Comments on: Independent 7965 / Crosophile

By: flashling

flashling — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 23:03:25 +0000

A late but plus vote for Tinkle from me as well, I found this tricky but still amazed by Duncan’s blogs, I couldn’t even have bought the paper before his lengthy multi colour blog was posted this morning. I spent a while looking for themes or Ninas as Crosophile has a history of doing so and came here to see what I’d failed to spot. Cheers Crosophile and Duncan.

By: Dormouse

Dormouse — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 20:39:14 +0000

Well, I liked TINKLE, caused me to smile. Also liked SURREAL even though I wasn’t aware of the Dali painting (and googling it, I can’t recall ever having seen it before).

Got stuck on 27 and 28, and for 12ac I kept on thinking ONSCREEN but couldn’t see how it would work and couldn’t think of anything else.

By: crypticsue

crypticsue — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 20:29:10 +0000

Is it too late to say I was a fan of the wee tinkling moose too?

By: nmsindy

nmsindy — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 19:36:13 +0000

Or maybe a tinkle of a bell…

By: Kathryn's Dad

Kathryn's Dad — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 18:16:21 +0000

But only AET … final whistle soon to be blown, I imagine.

By: Crosophile

Crosophile — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 17:46:59 +0000

Ooh! Pro-tinkles now in the lead

By: Crosophile

Crosophile — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 17:45:07 +0000

Thanks for all the comments and to Duncan for another amazing blog. How did you write all that [in technicolour too] and post it by 7:30AM? Impressive.
No Nina this time.
I think all the queries have now been resolved and I’m relieved too that views on the TINKLE clue are now 2-2 as I quite liked that one.
I think 22A was written at the time Gove was suggesting we’d all like to chip in for a new Royal yacht for the jubilee.
Looking at the puzzle today I realised I missed a trick with 17D, where ‘American poodle’ would have done very nicely instead of ‘stateside pooch’. Oh well.

By: Bertandjoyce

Bertandjoyce — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 17:36:44 +0000

Well there are now four of us who liked ‘tinkle’!

A good puzzle although we had difficulty with 27a. We had all the crossing letters and in the back of our minds we thought of sorrel. One of us thought of the possibility of ‘dock’ and the other thought of horses but we didn’t communicate our thoughts until we checked on 225!

Thanks Crosophile and Duncan.

By: Pelham Barton

Pelham Barton — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 16:18:32 +0000

K’s Dad @10: You are certainly not in a minority of one with TINKLE – I enjoyed it too.

Duncan @7 re 23ac: When I made my earlier comment I thought about saying that your mistake was understandable given the different letter widths, so I will do so now.

By: Kathryn's Dad

Kathryn's Dad — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 16:07:58 +0000

Looks like I’m in a minority of one with TINKLE, then. It just made me smirk. Meant to mention earlier that I’d normally spell 26ac HOBOS, but dictionaries give Crosophile’s spelling too, so all fair.