Comments on: Guardian Quiptic 652/Nutmeg http://www.fifteensquared.net/2012/05/14/guardian-quiptic-652nutmeg/ Never knowingly undersolved. Mon, 20 May 2013 13:34:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Bratford http://www.fifteensquared.net/2012/05/14/guardian-quiptic-652nutmeg/#comment-193291 Bratford Tue, 15 May 2012 08:52:36 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=44146#comment-193291 Thanks for the welcome, yes it my first contribution. I started on a crossword last summer, the first for a long time, at least this century, possibly longer. I’ve never found them easy, but I do prefer to attempt them online rather than faffing round with pencils and rubbers.

]]> By: Pierre http://www.fifteensquared.net/2012/05/14/guardian-quiptic-652nutmeg/#comment-193286 Pierre Tue, 15 May 2012 08:26:28 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=44146#comment-193286 Hi Bratford

I don’t recognise your name, so if this is your first contribution, welcome! Your take on ADRIFT is interesting (I didn’t know that definition), but I don’t think it quite fits the surface, because it doesn’t take account of where the ‘opening’ part of the clue comes in.

Anyway, thanks for contributing and keep the comments coming.

]]> By: Bratford http://www.fifteensquared.net/2012/05/14/guardian-quiptic-652nutmeg/#comment-193255 Bratford Mon, 14 May 2012 17:46:53 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=44146#comment-193255 I can’t work out if this explains 10ac better, but a drift is tool, described in wikipedia as “drift pin punch, or simply drift, is the name for a tool used for enlarging holes, or aligning holes prior to bolting or riveting metal parts together.”

]]> By: Pierre http://www.fifteensquared.net/2012/05/14/guardian-quiptic-652nutmeg/#comment-193236 Pierre Mon, 14 May 2012 15:08:51 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=44146#comment-193236 As Pommers has just pointed out on the Guardian blog, this puzzle is a pangram. For newer solvers, that’s a puzzle that contains all 26 letters of the alphabet, and is usually an incidental part of the solving process, though if you spot that it might be, it can help you with your last few answers. I never thought to look, frankly, because the Quiptic is almost invariably theme-free. Well done to Nutmeg for incorporating it without making the puzzle too tricky or including obscure words.

]]> By: noddybankie http://www.fifteensquared.net/2012/05/14/guardian-quiptic-652nutmeg/#comment-193214 noddybankie Mon, 14 May 2012 11:38:21 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=44146#comment-193214 Found this tougher than the cryptic today.

]]> By: Pierre http://www.fifteensquared.net/2012/05/14/guardian-quiptic-652nutmeg/#comment-193189 Pierre Mon, 14 May 2012 09:11:21 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=44146#comment-193189 Thanks, Keith and Brian. I want to go with Keith’s idea, because it’s slightly risqué, but I think Brian has nailed it. How could I not see that? It’s really strange how sometimes you just get fixated on one way of parsing a clue and then your brain somehow won’t let you see the obvious explanation.

]]> By: Brian with an eye http://www.fifteensquared.net/2012/05/14/guardian-quiptic-652nutmeg/#comment-193188 Brian with an eye Mon, 14 May 2012 08:36:53 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=44146#comment-193188 17d: “capable of” = “up to” & “meeting” = “date”.

]]> By: KeithW http://www.fifteensquared.net/2012/05/14/guardian-quiptic-652nutmeg/#comment-193187 KeithW Mon, 14 May 2012 08:12:06 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=44146#comment-193187 17d – could “meeting with it” describe a date? A date is a meeting and “it” might follow?

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