Comments on: Independent 8047 by Radian

By: Sil van den Hoek

Sil van den Hoek — Tue, 31 Jul 2012 11:56:46 +0000

Oops, K’s Dad and flashling, I feel rather silly now.
Completely overlooked the word “going” in the clue ……
That is, for some reason I kept on linking it to “in”, ie “Felt arms” “going in” instead of “Felt arms going” “in”.

By: flashling

flashling — Tue, 31 Jul 2012 00:37:08 +0000

Bah K’sD just beat me to it. I thought you did early morning not late nights K’sD

By: flashling

flashling — Tue, 31 Jul 2012 00:35:44 +0000

Don’t really see your problem Sil, NealH explains it fine F -EL- T outer edges/sides/arms going/being removed in RAY

By: Kathryn's Dad

Kathryn's Dad — Tue, 31 Jul 2012 00:34:46 +0000

Hi Sil. RELAY is an insertion of EL in RAY for ‘beam’. EL is [F]EL[T] with its ‘arms’ (ie outside letters or sides) disappearing.

Hope that helps!

By: Sil van den Hoek

Sil van den Hoek — Tue, 31 Jul 2012 00:02:16 +0000

In #9 I said: I do need a bit more explanation on the use of “arms”. “Sides going”?

I am still waiting for the answer.
Just don’t see it.

By: NealH

NealH — Mon, 30 Jul 2012 22:16:04 +0000

If you take “extremely” to mean the extreme form of something rather than “very”, then extremely meek does work for lowliest. I’d probably agree about communism except that there haven’t been many examples of it in action that haven’t ended up as harsh.

By: pennes

pennes — Mon, 30 Jul 2012 22:12:41 +0000

Also 6dn outplayed means anagram of out. I find this sort of clueing device, similar sort of thing to midnight to get G, rather unfair. Maybe i’m being a bit purist. 12 ac still a brilliant clue though!

By: pennes

pennes — Mon, 30 Jul 2012 22:05:20 +0000

I did have a few quibbles with some definitions in this one: communism = harsh rule? well tyranny would by definition be harsh but not quite the same for communism.
Lowliest= extremely meek; surely it = meekest.
Mind you any gripes forgiven by 12 ac!

By: Sil van den Hoek

Sil van den Hoek — Mon, 30 Jul 2012 21:42:58 +0000

A bit surprised to see another Olympic puzzle after last Friday’s crossword set by the previous speaker.

Surely a nice one though.
Relatively easy, indeed, but I don’t care/mind.
After all, it’s a Monday.

As a learner, I do need a bit more explanation on the use of “arms”. “Sides going”?

Many thanks to NealH & Radian.

Oh, and what if every setter this week (or perhaps during the whole of the Olympics) would set an Olympic puzzle?
Wouldn’t that be a lovely and hugely original idea?

By: Paul B

Paul B — Mon, 30 Jul 2012 19:29:41 +0000

Gumnos shurely? Lower case u, upper case Y, pronunciation approximately ‘oo’?

Oh I don’t care.