‘ILAM’ by MynoT
Posted by Encota on 20 Apr 2018
I generated the phrase:
COLOUR A-TO-H GULES (red) I-TO-P OR (gold or yellow) REST VERT (green).
This was clearly an anagram: (anagrind= HURT) SOVIET OR SAGE COLOUR PLOTTER.
So, in order, using your Colour Plotter, you were supposed to colour the puzzle Soviet (Red), OR (as above, Gold or Yellow) and SAGE (Green). And whoever says that The Listener puzzle instructions can sometimes be slightly convoluted? Seemed obvious to me 😉
And, for those doubting me, of course you’ll all have spotted the blatant clue to which flag it was on Row 4, 11th cell: “21 s”, the old guinea in the UK being 21 shillings. Now you can’t tell me that that’s coincidence, surely?
Back to reality: this is the FLAG OF GUINEA (which happens to be the flag of MALI in reverse, hence the Title). But you knew that 🙂
Here is my solution attempt.
Joking apart, a beautiful puzzle – thanks MynoT!
Cheers all,
Tim / Encota
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