Comments on: Financial Times / 12709 by Flimsy http://www.fifteensquared.net/2008/03/06/financial-times-12709-by-flimsy/ Never knowingly undersolved. Wed, 22 May 2013 22:30:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: John http://www.fifteensquared.net/2008/03/06/financial-times-12709-by-flimsy/#comment-16689 John Wed, 12 Mar 2008 18:01:58 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/2008/03/06/financial-times-12709-by-flimsy/#comment-16689 Thanks. I see that in the OED carap is not a tree, but an oil from the carapa tree, and that grein is found in none of my dictionaries. I can’t say that I’m impressed!

]]> By: C G Rishikesh http://www.fifteensquared.net/2008/03/06/financial-times-12709-by-flimsy/#comment-16612 C G Rishikesh Tue, 11 Mar 2008 22:48:50 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/2008/03/06/financial-times-12709-by-flimsy/#comment-16612 Re 9ac

The tropical tree in question is carap. So ‘tropical tree almost’ gives the component ‘cara’.

]]> By: C G Rishikesh http://www.fifteensquared.net/2008/03/06/financial-times-12709-by-flimsy/#comment-16610 C G Rishikesh Tue, 11 Mar 2008 22:44:29 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/2008/03/06/financial-times-12709-by-flimsy/#comment-16610 Re 22dn

Grein (green) is a Scottish word that means ‘long, yearn’.

]]> By: John http://www.fifteensquared.net/2008/03/06/financial-times-12709-by-flimsy/#comment-16590 John Tue, 11 Mar 2008 17:46:58 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/2008/03/06/financial-times-12709-by-flimsy/#comment-16590 9A Caraway – apparantly cara + way, but where’s the ‘tropical tree almost’? Surely not carob.

26A Unison, but why, anagram of unions? But that doesn’t appear directly in the clue.

22D Grein, not a word; what has this to do with ‘long’?

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