Comments on: Independent on Sunday 1181 Raich

By: Raich

Raich — Mon, 15 Oct 2012 17:48:14 +0000

Many thanks, scchua, for the excellent blog and thanks also to all who commented.

By: Jim T

Jim T — Sun, 14 Oct 2012 15:23:08 +0000

Thought this was slightly harder than Raich’s usual but none the worse for that. An enjoyable puzzle.

By: flashling

flashling — Sun, 14 Oct 2012 15:03:39 +0000

Unlike the rest of the commenters for once NMS had me really stuck for a long time, I didn’t know the French region ( I knew what the clue was about but without references available, still)

Thanks SC and NMS, I enjoyed it even if others found it easy.

By: scchua

scchua — Sun, 14 Oct 2012 10:52:58 +0000

It appears I’m in the minority (not for the first time, nor the last either, I’ll bet). Thanks K’sD, I’ve corrected the blog.

By: crypticsue

crypticsue — Sun, 14 Oct 2012 10:09:23 +0000

I didn’t find it that tricky either – about right for a Sunday. As K’sD says, a nice mix of clues and very entertaining. Thanks to Raich and scchua too.

By: Kathryn's Dad

Kathryn's Dad — Sun, 14 Oct 2012 09:14:44 +0000

Like Dormouse, I didn’t find this too tricky – I managed the long answers fairly early, and then remember the rest of it falling out nicely. No particular favourite today, but it was what I’d call a good ‘old-fashioned’ puzzle: no theme, but plenty of fine clues and a variety of devices.

I’d always call it STOLLEN CAKE, but ‘bread’ is also fine (I think in German it’s Stollen Brot). Btw, scchua, you have a tiny typo in your explanation of this clue: you meant to write ‘stollen’ and not ‘stolen’, I’m sure.

Thanks to Raich for the puzzle and scchua for the blog.

By: Dormouse

Dormouse — Sun, 14 Oct 2012 08:47:11 +0000

Thanks. Curiously, I found it on the easier end myself. I was out most of last Sunday and did the Beelzebub before tackling this and had forgotten about it till mid-week when, having done that day’s daily, I felt the need to do another puzzle and remembered this still unlooked at. I was almost disappointed when I did it in a single sitting.