Comments on: Guardian Quiptic 663 / Moley http://www.fifteensquared.net/2012/07/30/guardian-quiptic-663-moley/ Never knowingly undersolved. Fri, 24 May 2013 05:17:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Kathryn's Dad http://www.fifteensquared.net/2012/07/30/guardian-quiptic-663-moley/#comment-199541 Kathryn's Dad Tue, 31 Jul 2012 16:34:00 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=47101#comment-199541 I think this hit the spot for a Quiptic – okay, there are a few overlapping clues/answers, but there were some nice constructions too. I thought UNDER LOCK AND KEY was a nice anagram.

]]> By: Tallboss http://www.fifteensquared.net/2012/07/30/guardian-quiptic-663-moley/#comment-199476 Tallboss Tue, 31 Jul 2012 03:25:37 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=47101#comment-199476 I thought this was a very fair quiptic, aimed at the right level a quiptic should be

Thanks to Moley and BD for the blog

]]> By: Eileen http://www.fifteensquared.net/2012/07/30/guardian-quiptic-663-moley/#comment-199411 Eileen Mon, 30 Jul 2012 12:38:35 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=47101#comment-199411 I totally agree. Thanks for the blog.

]]> By: Andrew http://www.fifteensquared.net/2012/07/30/guardian-quiptic-663-moley/#comment-199407 Andrew Mon, 30 Jul 2012 12:28:44 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=47101#comment-199407 Thanks for the blog Big Dave. Your final remarks take the words out of my mouth – I’m not at all keen on the style of clue you describe, and this puzzle is so full of them that it almost looks like a deliberate “theme”. In the acrosses we also have (perhaps more obscurely than the examples you mention) deFENCE and the non-double definition of STIMULUS. (I also took 6dn as a very weak dd.)

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