Comments on: Independent on Sunday 1,164/Hypnos

By: crypticsue

crypticsue — Sun, 17 Jun 2012 15:45:09 +0000

D’oh to the tWIg!!

By: nmsindy

nmsindy — Sun, 17 Jun 2012 15:16:55 +0000

Yes, enjoyable puzzle, esp liked APEDOM and INSCRUTABLE. From reading this, I think I must have been lucky to twig the significance of twig quite quickly. Many thanks, Hypnos, and Ali.

By: Wanderer

Wanderer — Sun, 17 Jun 2012 14:47:55 +0000

Thanks Ali and Hypnos. 14 took me forever and drove me mad until the penny finally dropped….’small branch’= TWIG; get rid of the outsiders and you’ve got WI, for the short name for the traditional outfit.

By: crypticsue

crypticsue — Sun, 17 Jun 2012 14:41:23 +0000

I am as bemused as you by the wordplay of 14a but I can explain 16a. RAC[E} (competition restricted) followed by an anagram (broadcast) of ANGER IN CITY with T for time inserted. In betting terminology, a banker is a sure thing to better on.

Hopefully someone else will understand 14a – we can’t all have gone ‘ah Women’s Institute’ can we??

Thanks to Hypnos for a nice Sunday brain teaser and to Ali for the blog.