Comments on: AZED No. 2,105 ‘Collisions’ COMPETITION PUZZLE

By: Jan

Jan — Sun, 14 Oct 2012 17:51:36 +0000

An excellent blog, Nick, well done. I’m not surprised it took a long time.

I thoroughly enjoyed the puzzle although, unlike RCW, I kept forgetting that the overlaps weren’t clued and kept searching the wordplay.

By: RCWhiting

RCWhiting — Sun, 14 Oct 2012 13:39:14 +0000

Thanks all
This started so slowly for me that I thought it might prove to be one of those very rare Sun./Mon puzzles.
It did not but the pleasure extended well into the afternoon.
I kept failing to remember that the overlap was to be entered.
Eventually all fell into place and it had been an enjoyable solve.
Last two in were 16ac and 9d.

By: Pelham Barton

Pelham Barton — Sun, 14 Oct 2012 08:53:05 +0000

This took me just over my normal maximum solving time for a plain puzzle and I found it very satisfying, so thanks Azed for a very good idea well executed. I got ICEBERG quite early, but did not spot TITANIC until much later. Thanks also to Nick for a well presented and clear blog.

By: bridgesong

bridgesong — Sun, 14 Oct 2012 08:38:38 +0000

Thanks for the very clear blog, NIck. I agree that the way in was to concentrate on the down clues, but it wasn’t long before some of the across clues fell into place. There was an ah-ha moment when 1 across became obvious.

I thought it might be worth mentioning the grid; it was very helpful for the across clues, with very few unches.