====== Corrigenda for the Enigma -- 2008 ====== ===== January ===== 17 — The “6” in the byline is a typo. Please disregard.\\ 29 — The formula for ethanol should be C2H6O.\\ 47 — I apologize to Lilith for rewriting part of her verse, thereby trampling on her punchline. The last two lines were intended to read:\\ Jingle bells and Ho, ho, ho.\\ Yule is cool, but *SNOW is SLOW.\\ X-3, X-6 — I forgot to give instructions for mosaicquotes. See the February notes.\\ X-9 — Solvers must name the honoree to get credit for the solution. ===== February ===== Page 1 — The dates given for Twisto’s membership were incorrect. He joined the NPL in 1935, not 1933, and rejoined in 1983.\\ 2 — First *4 is not MW.\\ December solutions — X-5, 27A: snoot, not snout. X-7, 45D: soh.\\ \\ ==== TWISTO MEMORIAL ERRATA ==== Sibyl reports that some copies of Twisto’s book were printed before these errors were found; several crossword clues were missing.\\ 9 — (3 9 5)\\ X-1 — 37A Once more.\\ X-2 — 24D Limbless animals. 25D The song thrush.\\ X-3 — 58A Mediterranean.\\ ===== March ===== With thanks to Passerina and Andreas:\\ 27 — SWAN is an inferable NI3 form of an 11C word. Seems odd it’s not 11C.\\ 48 — Actually, TWO is //on// Cape Cod.\\ 84 — E should be capitalized.\\ X-11 — In the enumeration 3 1 6 7 should be 3 *1 6 7 (fixed online). ===== April ===== One of the longer flats has The Error That Cannot Be Named.\\ Page 6 — In the ACPT results, Odyssey, not Minipearl, placed 555th. New member Blackpool, who placed 47th, was also 3rd in C division and 3rd Rookie.\\ 3 — Last 6 = figurative usage.\\ 19 — The 4 is (arguably) an 11C phrase usage.\\ 46 — That’s Will Ferrell, not Farrell.\\ 62 — This is by Jigsaw, not Wheels. I’m terribly sorry for the mix-up. It was Jigsaw’s first flat, following his //Enigma// debut with a cryptic in February.\\ ===== May ===== 8 — BROOK is capitalized in early editions of 11C. The capitalization appears to be a typo that was corrected in later editions. (Thanks, Passerina.)\\ 50 — Enumeration should be [4 2 4]. ===== June ===== 53 — Inferable word in reading.\\ Page 27 — In the April solutions, the grid for X-7 somehow lost its bottom row, which should read: MAFORETHOUGHT. ===== July ===== Page 3 — Apologies to Gabby, Momus, Renideo (a new composer), and Story, who were all left off the list of July contributors; they would have brought the total to 145. Momus and Story each submitted, well before the deadline, a flat that was inadvertently omitted. Other corrections to the list: Doc J is not a new composer, so her nom should not have a *; Melifer’s nom is misspelled.\\ Pages 7–8 — In the notes, the noms of Colossus and Melifer are misspelled.\\ 24 — “Though” should be “through” in line 1.\\ 45 — STARRED = not MW.\\ ===== August ===== 5 — B AND ALSO M's enumeration is actually [*3 *4]. ===== September ===== 3 — *2 = var., *10 = not MW.\\ 38 — The misspelling of Philadelphia is not rubrical.\\ 41 — Some printed copies have a wrong enumeration. It should be (5 *5); i.e., both enumeration and tag should match Aug. 37.\\ ===== October ===== Forms — Printable solving templates for Grendel’s October forms can be downloaded from www.madhouse.us/~ronnie/npl.\\ X-1 — For the final answer phrase, the skipped letters are read clockwise //in each ring// from the numbered spaces. This phrase is required with the solution.\\ Page 35 — Solution for Aug. X-5 C should begin “At one time . . .” ===== November ===== Page 7 — Clio, the author of Clue 36, has not published a cryptic as reported.\\ 40 — A should be *A.\\ 76 — 1*3 = not MW. (Since these anagrams appear in a verse flat, they should be tagged following the usual flat conventions.) ===== December ===== F-3, F-6 — Properly, "Mobius" should be spelled with an umlaut.\\ X-6 — NI2 confirms the theme words.\\