Independent 9365 / Anglio

12 comments on “Independent 9365 / Anglio”

1. I really enjoyed this and thought the clue for WHEELIE BIN was sublime; however, I came here to attempt to undertand 1a, specifically “turned up first”, but I see I will have to put my thinking cap back on.
   Thanks to Anglio and B&J

2. Thanks, both, for blogging.

   This was a puzzle that yielded with a bit of perserverance. If I were to be critical (note use of subjunctive mood, because I’m not going to be) I’d just say that some of the clues are a bit long-winded. But the surfaces are good, so I guess you can’t have it both ways.

   I thought OOPS and WHEELIE BIN were both very good.

   Thanks to Anglio.

3. This made me think without being too hard and I liked many of the clues, especially those with long defs such as 12. I didn’t see it at the time, but I think ‘up first’ is just another way of saying ‘appearing first’, eg a sports commentator might describe the first contestant in a sporting event as being ‘Up first is…’. Favourites were my last in AT HOME (for the short def I wasn’t expecting) and the excellent FIVE, my COD.

   Thanks to Anglio and B&J

4. What an extraordinary number of really crunchy wordplays – and some cunning defs too. Absolutely brilliant.

   Not wanting to start a punch-up but I thought 18a let it down a bit. I can see the thinking – I assumed it must be that – ie what the blog says. Maybe “maybe” would be more convincing than “say”. Either way it left me unsure that it was really right – although with the crossers in – what else could it have been?

   Otherwise superb. Clearly not this setter’s first outing but first exposure to his/her work for me. After this I’ll be looking out for the next one.

   Many thanks to S&B.

5. @WordPlodder
   OK thanks I see that now with 1a: “turned” as in gone bad(eg of milk) = “off” up first= going first.
   Cool. Thanks.

6. I warmed to this quite quickly. First pass had me thinking I wasn’t on this setter’s wavelength at all, but then the answers started rolling in and I found I was rather enjoying it.

   I’m with K’s D @2 on the contortions required here and there, STUMBLING BLOCK a case in point. Otherwise great and satisfying fun.

   Thanks to Anglio and B&J.

7. Enjoyed this. Quite a few clues, particularly the long ones, where you think ‘it must be that’ but only as you start to write it in do you suddenly see the parsing which confirms your first guess.

   Thanks, Anglio and B&J

8. There were three I had difficulty with and had to cheat a bit to get out: 20dn, 24ac and 22dn. Just could see the first, never heard of the plant for the secon, and I’m still not sure why a selfish person is USSER.

9. To answer Dormouse, a person who uses people to get what they themselves want is intrinsically selfish. Therefore, a selfish person can be called a USER. I didn’t get this at the time, but hindsight is a wonderful thing.
   My usual MO of entering the ‘obvious’ answer stood me in good stead here, as I stumbled to an inelegant conclusion, needing a prompt for FIVE. In retrospect I think this was all fair enough, but I needed B’n’J to explain about half a dozen answers.
   Many thanks to all three.

10. Hmm, I’m not fully convinced.

11. Dormouse @10. The explanation works for me.

    Must be time for your hibernation!

12. Very nice puzzle. Think USER works fine and is an excellent surface.

    Thanks to S&B.

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