Comments on: Independent on Sunday 1,195 by Crosophile http://www.fifteensquared.net/2013/01/20/independent-on-sunday-1195-by-crosophile/ Never knowingly undersolved. Thu, 20 Jun 2013 00:51:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: nmsindy http://www.fifteensquared.net/2013/01/20/independent-on-sunday-1195-by-crosophile/#comment-219237 nmsindy Mon, 21 Jan 2013 23:35:54 +0000 http://www.fifteensquared.net/?p=54306#comment-219237 pennes at #7 50 Cent is a rapper (musician) – Hershey bar refers to chocolate company. w = with

]]> By: pennes http://www.fifteensquared.net/2013/01/20/independent-on-sunday-1195-by-crosophile/#comment-219236 pennes Mon, 21 Jan 2013 23:02:16 +0000 http://www.fifteensquared.net/?p=54306#comment-219236 Still puzzled about 12 ac; if anyone could kindly explain it

]]> By: DaveB http://www.fifteensquared.net/2013/01/20/independent-on-sunday-1195-by-crosophile/#comment-219230 DaveB Mon, 21 Jan 2013 20:15:33 +0000 http://www.fifteensquared.net/?p=54306#comment-219230 3D: “Wilco” is WWII military jargon – probably a contraction of “WIll COmply”.

]]> By: allan_c http://www.fifteensquared.net/2013/01/20/independent-on-sunday-1195-by-crosophile/#comment-219159 allan_c Sun, 20 Jan 2013 23:13:14 +0000 http://www.fifteensquared.net/?p=54306#comment-219159 A most enjoyable and relatively quick (circa 25 minutes) solve with no external assistance. The band references were vaguely familiar so could be guessed at and turned out to be correct. The only clue to hold me up for a bit was WRAPPER – I was looking for a letter sequence DOL or LAR (half a dollar = 50 cents), then with some of the crossing letters I was trying to make the clue fit ‘whisper’ – hom. of ‘Wispa’, brand of chocolate bar.

The theme/nina passed me by, but (obviously) wasn’t necessary to solve the crossword.

Thanks, Crosophile and Simon.

]]> By: Crosophile http://www.fifteensquared.net/2013/01/20/independent-on-sunday-1195-by-crosophile/#comment-219156 Crosophile Sun, 20 Jan 2013 17:45:25 +0000 http://www.fifteensquared.net/?p=54306#comment-219156 Many thanks for the blog, Simon – and for the suggestion I might know what the young are listening to these days!
I am indeed a huge fan of Elbow [Seldom Seen Kid is a flawless album, I reckon] but most of my listening is stuck in the 60s/70s.
Having said which, the second CD of Aerial by Kate Bush is one of the most beautiful things I’ve ever heard [though it took me about three listens before I really got into it, after which there was something new to notice each time I put it on]. So it amused me to reference the track ‘Something In Between’ (good detective work, Flashling and NeilW) with the nina indeed appearing somewhere in between.

]]> By: NeilW http://www.fifteensquared.net/2013/01/20/independent-on-sunday-1195-by-crosophile/#comment-219144 NeilW Sun, 20 Jan 2013 10:57:53 +0000 http://www.fifteensquared.net/?p=54306#comment-219144 Hi Flashling. According to Wiki, Aerial was the title of her comeback album in 2005. One of the tracks is “Somewhere In-between” – 1ac + 10ac.

]]> By: flashling http://www.fifteensquared.net/2013/01/20/independent-on-sunday-1195-by-crosophile/#comment-219138 flashling Sun, 20 Jan 2013 09:40:26 +0000 http://www.fifteensquared.net/?p=54306#comment-219138 Anyone explain the Aerial and Kate Bush nina elements in the across unchecked lines?

]]> By: NeilW http://www.fifteensquared.net/2013/01/20/independent-on-sunday-1195-by-crosophile/#comment-219134 NeilW Sun, 20 Jan 2013 03:18:17 +0000 http://www.fifteensquared.net/?p=54306#comment-219134 Thanks, Simon.

Couple of tiny points: in 26, you need PUT* at the end of your parsing and you’ve left the runs out of MARDI GRAS.

Doesn’t 18dn actually clue “EVOGNIK”?

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