Comments on: Independent 8,096 / Scorpion

By: RatkojaRiku

RatkojaRiku — Wed, 03 Oct 2012 19:13:18 +0000

And make that four – to my shame, I’ve never even heard of Jeff Buckley! Not the most obvious of themes, in all fairness, but at least solvers weren’t required to know the album to complete the puzzle. However, those that did, and that spotted it, doubtless derived extra enjoyment from the puzzle.

By: Bertandjoyce

Bertandjoyce — Wed, 26 Sep 2012 11:32:58 +0000

Make that three!

By: allan_c

allan_c — Wed, 26 Sep 2012 10:21:12 +0000

Thanks, Simon, for putting us out of our suspense (and supplementing at least one person’s education).

By: Simon Harris

Simon Harris — Tue, 25 Sep 2012 22:39:44 +0000

I shamefully didn’t spot it without the prompting, but I trust that at 11:30pm it won’t spoil the fun for anybody if I chip in. This is Jeff Buckley’s GRACE, with the track listing:

– MOJO Pin
– GRACE
– Last GOODBYE
– LILAC Wine
– So REAL
– HALLELUJAH
– LOVER, You Should’ve Come Over
– CORPUS Christi Carol
– ETERNAL Life; and
– DREAM Brother

So I think that’s every track represented in the grid, which is very impressive indeed.

By: Trebor

Trebor — Tue, 25 Sep 2012 20:49:09 +0000

Come on then, what’s the theme?

By: eimi

eimi — Tue, 25 Sep 2012 17:06:54 +0000

I think there’s a classic CD missing from a lot of Indy crossword solvers’ collections. It’s a ghost theme, appropriately perhaps.

By: flashling

flashling — Tue, 25 Sep 2012 16:45:28 +0000

Thanks RR & Scorpion, saw the pangram but failed to see the something else which I expected on a Tuesday so I quite like NMS’s explanation.

By: allan_c

allan_c — Tue, 25 Sep 2012 13:39:35 +0000

A nice range of difficulty in the clues today, some easy ones to get started before puzzling over such as 23a, 5d and 18d.
Guessed COLTRANE at once for 24a then saw the parsing of it. Forget Pavarotti & Co; if anyone says ‘Three Tenors’ to me I think of John Coltrane, Prez (Lester Young) and Stan Getz. Which gives me an idea. Maybe one of our setters could come up with a jazz-themed crossword sometime, though no doubt someone will chip in here to say it’s been done already.
Thanks, Scorpion and RatkojaRiku.

By: nmsindy

nmsindy — Tue, 25 Sep 2012 11:36:06 +0000

Excellent puzzle and excellent blog. Esp liked LILAC, PAUNCH, CORPUS. Maybe it’s just me but was there maybe a theme Arthur’s Day (Guinness) which is this week with a number of drink-related clues – Arthur appearing twice and Guinness once. Thanks RR and Scorpion.

By: yvains

yvains — Tue, 25 Sep 2012 09:18:37 +0000

Thanks for the blog, RatkojaRiku – I needed the explanation of 23 . Thanks also to Scorpion – I particularly liked 7 and 22.