Comments on: Independent 6550/Nimrod

By: beermagnet

beermagnet — Tue, 23 Oct 2007 07:40:44 +0000

Thanks for the confirmation Eimi.

I knew it, you just took pity on me, didn’t you.

I still think that was a particularly hard clue and even after Dave’s RIBOSE explanation there was doubt in my mind whether that was what was intended, DIPOLE and DITONE being believable alternatives. I wonder how many people got the right answer.

The dictionary will no doubt find its way to our village library, which was saved from closure last year after a bit of vigorous local campaigning. The “Friends of” group is always on the lookout for raffle prizes if the librarian already has enough dictionaries in the reference section.

By: eimi

eimi — Tue, 23 Oct 2007 07:04:00 +0000

Ribose is correct, as explained by Tilsit. I have long suspected that prize crossword entries are not always scrutinised as closely as they might be, but perhaps I’m being unfair. We all make mistakes. Clearly some of us are even rewarded for them.

By: Scotty

Scotty — Mon, 22 Oct 2007 12:41:18 +0000

Speaking of Prize winners….can anyone advise what to do if one doesn’t receive ones prize after, say, 4 weeks?

By: nmsindy

nmsindy — Mon, 22 Oct 2007 10:50:53 +0000

Thanks, Tilsit, for explaining that – that’s very subtle.

By: neildubya

neildubya — Mon, 22 Oct 2007 07:36:55 +0000

8A – The clue to 1A was “One is jingling robe”, so RIBOSE would be (ROBE IS)*

Of course, that doesn’t explain why beermagnet won a prize with DIPOLE filled in!

By: tilsit

tilsit — Mon, 22 Oct 2007 04:02:41 +0000

I had RIBOSE being an anagram of the letters in the clue above.

By: nmsindy

nmsindy — Sun, 21 Oct 2007 13:37:50 +0000

Maybe Eimi might clarify the position re 8 across.

By: Alan O'Brien

Alan O'Brien — Sun, 21 Oct 2007 07:00:43 +0000

Perhaps no one got it right and you were the closest.

By: beermagnet

beermagnet — Sat, 20 Oct 2007 15:56:26 +0000

Well here’s a thing.
I am surprised 8A published answer is RIBOSE on 2 counts.
1. I cannot see how it works
2. I put in DIPOLE and, blow me down, I am listed as one of five winners this week!
So either they didn’t check my answer very carefully, or the published answer is wrong. DIPOLE refers to a dipole aerial that has two elements. Mind you, it was the last answer I put in. That top-right corner was a bit hard – certainly in comparison to the seven longest answers.

By: nmsindy

nmsindy — Sat, 20 Oct 2007 11:41:11 +0000

I missed two in this – CHIMER and 8 across which is shown as RIBOSE in today’s solution. Hemingway’s death was suicide (or a self-inflicted accident).