Comments on: Financial Times 12,546 by Cincinnus

By: Pete Maclean

Pete Maclean — Fri, 07 Sep 2007 03:38:43 +0000

For various reasons it would be hard for me to do more than one a week. For one thing I don’t value the FT for its primary content (I read The Guardian for news) but like the weekend edition for its supplements and crossword. For another I live in the U.S. where I cannot just pop into my local newsagents or corner shop for a copy.

By: neildubya

neildubya — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 09:47:15 +0000

Testy – we’re down to two regular FT bloggers, plus the occasional contribution here and there from the other bloggers, which is why our coverage is patchy at the moment.

By: Paul B

Paul B — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 09:10:16 +0000

Cincinnus = Orlando = Michael Curl = perennially good compiler.

That’s why there’s little to pick at, but ‘a couple of pillows’: that could be any couple, one supposes, like PI, IL or LL – but could it also be any random pairing like PW? Or – since no order is indicated – WP? That’s pedantic for you.

Think I might have seen the likes of ‘Ballroom’s principal pairing’ among variations on the double-letter indication theme.

By: Testy

Testy — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 08:49:56 +0000

It’s been a while since we’ve had a blog of the weekday FT crossword. Did anyone do yesterday’s Gozo which had an another extensive theme (and an apt one for a setter called Gozo)?