Comments on: Guardian Quiptic 650 / Hectence

By: Sean

Sean — Wed, 02 May 2012 14:41:15 +0000

I think NEEDED=DEMANDED works for a secondary meaning of ‘demand’: e.g. “the grammar of the piece demanded some editorial attention”

By: Derek Lazenby

Derek Lazenby — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 20:47:07 +0000

Yes, all the above.

Not convinced by NEEDED=DEMANDED, needed describes a state, demanded describes one of the things you might have done about it, which is not the same thing.

By: Robi

Robi — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 15:28:51 +0000

Enjoyable puzzle, but rather difficult for a Quiptic, I think.

Thanks Big Dave for a good pictorial blog. I tried BLIND faith at first for 14.

I did like FEEBLE-MINDED, although a bit complicated for this level.

By: postrophe

postrophe — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 15:08:11 +0000

Quite a challenging start to the week’s puzzling.

Many thanks to Big Dave for a most entertaining commentary. “the first person subjective pronoun” made me think twice!

By: andy smith

andy smith — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 13:43:17 +0000

Thanks for the blog BD.

I thought it was fresh and entertaining, but I also hesitated a bit at the hidden answer in 11a – just because it isn’t conventional to include surface padding in such a clue.

Thanks Hectence, very good.

By: crypticsue

crypticsue — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 12:32:00 +0000

Particularly hard work for a Quiptic, a nice mix of clues but I did have to think quite hard about some. Thanks to Hectence and BD.