Comments on: Independent 8046 by Phi (Saturday Prize Puzzle 28 July 2012)

By: flashling

flashling — Sat, 04 Aug 2012 22:58:35 +0000

Yes Wil if anything the way 8d reads to me, leads to maps not SPAM

By: Wil Ransome

Wil Ransome — Sat, 04 Aug 2012 22:07:06 +0000

I enjoyed this, but invented a chocolate filling called genache (having shortened gens, which seemed to fit in with the Olympic theme).

And I’ve said this before but it doesn’t get great support because some people think it’s quite OK, but it seems to me that a clue should lead incontrovertibly to the answer. 8dn could as well be MAPS as SPAM.

By: allan_c

allan_c — Sat, 04 Aug 2012 09:43:46 +0000

Some nice non-thematic clues and answers too, for example RHYMESTER, SPANGLE and (my nomination for CoD) GANACHE.

Thanks, Phi and MC

By: flashling

flashling — Fri, 03 Aug 2012 23:47:30 +0000

As you say MC an interesting twist, had the black september thing happened 6 days later it would have been quite some “coincidence” in 25d, but a nice double theme combination from Phi, must have been a bit of a toss up whether to open with Koroibos(Tees) or this last friday.