Comments on: Financial Times 12778 / Highlander http://www.fifteensquared.net/2008/05/27/financial-times-12778-highlander/ Never knowingly undersolved. Sun, 19 May 2013 00:34:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: C G Rishikesh http://www.fifteensquared.net/2008/05/27/financial-times-12778-highlander/#comment-28747 C G Rishikesh Wed, 28 May 2008 00:39:15 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=1585#comment-28747 Sorry! It should have been ‘anag.’ of ‘martial’. The clue was: “Martial variety of marriage (7)”. Don’t ask me about other varieties of marriage!

]]> By: Fletch http://www.fifteensquared.net/2008/05/27/financial-times-12778-highlander/#comment-28720 Fletch Tue, 27 May 2008 18:16:17 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=1585#comment-28720 What was the clue for 20D? The explanation seems to be saying that the answer was marital, an anagram of marital (!)

]]> By: smiffy http://www.fifteensquared.net/2008/05/27/financial-times-12778-highlander/#comment-28674 smiffy Tue, 27 May 2008 13:23:22 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=1585#comment-28674 Even by Highlander’s generally Telegraph-ic standards, this one was a cinch.

I appreciate the need for beginner-friendly puzzles, but since when does easy necessarily equate to unimaginative? Too many of the clues here seem to be “cryptic” only insofar as they contain some wordplay with a simple definition tacked on. It all seems too mechanical, or gives the impression of having been dashed off in a hurry.

A pity, given that they is no shortage of able wannabes out there who would likely never dare to submit a clue like 20D.

]]> By: Octofem http://www.fifteensquared.net/2008/05/27/financial-times-12778-highlander/#comment-28645 Octofem Tue, 27 May 2008 07:55:33 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=1585#comment-28645 Agreed – no challenges here.

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