Comments on: Independent 8090 / Punk

By: Bertandjoyce

Bertandjoyce — Tue, 18 Sep 2012 22:01:39 +0000

A late night solve (again) and we think it’s all been said. We’ve been catching up on Inquisitors since our return from Italy.

An enjoyable solve – a slow start until ‘Driving Miss Daisy’ appeared from the anagram.

Thanks Punk and Duncan.

By: NealH

NealH — Tue, 18 Sep 2012 18:30:43 +0000

Yes, I too confidently put in Chin and then couldn’t work out what it had to do with Morgan Freeman (Is he nicknamed The Chin or something like that? Sounds more like Kirk Douglas.) I didn’t dismiss it until I was down to the last couple of clues and realized 6 down had to be an anagram. Lots of nice trademark Punk clues that you’d be embarrassed about trying to solve if someone was looking over your shoulder.

By: nmsindy

nmsindy — Tue, 18 Sep 2012 18:20:22 +0000

Yes, my first entry was CHIN(k). But doubts appeared early on as it did not seem to make sense in the context of the clues. Also my knowledge of the films is pretty vague so the puzzle took me quite a while. So it was good that anagrams were given for most of them which helped me work some of them out. Then I’d to look them up to see what connected them having, not, I’m afraid, heard of the actor. Many thanks, Punk, and Duncan and could I appeal to PA at #12, not to refer to solutions to another of today’s puzzles in the blog on this one! Not started it yet!

Thanks, Punk, and Duncan – I agree AMIDST = In (definition)

By: Dormouse

Dormouse — Tue, 18 Sep 2012 18:03:24 +0000

Yeah, I thought of “face” for 13ac – “chin” didn’t occur to me at all – but wasn’t convinced and didn’t enter it. And like KD, “Driving Miss Daisy” was my entry point. No, I’ve never seen any of his films, either, but I had heard of them.

Not as difficult as I thought it was going to be, but 11ac and 7dn took ages at the end.

By: yvains

yvains — Tue, 18 Sep 2012 13:58:09 +0000

I got delayed by 13 as well – but (probably less excusably) by FACE(T), not CHIN(K)

Particularly enjoyed 2D (the best, imo, of three ways this answer has been clued in crosswords I’ve done over the last couple of months) and the wordplay of 5,3.

By: JollySwagman

JollySwagman — Tue, 18 Sep 2012 13:53:25 +0000

Great fun. Yeah – Chink got me held up for a while. Good to see the Paul/Punk smut trail hotting up again – seemed to have gone – well not cold – but coolish – for a while.

Thanks both.

By: John Appleton

John Appleton — Tue, 18 Sep 2012 13:15:08 +0000

It’s not often I do Indy puzzles but with more free time than usual this week, I’m giving them a go. As a regular Grauniad solver, I shouldn’t have had to look up Punk’s identity to work out why the style appeared familiar.

Very enjoyable, if straightforward, thanks to the films being known to me. Today’s Guardian also carried a big-screen theme, though one that wasn’t quite so attuned to my film knowledge, so this did make up for it somewhat.

By: duncanshiell

duncanshiell — Tue, 18 Sep 2012 12:09:10 +0000

Paul A @ 8

Good point – That’s sounds a better explanation than mine.

By: flashling

flashling — Tue, 18 Sep 2012 12:05:21 +0000

@CrypticSue I think that was me, but it seems he was just saving them for today, you didn’t need to be told the setter here.

Didn’t fall into the CHIN(k) trap as I’d read other clues indicating 21-19 was an actor leading to star quite early.

Fine stuff thanks Punk and Duncan

By: Thomas99

Thomas99 — Tue, 18 Sep 2012 12:05:19 +0000

Paul A @8
Me too. Clever clue, I thought.