Comments on: Independent Crossword 8022 by ANAX (Saturday Prize Puzzle 30-06-2012)

By: Bamberger

Bamberger — Sun, 08 Jul 2012 07:41:24 +0000

Fyveashe- I think all i crosswords have been Indie crosswords so if for instance a clue was “big yellow flower” you could try google with fifteensquared “big yellow flower” independent -or you could try putting “big yellow flower” into the fifteensquared search box. No foolproof method that I’m aware of – of course it would help if the i was upfront and said “This appeared in the Indie on 4 January 2010″

By: anax

anax — Sat, 07 Jul 2012 22:37:19 +0000

Congratulations on your debut twencelas, and many thanks for the blog (especially the vid links – so much better than the HSBC ad!).
23/8 was nervously submitted – thought I might get slapped down for it; if (even at this late stage) anyone feels it’s distasteful, I have to emphasise it was in fun only.

By: twencelas

twencelas — Sat, 07 Jul 2012 14:48:18 +0000

MikeC and Lenny – thanks for those corrections – I have applied them. My german is indeed getting rusty.

By: Lenny

Lenny — Sat, 07 Jul 2012 14:00:10 +0000

This was déjà vu all over again for me after yesterday’s Loroso. I quickly spotted the main theme which immediately gave me about a third of the answers. Then I had to work hard to complete the puzzle, with Epigastric and Line Abreast coming from the wordplay. I think, to be the right part of speech, the definition in 25 has to be “in part of abdomen”.

My favourite was the cute little hidden word clue for Eel. I will own up to linking the Peter Sellers clue to 2 down in common with twencelas.

By: Fyveashe

Fyveashe — Sat, 07 Jul 2012 13:00:11 +0000

Nothing to do with this puzzle but does anyone know where I can find solutions to the I cryptic crosswords? I naively thought there’d be the same puzzles in both papers but apparently not. The crossword in 2nd July’s I is 435by Quixote – any ideas?
Thanks

By: MikeC

MikeC — Sat, 07 Jul 2012 12:22:09 +0000

Thanks twencelas and Anax – a fun puzzle. A couple of small points re the blog. Isn’t Loewe pronounced Lo (or Low), so a homophone of squat as an adjective rather than a verb (3d)? Secondly, I don’t think there is an anagram indicator in 19a. It’s just the odd letters UTUMN after A, definition “fall”.

I also needed a good bit of wiki help with this, btw!

By: twencelas

twencelas — Sat, 07 Jul 2012 08:46:50 +0000

Thanks Dormouse – I’ve corrected 2dn reference. As to the subtheme, it good well just be me

By: Dormouse

Dormouse — Sat, 07 Jul 2012 08:36:11 +0000

The Chevalier version of Thank Heaven for Little Girls was something of a favourite in our household when it first came out, especially with my sister, although I don’t think I’ve ever seen the film. I remember a radio programme more recently that pointed out that it’s about grooming a teenage girl to be a prostitute, so probably still a controversial subject.

However, I can’t see your sub theme. Maybe I’m too pure in thought. I did recently discover the American slang meaning of “Peter” when I referred to Blue Peter on an internet discussion with some Americans. By the way, you have 2dn as 1dn in your blog. It appears to be the only clue that defeated me – I guessed “olivine” but couldn’t see why.

By: flashling

flashling — Fri, 06 Jul 2012 23:44:10 +0000

I found this easier than most of Dean’s Anax puzzles, perhaps I was just lucky, my only problem being how to spell Loewe, Peter Sellers raised (ahem!) a smile. Cheers both.