Comments on: Financial Times 12,773 – Io http://www.fifteensquared.net/2008/05/21/financial-times-12773-io/ Never knowingly undersolved. Tue, 21 May 2013 03:37:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Peter Biddlecombe http://www.fifteensquared.net/2008/05/21/financial-times-12773-io/#comment-27857 Peter Biddlecombe Wed, 21 May 2008 15:42:56 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=1565#comment-27857 Mock turtle soup: the source explains why the Tenniel picture of this creature has a bovine head (use Google images to search ‘mock turtle’ if you’ve never seen the pic in question).

]]> By: smiffy http://www.fifteensquared.net/2008/05/21/financial-times-12773-io/#comment-27856 smiffy Wed, 21 May 2008 15:31:46 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=1565#comment-27856 To use a 12/13A: Phew!
I don’t recall the last occasion that the FT took me more than twice as long to solve as the same day’s Times, but that was certainly the case today (even before accounting for the fact that I had to throw in the towel on 16D).

Incidentally, I wasn’t aware that Jacko no longer owned Neverland. Now you have me worried that Bubbles is no more either!

]]> By: Octofem http://www.fifteensquared.net/2008/05/21/financial-times-12773-io/#comment-27828 Octofem Wed, 21 May 2008 08:14:32 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=1565#comment-27828 Congratulations on a clever blog – you helped me with this one – some tricky clues. I couldn’t find the Gordon Setter, although I did try. The Education bit comes from the film Educating Rita.

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