Comments on: Inquisitor 1253: Missing by Schadenfreude

By: Liz Geear

Liz Geear — Wed, 07 Nov 2012 18:08:00 +0000

PeeDee, glad you have taken the IQ plunge. Persevere!

By: PeeDee

PeeDee — Wed, 07 Nov 2012 11:41:48 +0000

Thanks Duncan and Schadenfeude. This was my first go at an Iquisitor and I got most of it but was unable to pull it all together at the end. I think I was was thrown by mistakenly entering WRAPPERS instead of TRAPPERS at 1 down.

The lessons I learned for next time:

1) make a couple of photocopies of the grid before starting, I could barely read my copy by the end

2) read the instructions VERY carefully, read every single word twice over

3) make sure I am 100% certain of what I enter in the grid, the crossing letters will not highlight mistakes in the way they would in a standard cryptic

By: John Lowe

John Lowe — Wed, 07 Nov 2012 11:08:44 +0000

Hi Duncan

You have a misplaced O in 37 across in your first diagram…

Thanks for the blog!

By: HolyGhost

HolyGhost — Wed, 07 Nov 2012 10:40:12 +0000

The thematic work referred to in the preamble is “The Return of Sherlock Holmes”, a collection of stories of which “The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter” is one. Hence the missing letters from the wordplay do, in clue order, give a cryptic indication of the work.

A bit on the easy side, this week. But thanks to setter & blogger.

By: Liz Geear

Liz Geear — Wed, 07 Nov 2012 10:27:03 +0000

Thanks Duncan and Schadenfreude.
Modus operandi: Read the preamble carefully. Solve the clues. Re-read the preamble more carefully than the first time!
I spent too much time searching for a location instead of the position.
Enjoyable stuff, as usual.