Comments on: Independent 8041/Quixote http://www.fifteensquared.net/2012/07/23/independent-8041quixote/ Never knowingly undersolved. Wed, 22 May 2013 00:36:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Trent Darby http://www.fifteensquared.net/2012/07/23/independent-8041quixote/#comment-202339 Trent Darby Mon, 20 Aug 2012 09:10:13 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=46748#comment-202339 Great blog post. I appreciate the time and effort you put into this. Keep up the good work.

]]> By: allan_c http://www.fifteensquared.net/2012/07/23/independent-8041quixote/#comment-198810 allan_c Mon, 23 Jul 2012 15:33:50 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=46748#comment-198810 Nothing, I think, that a novice solver couldn’t crack, but having said that MAIN MAN took me a while – I parsed it as you did, Pierre – and the penny didn’t drop at first with CLOTHES PEG.

BRASS HAT for an officer goes back certainly as far as WWII and I always assumed it tp refer to the gold braid on senior officers’ caps. But thinking about it might it go back to the days of helmets – steel for the ranks and brass for the officers?

Thanks, Quixote and Pierre.

]]> By: Dormouse http://www.fifteensquared.net/2012/07/23/independent-8041quixote/#comment-198798 Dormouse Mon, 23 Jul 2012 13:33:12 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=46748#comment-198798 I agree. Nothing gave me a problem here, and I’d heard of all the answers except 2dn, where I did know “oregano” which helped (and also “organum” which didn’t). And I also agree about 18ac being a great clue.

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