Comments on: Independent on Sunday 1177 Glowworm

By: Al Dente

Al Dente — Sun, 16 Sep 2012 17:32:38 +0000

[[Thanks for the link sschua, had to check but still did not have the correct answer. Very much appreciated]]

By: scchua

scchua — Sun, 16 Sep 2012 14:02:27 +0000

NeilW, you’re probably right that that’s what the setter intended. For those who haven’t looked it up, “c” for compliance is to be found in physics. Long ago, when I was studying Materials Science, the formulae were all in terms of “k” the measure of stiffness, and not “c” which is the reciprocal. No wonder it didn’t ring a bell. .
[[sidey and Al Dente, it is The Scaffold and hint: it's in one of their songs. I'm putting a link to the solution under the picture, in case you wish to check your answer.]]

By: Al Dente

Al Dente — Sun, 16 Sep 2012 09:39:04 +0000

Thanks scchua and Glowworm. On the theme of and the link [[ I wonder if its that the Scaffold are from Liverpool and someone from there is referred to as Scouse]]

By: NeilW

NeilW — Sun, 16 Sep 2012 09:32:35 +0000

Thanks, scchua. I don’t often do the Indy, so perhaps I’m not used to the style but I found this quite hard, though fair. I was underwhelmed by the use of “hard” in both clue and solution in 13.

Went off on a tangent with 8, since “Le Pen” I took to be “French for pen” = stylo. Switched the last letter randomly to E and thought it wasn’t a very good clue so thanks for putting me right.

On the other hand, I do think that, in 19, C = compliance and the parsing is RE[c]ORDER.

By: sidey

sidey — Sun, 16 Sep 2012 05:53:55 +0000

Not bad for a Sunday puzzle.

[[The Scaffold I think. Can't link them to the puzzle though.]]