Comments on: Inquisitor 1259: Clashes by Xanthippe http://www.fifteensquared.net/2012/12/19/inquisitor-1259-clashes-by-xanthippe/ Never knowingly undersolved. Thu, 20 Jun 2013 07:34:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: kenmac http://www.fifteensquared.net/2012/12/19/inquisitor-1259-clashes-by-xanthippe/#comment-217624 kenmac Wed, 19 Dec 2012 15:29:38 +0000 http://www.fifteensquared.net/?p=52721#comment-217624 @3 Thanks H___ G____, I was never happy with my explanation.

@4 Ah but it’s all about keeping the blogger happy! Keep that in mind next time ;-)

MERRY CHRISTMAS and HAPPY NEW YEAR everyone.
(HAPPY HOLIDAYS)

]]> By: Steve Foulds http://www.fifteensquared.net/2012/12/19/inquisitor-1259-clashes-by-xanthippe/#comment-217613 Steve Foulds Wed, 19 Dec 2012 13:59:40 +0000 http://www.fifteensquared.net/?p=52721#comment-217613 Thank you for the blog Kenmac. Holyghost you are correct on the theme ‘A third way’ is supposed to indicate what you have to find to resolve each of the clashes (your explanation of how 19d works is also correct). The third way in the grid was added to assist any solvers that were struggling to resolve the clashes – but as a few have commented it was a little weak. I could have worked something in on the political aspect of the phrase but chose not to as, however I’d done it, somebody would always be unhappy!
Xanthippe

]]> By: HolyGhost http://www.fifteensquared.net/2012/12/19/inquisitor-1259-clashes-by-xanthippe/#comment-217599 HolyGhost Wed, 19 Dec 2012 12:42:52 +0000 http://www.fifteensquared.net/?p=52721#comment-217599 I thought this was OK, but a bit on the thin side as others have said. At a stretch “A Third Way” could also indicate the manner of resolving the clashes. (I haven’t seen this type of sorting out conflicts before.)

As to the preamble, some people take “contiguous” to mean touching on a side and so would rule out cells ‘touching’ only at a corner, so I for one was happy that this ambiguity was not an issue.

SERGE in 28a took me ages to realise, much much longer than twigging CATS in 11a.

And I don’t agree with Ken’s explanation at 19d (Stretched out English editor who’s embraced by nurse): definition is “stretched out”, wordplay is E(nglish) + ED(itor) around X (by, as in multiplication symbol) + TEND (nurse).

]]> By: Hi of hihoba http://www.fifteensquared.net/2012/12/19/inquisitor-1259-clashes-by-xanthippe/#comment-217584 Hi of hihoba Wed, 19 Dec 2012 07:54:56 +0000 http://www.fifteensquared.net/?p=52721#comment-217584 Thank you Richard for the explanation of CONCERTS. I was in exactly the same situation as Kenmac with this one. I also agree with Kenmac that this was a rather weaker theme than most of the recent Inquisitors, and felt that the rubric’s “resolving” clashes did not convey what we ultimately had to do.

Solvable but slightly unsatisfying.

]]> By: Richard Heald http://www.fifteensquared.net/2012/12/19/inquisitor-1259-clashes-by-xanthippe/#comment-217580 Richard Heald Wed, 19 Dec 2012 00:57:30 +0000 http://www.fifteensquared.net/?p=52721#comment-217580 11Ac is ONCE (sta)R succeeding (i.e. taking the place of) A(lto) in CATS (musical).

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