Comments on: Inquisitor 1249: Grid Change by Syd Lexis

By: Bertandjoyce

Bertandjoyce — Thu, 11 Oct 2012 06:50:22 +0000

Thanks for the blog Duncan. We’d also like to reiterate HolyGhost’s comment about welcoming the new setter.

We enjoyed the puzzle but had not remembered that one of the lines had its name changed so needed electronic help at the end.

By: HolyGhost

HolyGhost — Wed, 10 Oct 2012 21:04:49 +0000

Enjoyable, and not quite as easy as the other two found it.

I solved FLEET only after I too had tumbled to JUBILEE being the only fit for 11A, then quickly spotted VICTORIA … and the rest. (The NUDIST at the top of column three probably held me up for a while.)

I wasn’t sure whether to shade JUBILEE in grey, along with using the appropriate colours for the other lines – and I did in the end. But how to shade UNDERGROUND LINES? (UNDERGROUND written in white on a blue background? Still, what about LINES?)

Quite good fun, so thanks Syd Lexis, and welcome to the IQ stable. And thanks to Duncan for the blog.

By: duncanshiell

duncanshiell — Wed, 10 Oct 2012 07:50:03 +0000

Thanks Hihoba – you are absolutely right in all cases.

I have updated the blog to cover all the points you mention.

By: Hi of hihoba

Hi of hihoba — Wed, 10 Oct 2012 07:24:47 +0000

Nice blog Duncan. I, too, found these clues easier than normal, and the denouement relatively simple. I agree that JUBILEE should not be highlighted according to the rubric.

I think the wordplay in 12D is AS + SUR (on) + E(arth) + D + S, and surely in 30D the wordplay is that LENES is hidden in idLENESs.

(There is a minor typo in the clue for 10A – UniversiOty.)

Quite fun, but a very quick solve for an Inquisitor!