Comments on: Inquisitor 1254: ALIKE by Ferret

By: HolyGhost

HolyGhost — Wed, 14 Nov 2012 21:20:43 +0000

This was one classy puzzle from Ferret – 10/10 from me. The veils peeled away one by one. All answers 6 letters; each of 4 groups fitting into a quadrant; unclued entries, one per quadrant, indicating a colour, and having a different vowel unchecked – so U was the remaining member. All the unchecked letters stacked in columns to yield a message, that not only confirms U=Uniform, but also the shading of the quadrants. Wow. And I missed ALIKE being synonymous with UNIFORM – so thanks to Hi.

By: Hi of hihoba

Hi of hihoba — Wed, 14 Nov 2012 14:05:55 +0000

Yes, that’s better Kenmac, thanks.

By: kenmac

kenmac — Wed, 14 Nov 2012 12:46:03 +0000

Hi HI, I didn't do this puzzle but I think I can sort out SMALTO for you. How about: SMALl=little portion (cut by one letter)+TO=of?

By: Liz Geear

Liz Geear — Wed, 14 Nov 2012 11:10:22 +0000

Hihoba, I agree absolutely that this was a gem from Ferret. My heart sank initially when so many solutions were of six letters (there always seems to be a preponderance of them in carte-blanche type puzzles], but of course this helped in the end with the four-square grid. I also entered the bars of the unchecked letters of the phrase, if only to emphasise it.
My biggest mistake was highlighting the grid on top of a clean white tablecloth.
A great blog, thanks to you and Ferret.