Newsround – Solutions, Annotations & Results

Stats – We had a fantastic response to this grid with 62 submissions  (as against 69 for our last grid)!.  Of those who submitted 53 managed to complete the grid with zero errors, and also went on to get the maximum possible score of 143. Here’s the completed grid.

The following question had to be answered by the solvers..

Where in the grid can you view the news? – A: NORTH EAST WEST SOUTH ALONG THE PERIPHERY (highlighted above)

You can access the Grid with solutions Here – Clicking Reveal ALL will show you the solutions, annotations and the answers to the bonus question.

Here is the Scorecard (sorted by total and then alphabetically). Congrats to  the 53 solvers who maxed the
score and to every one who participated. Very well tried.

Grid Rating: The puzzle got a good score of 8.24. It got 10 perfect 10s. The minimum score was 4.

Top 3 Clues:  The most favorite clues were “NOTICING” with 23 votes, “TOTALS” with 16 votes and “WOOING” with 14 votes each.

Comments from solvers:

1.Wonderful grid!
2.lovely puzzle, v nice clues as always.
3.Nice comfortable puzzle
4.Nice ‘n easy to lift your spirits during these trying times.
5.None.
6.Fun and enjoyable,smooth ,simple clues
7.Very good entertainer
8.ELEGANT CLUES
9.NICE PUZZLE FOR THE HOME BOUND
10.Enjoyed the grid!
11.Nice, but needed a tougher challenge to kill more time
12..
13.Had fun solving it!
14.very good
15.Sound and straight-forward – many thanks.
16.smooth and easy
17.Simple but elegant clues and NINA was beautifully crafted (You didn’t have to squint your eyes!)
18.Intricately designed with well directed Nina
19.GOOD GRID
20.Beautiful puzzle! Loved doing it.
21.Very clever clues!
22.Nice puzzle! Maybe it was simpler than the others or maybe the Janta curfew isolation helped get the brain juices flowing better, but I was able to solve it much quicker than the other puzzles
23.Enjoyable Puzzle.
24.Interesting but easy cryptic.
25..
26.Good grid !
27.good timepass on a lockdown day!
28.Smooth and delightful
29.Leisurely stroll of a puzzle
30.Pleasant solve after janata curfew
31.Some nice clues , should have been a bit tougher ( will help us spend time while in isolation at home)
32.The clues were very well written and most entertaining. My thanks to the setter.
33.Some really clever clues, clever wordplay, and very smooth surfaces. Thought a couple of clues were too wordy and obscured the cryptic definition without adding value.
34.Good clues. Nice puzzle.
35.Enjoyed the grid, not too difficult but nice surfaces
36.Fun puzzle, entertaining clues, mostly easy, but was thrown by some unusual indicators 🙂
37.Very nice grid and lovely use of the Ninas
38.LOVELY AND ENJOYABLE GRID
39.Not too tricky. I don’t understand 18dn.
40.Good
41.Nice grid, much enjoyed!
42.Nice puzzle. Easy, though.
43.I enjoyed trying to solve this puzzle. My second attempt at entering and I have a better understanding of puzzle setter.
44.Lovely grid. Enjoyed solving .
45.Some really natural surfaces, nice!
46.Fun
47.Smooth clueing, just what the doctor ordered after a long day of working from home!
48.Nice
49.Enjoyed solving
50.Smooth surfaces/ NINA was easy :}/entertaining
51.Good one!
52.Nice
53.Well set. Enjoyed the puzzle.
54.I ENJOYED THE PUZZLE BEING A BEGINNER IT WAS A GOOD CHALLENGE FOR ME
55.Nice smooth easy grid
56.Super fun!
57.Had a great time solving this
58.Enjoyable, nice incorporation of the ninas into the grid!
59.Thank you! It was fun and educative 🙂
60.Pleasant and gentle solve!
61.Nice!
62.Great one! Not too tough.

Hope you all enjoyed this entertaining puzzle from Hasslethymi.  Did you like the puzzle? Do you have any feedback for us or for the setter? Please leave your comments in the blog.