Comments on: Independent 6699/Nestor http://fifteensquared.net/2008/04/11/independent-6699nestor/ Never knowingly undersolved. Sat, 22 Nov 2008 11:54:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Paul B http://fifteensquared.net/2008/04/11/independent-6699nestor/#comment-18965 Paul B Fri, 11 Apr 2008 13:04:14 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/2008/04/11/independent-6699nestor/#comment-18965 SURD and ABSURD seem rather akin (same root - n.b. that's not necessarily an etymologist's pun) but that's what it is. Eric BLAIR is George Orwell, and we can see ROEG reversed twice in that moniker. A bit subtle, but a good spot by the parrot. SURD and ABSURD seem rather akin (same root - n.b. that’s not necessarily an etymologist’s pun) but that’s what it is.

Eric BLAIR is George Orwell, and we can see ROEG reversed twice in that moniker. A bit subtle, but a good spot by the parrot.

]]> By: neildubya http://fifteensquared.net/2008/04/11/independent-6699nestor/#comment-18963 neildubya Fri, 11 Apr 2008 12:39:13 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/2008/04/11/independent-6699nestor/#comment-18963 16d - sorry, didn't explain that properly. I meant that 7d is the twentieth clue. 16d - sorry, didn’t explain that properly. I meant that 7d is the twentieth clue.

]]> By: nmsindy http://fifteensquared.net/2008/04/11/independent-6699nestor/#comment-18962 nmsindy Fri, 11 Apr 2008 12:35:50 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/2008/04/11/independent-6699nestor/#comment-18962 TWENTIETH I think there is more to this - it's not the twentieth clue in my paper. And there's also a 7 in the clue. Did not get the director one - looking at reference books, there's also a director ROEG. Thanks for KIWI, which I did not get - now if it had been K?W?... rather than ?I?I. TWENTIETH I think there is more to this - it’s not the twentieth clue in my paper. And there’s also a 7 in the clue. Did not get the director one - looking at reference books, there’s also a director ROEG. Thanks for KIWI, which I did not get - now if it had been K?W?… rather than ?I?I.

]]> By: Mick H http://fifteensquared.net/2008/04/11/independent-6699nestor/#comment-18953 Mick H Fri, 11 Apr 2008 12:06:16 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/2008/04/11/independent-6699nestor/#comment-18953 I didn't get the wordplay for 4dn at the time, but I knew SURD was a mathematical term. Looking it up now, I see it is an irrational number! I didn’t get the wordplay for 4dn at the time, but I knew SURD was a mathematical term. Looking it up now, I see it is an irrational number!

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