able to contribute to these discussions at a reasonable time) before settling down with the dead tree i cryptic in the evening. Oh well I guess I’ll be doing another newspaper’s cryptic on line now, but I’ll probably be more of a lurker – not much point in commenting when 20 or even 30 others have done so already.

By: Pelham Barton

Pelham Barton — Mon, 09 Apr 2012 16:07:06 +0000

Thanks Punk for an enjoyable crossword and Pierre for the blog. My favourite clue was 16dn – beautifully constructed.

5dn: My copy downloaded from Crossword Solver has this as an 8 letter answer, balancing 16dn, so I think it is TWINKLES, which also justifies the plural “those picked out”.

8dn: The justification for “up” as the reversal indicator does not really work here, as the reversal is in the clue, not on the grid. One simply has to take it as a convention that “up” may be used for any reversal in a down clue.

By: flashling

flashling — Mon, 09 Apr 2012 14:27:38 +0000

Thanks Punk/Pierre, pretty much the same experience and thoughts as others of this, quite easy to me and the expected level of innuendo which is punk/paul’s welcome trademark.

Re the i, pity really as I used to do the Indy on the way in and the i on the way home, not much point wasting 20p today now, but in future why would I now buy the Indy when the crosswords and puzzles are pretty much the same and the interesting (to me) stuff is copied over anyway, seems to be a way of making less money off us. The dead tree folk won’t buy both and the folks who do the Indy on line won’t buy the i now either. (sorry end of mini rant)

By: Cumbrian

Cumbrian — Mon, 09 Apr 2012 13:53:48 +0000

Many thanks Punk and Pierre.
This wasn’t a quick solve for me, but gradually unravelled. That if anything was a bonus, as it was far too enjoyable to be over quickly – so not the crossword equivalent of a 13/17, then (definitely my favourite clue for being rude, irreverent, convoluted, misleading and funny.)

By: Pierre

Pierre — Mon, 09 Apr 2012 12:28:19 +0000

Rats! The i is always a good read, but an additional puzzle was a bonus. Trust the setter will be paid twice, then …

By: eimi

eimi — Mon, 09 Apr 2012 12:18:05 +0000

Change of policy at the i from today, as Pierre has spotted. Not my idea, though.