Comments on: Independent 8,200 / Phi http://www.fifteensquared.net/2013/01/25/independent-8200-phi/ Never knowingly undersolved. Sat, 18 May 2013 15:02:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: allan_c http://www.fifteensquared.net/2013/01/25/independent-8200-phi/#comment-219523 allan_c Fri, 25 Jan 2013 23:57:20 +0000 http://www.fifteensquared.net/?p=54537#comment-219523 I was expecting to find a nina relating to the date – “Burns Night” would have fitted a couple of rows of unches, so completely missed the nina that was there. But there was a passing nod, intentional or otherwise, to the date. RUTABAGA is otherwise known as Swede – the ‘neeps’ of ‘tatties and neeps’ served with your haggis and washed down with a glass of malt whisky.

Thanks, Phi and RR.

]]> By: flashling http://www.fifteensquared.net/2013/01/25/independent-8200-phi/#comment-219520 flashling Fri, 25 Jan 2013 23:15:43 +0000 http://www.fifteensquared.net/?p=54537#comment-219520 Missed the over-arching nina but otherwise a fine puzzle, cho(c)ice held me up as per pennes.

Thanks RR & Phi

]]> By: Bertandjoyce http://www.fifteensquared.net/2013/01/25/independent-8200-phi/#comment-219519 Bertandjoyce Fri, 25 Jan 2013 23:06:38 +0000 http://www.fifteensquared.net/?p=54537#comment-219519 Not sure that we made swift progress through this one! We needed help for 7ac although it has appeared in crosswords before. Held up in SW corner by 20ac but then as always with Phi, we wondered why it took so long.

Spotted the proscenium early on but we can’t see any related feature.

Thanks RR for the blog and Phi for another Phine puzzle!

]]> By: pennes http://www.fifteensquared.net/2013/01/25/independent-8200-phi/#comment-219517 pennes Fri, 25 Jan 2013 22:40:49 +0000 http://www.fifteensquared.net/?p=54537#comment-219517 I fairly raced thru most of this but sometimes you get stuck in a thought rut (or furrow!): 24 ac is so obvious but I was stuck thing thinking that it was a C(cold) + a dessert scooped out. And I was likewise stuck thinking that 17 dn was some sort of urn so never saw ark. I hadn’t heard of Hoagie, nor an aerialist as a skier, nor rutabaga
All gettable though as good cluing as always from Phi

]]> By: Dormouse http://www.fifteensquared.net/2013/01/25/independent-8200-phi/#comment-219515 Dormouse Fri, 25 Jan 2013 21:59:07 +0000 http://www.fifteensquared.net/?p=54537#comment-219515 The sticking point for me was the bottom left corner, specifically 20, 21 and 24, none of them particularly obscure but I just couldn’t see them. Finally did a word search on 20 which gave me the way in. (Kept thinking it ought to be “Minotaur” possibly because I’d just seen an opera with that name.)

]]> By: Rowland http://www.fifteensquared.net/2013/01/25/independent-8200-phi/#comment-219481 Rowland Fri, 25 Jan 2013 11:34:47 +0000 http://www.fifteensquared.net/?p=54537#comment-219481 All very nice — this is how to do it! I liked the throw-away nature of the ‘Nina’ too, no big deal, just a bit of fun.

Cheers
Rowly.

]]> By: Ian SW3 http://www.fifteensquared.net/2013/01/25/independent-8200-phi/#comment-219477 Ian SW3 Fri, 25 Jan 2013 11:17:08 +0000 http://www.fifteensquared.net/?p=54537#comment-219477 Sorry, but a hoagie is nothing like a club sandwich (except that it is also a sandwich). Synonyms might include submarine, sub, grinder, poor boy, etc., (see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Submarine_sandwich#Other_names), all of which are enlongated, but not club sandwich, which is square and double-decked.

Otherwise, thanks for the excellent blog to an enjoyable puzzle.

]]> By: sidey http://www.fifteensquared.net/2013/01/25/independent-8200-phi/#comment-219461 sidey Fri, 25 Jan 2013 08:26:36 +0000 http://www.fifteensquared.net/?p=54537#comment-219461 Proscenium appears, aptly, as an arch over the top of the grid.

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