Comments on: Independent 8126 / Radian

By: Paul B

Paul B — Tue, 30 Oct 2012 22:36:44 +0000

Ahh, I wish, Flash. As but a setter, nonetheless I still wondered whether my associations should bar me. The author of that other great tome, the Swag-Manual, thinks so.

By: Flashling

Flashling — Tue, 30 Oct 2012 22:09:26 +0000

Hmm Paul B when did you become a blogger too?

@Eileen thanks for the Miles K link been gone too long alas.

By: Paul B

Paul B — Tue, 30 Oct 2012 17:28:04 +0000

Pleasantly so, though, and a smashing puzzle to enjoy from m’colleague (hope Don doesn’t mind me saying).

By: Eileen

Eileen — Tue, 30 Oct 2012 14:30:56 +0000

Hi B and J – and allan_c

Since, as you say, it’s a bit quiet, here’s some more of Miles Kington’s wit and wisdom – not entirely off-topic for cntributors to this site!

http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/columnists/miles-kington/how-much-of-a-clever-clogs-are-you-489063.html

By: flashling

flashling — Tue, 30 Oct 2012 13:24:04 +0000

Ahhh, after Tees with his ghost theme on ghosts now we have Radian with a missing link theme on the missing link, very nice.

Thanks all three of you.

By: Bertandjoyce

Bertandjoyce — Tue, 30 Oct 2012 12:19:35 +0000

The blog is now correct!

Thanks for the link to the International 8dn-free Week Eileen. The number of comments on the blog just lately seems to be quite low but we do hope there are lots of ‘lurkers’ out there who follow the link.

By: allan_c

allan_c — Tue, 30 Oct 2012 10:21:56 +0000

Eileen @4. You beat me to it on the knowledge/wisdom quote; I came across it in a similar context recently but didn’t know where/whom it came from – so many thanks for enlightening me!

And thanks, too, to Radian and B&J.

By: Eileen

Eileen — Tue, 30 Oct 2012 09:37:04 +0000

Thanks, both, for the blog, and Radian for an ingenious puzzle – great stuff, as ever!

Having got 20/18 [what a brilliant surface!] and 15 fairly early on, I thought we might be in for a theme of hoaxes but it turned out to be cleverer than that. There were several aha moments, as each link to the theme became clear.

Lots of great clues with lovely surfaces – 9, 10, 12, 23, ac and 1, 6, 19dn, for instance.

I wonder if Radian knows that this is International 8dn-free Week?
http://info.babymilkaction.org/nestlefreeweek

On a lighter note, I’ll take any opportunity to quote the late lamented Miles Kington:

Re 11ac: “Knowledge is knowing the tomato is a fruit, wisdom is not putting in your fruit salad.” – and the same would go for red peppers!

By: Bertandjoyce

Bertandjoyce — Tue, 30 Oct 2012 08:26:31 +0000

Well spotted! Thanks for spotting the misparsing – will make the changes a bit later on when we have more time.

By: Kathryn's Dad

Kathryn's Dad — Tue, 30 Oct 2012 08:17:32 +0000

And browsing your link, it’s 100 years since the hoax was perpetrated, so perhaps that’s why Radian chose the theme.