Comments on: Guardian Quiptic 658 / Nutmeg

By: Big Dave

Big Dave — Fri, 29 Jun 2012 10:09:50 +0000

Stan

You are, of course, right. I must have thought that his first name was Inspector!

By: StanXYZ

StanXYZ — Mon, 25 Jun 2012 17:59:35 +0000

Just about right for a Quiptic – a nice variety of clues. Thanks to Nutmeg and Big Dave.

4d and 23d – I had always thought that Endeavour was Morse’s first name, not his middle name?

By: Kathryn's Dad

Kathryn's Dad — Mon, 25 Jun 2012 14:55:03 +0000

Yes, a pleasing Quiptic from Nutmeg, where my favourite clue was the simple but elegant double definition in GET ON.

Thanks to Dave for blogging.

By: Jezza

Jezza — Mon, 25 Jun 2012 13:41:47 +0000

20d was my last one in. A reasonably gentle puzzle, that was most pleasant to solve.

This is the second puzzle I have seen in the last week where MORSE and ENDEAVOUR feature together.

Thanks to Nutmeg, and to BD.

By: Robi

Robi — Mon, 25 Jun 2012 12:23:28 +0000

Thanks Big Dave and Nutmeg; I thought this was fair but a bit difficult for a Quiptic.

I failed to parse LET in 1d as a ‘poor first shot’ (not really?) I think SHANGRI-LA is usually hyphenated. I parsed MUSHY as MY containing the East End of ‘hUSH,’ although I think your explanation is better and correct.

I thought the clue for SCENTED (20d) was a bit vague; it seemed to me to be back-to-front i.e. the money was not backing the sun editor, but the other way around