Comments on: Independent 6790 by Tees http://fifteensquared.net/2008/07/21/independent-6790-by-tees/ Never knowingly undersolved. Fri, 21 Nov 2008 20:35:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Fletch http://fifteensquared.net/2008/07/21/independent-6790-by-tees/#comment-34891 Fletch Tue, 22 Jul 2008 23:35:29 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=1828#comment-34891 < I think the ‘to’ at 13 down is a link word, quite commonly found in The Times, my staple diet. You jest AMB surely, The Times would never do anything as sloppy as that. < I think the ‘to’ at 13 down is a link word, quite commonly found in The Times, my staple diet.

You jest AMB surely, The Times would never do anything as sloppy as that.

]]> By: Tees http://fifteensquared.net/2008/07/21/independent-6790-by-tees/#comment-34819 Tees Mon, 21 Jul 2008 23:24:00 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=1828#comment-34819 'A woman without a man is like a fish without a bicycle', said Irina Dunn long before it was credited to Gloria Steinem. Dunn had amended the previous version, 'a man without religion' etc, quoted (but not coined) by Robert Anton Wilson in Cosmic Trigger. Despite being apposite for the fodder it's a tad obscure, so I chose not to use it. Also, a large proportion of our readership is hip, well educated women, likely to be more au fait with Dunn/Steinem. Pile is defined in Collins as 'a large amount of money', which for the purposes of the clue breakdown (2xD in PILE) I'm saying must be 'much larger' than tuppence. A little creative leeway we are sometimes allowed, after Spurs win or sign someone good. ‘A woman without a man is like a fish without a bicycle’, said Irina Dunn long before it was credited to Gloria Steinem. Dunn had amended the previous version, ‘a man without religion’ etc, quoted (but not coined) by Robert Anton Wilson in Cosmic Trigger.

Despite being apposite for the fodder it’s a tad obscure, so I chose not to use it. Also, a large proportion of our readership is hip, well educated women, likely to be more au fait with Dunn/Steinem.

Pile is defined in Collins as ‘a large amount of money’, which for the purposes of the clue breakdown (2xD in PILE) I’m saying must be ‘much larger’ than tuppence. A little creative leeway we are sometimes allowed, after Spurs win or sign someone good.

]]> By: Wil Ransome http://fifteensquared.net/2008/07/21/independent-6790-by-tees/#comment-34817 Wil Ransome Mon, 21 Jul 2008 22:37:55 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=1828#comment-34817 LIKE A FISH WITHOUT A BICYCLE: Please could someone explain what this is all about. I've never heard the expression and don't seem to be able to find it in any dictionary. PIDDLE: Presumably this is 'Much larger amount' = 'pile', 'with purchase on' = 'surrounding', 'twopenny' = 'dd'. But why is 'much larger amount' = 'pile'? LIKE A FISH WITHOUT A BICYCLE: Please could someone explain what this is all about. I’ve never heard the expression and don’t seem to be able to find it in any dictionary.

PIDDLE: Presumably this is ‘Much larger amount’ = ‘pile’, ‘with purchase on’ = ’surrounding’, ‘twopenny’ = ‘dd’. But why is ‘much larger amount’ = ‘pile’?

]]> By: AMB http://fifteensquared.net/2008/07/21/independent-6790-by-tees/#comment-34800 AMB Mon, 21 Jul 2008 17:29:13 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=1828#comment-34800 I too have been hard-pressed to find fault with yet another excellent puzzle from The Independent. Some very fine clues as Neal says, IMPI being a case in point, and the usual topical references. I think the 'to' at 13 down is a link word, quite commonly found in The Times, my staple diet. I too have been hard-pressed to find fault with yet another excellent puzzle from The Independent.

Some very fine clues as Neal says, IMPI being a case in point, and the usual topical references. I think the ‘to’ at 13 down is a link word, quite commonly found in The Times, my staple diet.

]]> By: Barbara http://fifteensquared.net/2008/07/21/independent-6790-by-tees/#comment-34795 Barbara Mon, 21 Jul 2008 16:08:32 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=1828#comment-34795 Re: 6. Vera I think it's rather unfair to give a last name as the definition, and expect the solver to come up with the first name, especially when the name sought is a character in a TV series! Phooey. Re: 6. Vera
I think it’s rather unfair to give a last name as the definition, and expect the solver to come up with the first name, especially when the name sought is a character in a TV series! Phooey.

]]> By: neildubya http://fifteensquared.net/2008/07/21/independent-6790-by-tees/#comment-34791 neildubya Mon, 21 Jul 2008 14:52:55 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=1828#comment-34791 25 - could be Jean RHYS, author of <i>The Wide Sargasso Sea</i>. 25 - could be Jean RHYS, author of The Wide Sargasso Sea.

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