Comments on: Independent 7975 by Anarche

By: Dave

Dave — Tue, 15 May 2012 13:55:06 +0000

Enjoyed this one, though as some others have said I had some difficulties in the bottom half. I posted a scan of this one into an old discussion thread on LibraryThing where a couple of us had been (some time ago) attempting to make Leveson-inspired clues. See here. (The three I wrote in "bold italic" I'd actually failed to solve on the day and filled in in retrospect having seen the answers...)

By: JollySwagman

JollySwagman — Wed, 09 May 2012 00:37:50 +0000

Corker – thought eventually she would no longer be able to top her own act – but she just has done.

By: Allan_C

Allan_C — Tue, 08 May 2012 07:57:16 +0000

Great!

By: NealH

NealH — Tue, 08 May 2012 07:56:59 +0000

I was a bit dubious about this but did find a couple of definitions which supported the idea that they were nerves or nerve-related:

“any cluster or coil of blood vessels, nerve fibres, etc, in the body”

“A nerve ending consisting of a cluster of dendritic ramifications and axon terminals surrounded by a glial sheath.”

So now you know…

By: Rorschach

Rorschach — Tue, 08 May 2012 00:29:22 +0000

Although as far as I’m aware, “glomeruli” aren’t nerves…

By: Rorschach

Rorschach — Mon, 07 May 2012 23:08:44 +0000

Wow… Speechless…

By: flashling

flashling — Mon, 07 May 2012 22:11:06 +0000

Cor that was tough without aids but a fantastic piece of work Anarche, must admit I too would love to have seen the unbowdlerised version, – perhaps a private eye special (well we can hope), well done NealH a tough nut to blog.

By: andy

andy — Mon, 07 May 2012 19:43:27 +0000

fantastic arachne /anarche you’ve made my rainy cold bank holiday. I admit having to reach for the dictionary for a couple of for me, new words, but the elegant cluing just meant needed confirmation, and ta to NealH too

By: Miche

Miche — Mon, 07 May 2012 17:57:49 +0000

Ooh, now I want a samizdat copy of the uncensored version.

By: Anarche

Anarche — Mon, 07 May 2012 17:13:48 +0000

Oo err, cripes, thanks everyone for kind comments, and especially NealH for top blog. Much of the original version of this puzzle had to be binned due to laws of defamation, libel, discrimination against redheads etc, but I think it still conveys a little of my adolescent fury at gutter journalism and bent coppers.

Anax @10 – your work is never less than Alpha+ and I can’t wait to take you on tomorrow.

Now back to Bank Holiday grandchild-taming.

Love and hugs, Anarche