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Listener 4165, Variation on a Theme by Nibor
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Not much here to cause any grief this week, I think. Not too high on the difficulty scale, but enjoyable anyway.
Now I have no excuses for the afternoon and will be forced to finally clean out my gutters. 65 degrees today - 40 on Sunday. I guess I'll get busy.
Now I have no excuses for the afternoon and will be forced to finally clean out my gutters. 65 degrees today - 40 on Sunday. I guess I'll get busy.
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.Nice. Starting was fine, but there was some hard work before finishing, even when the theme was apparent. Some lovely indirect definitions in the clueing. Quite a few entries and/or wordplays were unfamiliar - which I always enjoy. Yes, Midazolam, I kept noticing the high number of proper nouns, and wondered if they were to be used in some way at the end.
I’d have to disagree with Nibor claiming this as a four-line verse, though. Perhaps highlighting the fifth line would’ve been a bit interminable?
Thanks, Nibor!
I’d have to disagree with Nibor claiming this as a four-line verse, though. Perhaps highlighting the fifth line would’ve been a bit interminable?
Thanks, Nibor!
Hmm. The highlighting is proving to be troublesome. I think I'm trying to overcomplicate it but if the preamble is to be taken literally, that the first two words of the verse are included in their entirety, then I have the letters to those words spread all over. Which makes me think some letters are shared . . . ?
Walterloo, you're not the only one for whom the highlighting is troublesome. I am assuming that "original" refers not to the verse on which this crossword is based but on the text from which it is derived. Either way the distribution of the letters seems pretty random and I certainly can't see how any highlighted squares can be contiguous
Actually the position of the letters isn't random at all, though you may have to think about it a while.
Anyway, I finished early this morning. My artistic skills leave something to be desired, sadly, but never mind. Made steady progress through the grid until I got hampered by failing to appreciate where the clashes actually were, and by my total lack of artsy knowledge keeping me from solving 5d. Oh, and the usual problem of words I have never seen before kept me from maybe one or two clues for a little while, but that always happens. Makes me wonder how anyone can solve these things in under an hour.
Nice theme, nice construction, not too complicated, and love the highlighting!
Anyway, I finished early this morning. My artistic skills leave something to be desired, sadly, but never mind. Made steady progress through the grid until I got hampered by failing to appreciate where the clashes actually were, and by my total lack of artsy knowledge keeping me from solving 5d. Oh, and the usual problem of words I have never seen before kept me from maybe one or two clues for a little while, but that always happens. Makes me wonder how anyone can solve these things in under an hour.
Nice theme, nice construction, not too complicated, and love the highlighting!
To those guys struggling with the highlighting - you might see a part of the "first word" near the somewhat disjointed word you will probably have already got. Then the remainder of the first word will be some way away, but at exactly the right place for it all to make sense. The highlighting is consistent in only one way.
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