Comments on: FT 12,666/Cinephile – Number of the Beast http://www.fifteensquared.net/2008/01/17/ft-12666cinephile-number-of-the-beast/ Never knowingly undersolved. Sat, 18 May 2013 11:29:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: smiffy http://www.fifteensquared.net/2008/01/17/ft-12666cinephile-number-of-the-beast/#comment-11979 smiffy Thu, 17 Jan 2008 14:33:55 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/2008/01/17/ft-12666cinephile-number-of-the-beast/#comment-11979 I took King Charles to be the “recurring head” (i.e. Charles I and II, either side of all that Cromwellian stuff). Clumber and Field were new breeds to me.

Not sure how i managed to omit Vientiane from my analysis as: (i) I’m with you that “essential part” was , and (ii) I was relieved to be able to somehow dredge it up from the memory banks alone.

]]> By: Testy http://www.fifteensquared.net/2008/01/17/ft-12666cinephile-number-of-the-beast/#comment-11965 Testy Thu, 17 Jan 2008 11:23:04 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/2008/01/17/ft-12666cinephile-number-of-the-beast/#comment-11965 I struggled a lot with this. First hint at the theme was realising that 3,25A had to be IRISH WATER but had no idea what sort of beast that was. One quick Google and a look at Wikipedia later and they started to fall into place. I wouldn’t have stood a chance otherwise as the only spaniels I knew were COCKER (but I wasn’t familiar with the other definition), KING CHARLES (which I put in but still don’t understand) and SPRINGER.

Never heard of TREBIZOND but eventually guessed at it (but only when all the checking letters were there) or PREADAMIC (which I’d had to leave blank) or VIENTIANE (for which I thought “essential part” for ENTIA was a dreadful Araucarianism). I didn’t get APPIUS and am kicking myself for it (but seeing it now I’m also not keen on the pope doing a double service).

I’ve never heard the term BRAND NAZI and Google is only slightly familiar with it too. However I agree it’s a great phrase and am also keen to use it.

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