Comments on: Independent 8075 / Phi

By: Wil Ransome

Wil Ransome — Fri, 31 Aug 2012 20:48:08 +0000

Was Salieri accused of murder? I always thought he was only suspected of murder, and even then without a lot of evidence. And is Tin Pan Alley popular music production itself? This is not the same thing as the realm of popular m. p.

Otherwise all very good so far as I could see.

By: allan_c

allan_c — Fri, 31 Aug 2012 16:26:39 +0000

Thanks, malc95, for that snippet of information. Surprising what one can learn from doing cryptic crosswords (and following the blogs). Hadn’t heard of Admiral Vernon before – my knowledge of naval history is a bit sketchy before the 1790s.

By: malc95

malc95 — Fri, 31 Aug 2012 16:05:07 +0000

15d Grog from Old Grog – Admiral Vernon – who wore a coat of grogram/gros grain & watered down the rum.

By: Kathryn's Dad

Kathryn's Dad — Fri, 31 Aug 2012 14:45:27 +0000

Thanks, Duncan.

A fine, unthemed, daily cryptic with a nice variety of clueing (and music and astronomy …) All good stuff, although GROSGRAIN was a new one for me.

Thanks to Phi for a good end to the crossword week.

By: allan_c

allan_c — Fri, 31 Aug 2012 11:33:27 +0000

Yes, good “standard fare” but nevertheless some inventive cluing. I liked ELSTREE, DIOCESAN and HOME BREWING.

And we may not have got music references from Klingsor yesterday, but Phi has made up for it today with UPRIGHT, GLISSANDI, TIN PAN ALLEY and SALIERI.

I’d agree that BIG GIRL’S BLOUSE was a bit obvious. Incidentally, the origin of the phrase seems a bit obscure but I found a possible explanation at http://www.worldwidewords.org/qa/qa-big3.htm

Thanks, Phi; and of course Duncan for the usual comprehensive blog.