Comments on: Independent 6724 by Glow-worm

By: eimi

eimi — Tue, 06 May 2008 05:27:04 +0000

The justification for “one” third of parishioners is that R is the third letter of parishioners, but the manipulated word (rector) has two Rs, only one of which must be replaced by H.

By: nmsindy

nmsindy — Mon, 05 May 2008 22:56:26 +0000

I thought PET = FIT was OK meaning e.g. sulk. Thought WHEN was OK as a link.
Took me a while to understand ‘third of parishioners’ but when I did, I thought ‘one’ was all right to indicate ‘a’. Thanks, Flay, for that song. Still not too sure about LIME with the multiplicity of ?I?e alternatives.

By: Wil Ransome

Wil Ransome — Mon, 05 May 2008 21:29:50 +0000

There were one or two things that struck me as a bit loose here:

a) ‘When’ in 1ac, which seems to have no part in the wordplay, simply being there to tie the three clues together.
b) ‘pet’ = ‘fit’ in 15ac. Perhaps there’s a meaning of ‘pet’ that I’m not familiar with. If ‘fit’ means ’sexually attractive’, how does this equal ‘pet’?
c) ‘one third of parishioners’ for R seems rather a stretch. Just possibly ‘the third’, but ‘one’?

By: Radian

Radian — Mon, 05 May 2008 16:30:21 +0000

… and one elm (rotten)

By: conradcork

conradcork — Mon, 05 May 2008 15:50:44 +0000

23 across. Lime is a substance you top dress soil with, and the name for two unrelated trees.

By: Radian

Radian — Mon, 05 May 2008 15:07:27 +0000

Re 19 Ac: Married = partnered? Dean = cleric?

By: Flay

Flay — Mon, 05 May 2008 14:31:29 +0000

19 Across - I didn’t get it at all, I still don’t understand the first part of the clue. But it’s from the old song:

There’s an old mill by the stream,
Nellie Dean!
Where we used to sit and dream,
Nellie Dean!
And the waters as they flow
Seem to murmur soft and low.
You’re my heart’s desire.
I love you,
Nellie Dean! Sweet Nellie Dean!