Comments on: Independent 8230 / Phi

By: Bertandjoyce

Bertandjoyce — Fri, 22 Mar 2013 09:33:30 +0000

Thanks Graham Pellen – we’ve now corrected the blog!

By: Graham Pellen

Graham Pellen — Fri, 22 Mar 2013 05:22:50 +0000

18D is POT + A + TO (not entirely a small amount [TOT minus the last letter]).

By: allan_c

allan_c — Fri, 01 Mar 2013 23:59:37 +0000

Busy all day, out in the evening. Back around 11 pm and managed to wrap this up in about half an hour – a nice way to round off the day. Thanks, Phi and B&J. CoD was THE YEAR DOT.

By: Dormouse

Dormouse — Fri, 01 Mar 2013 23:39:02 +0000

Got through most of this very quickly this afternoon but had to go out with just four left.

19ac I just couldn’t see and resorted to a word search. There was only one possibility but even then I couldn’t parse the clue, so thanks for explaining that. Obvious now, with hindsight.

20ac I put in PALL – PAL + L as an abbreviation for pounds sterling.

By: MikeC

MikeC — Fri, 01 Mar 2013 17:31:31 +0000

Thanks B&J and Phi. I agree with K’s D: a neat puzzle.

By: Kathryn's Dad

Kathryn's Dad — Fri, 01 Mar 2013 15:49:23 +0000

Thanks, both. It’s been an excellent week in the Indy this week, and Phi’s Friday offering has finished it off nicely. I think this is just a vanilla puzzle from our Antipodean-based setter, but it was perfectly tasty vanilla and not too fiendish once I’d realised that there isn’t such a word as SPOILATION.

Thought THE YEAR DOT and POETIC JUSTICE were cleverly clued today.

Thanks to all the setters this week (and the ed, of course).

By: Jane penson

Jane penson — Fri, 01 Mar 2013 13:29:24 +0000

Thank you Bertandjoyce. There were a few I had got without being sure why. An unusual occurrence was that I got an answer wrong but the words around it all fitted! I had petite instead of potato.