Comments on: Inquisitor 1250: WEST END HIT by Shark

By: HolyGhost

HolyGhost — Fri, 19 Oct 2012 20:39:43 +0000

Can’t remember how hard or easy I found this – tho’ I did get delayed by having NIT for 5d. (It fits the def. – see nit^4 in Chambers – and the wordplay from “time in reverse”.) Also delayed by the authentic (?) Iona & Peter Opie version “London Bridge is Broken Down”, but I dismissed the US relocation quite quickly.

I noticed that the highlighted cells snaked river-like across the grid, but hadn’t spotted that they echoed the Thames at London Bridge – do they really?

I had exactly the same query as Hihoba with the wordplay of “by” = “to” at 24d, so can’t offer anything better. Thanks go to him for the blog, and to Shark for another engaging puzzle.

By: Hi of hihoba

Hi of hihoba — Fri, 19 Oct 2012 13:51:30 +0000

I understand that there is a problem with comments, which are not being appended to this blog at present. Investigation is under way.

By: Bertandjoyce

Bertandjoyce — Wed, 17 Oct 2012 21:26:41 +0000

A really cleverly constructed puzzle and enjoyable to solve.

We discovered London Bridge fairly quickly after we’d solved most of the clues but we then spent ages looking for references to the Arizona desert where the original bridge was relocated! Couldn’t believe that we hadn’t seen the obvious! A real DOH! moment when we did.

Thanks to Hihoba and Shark.