Comments on: FT 12.779/ Cinephile http://www.fifteensquared.net/2008/05/28/ft-12779-cinephile/ Never knowingly undersolved. Tue, 18 Jun 2013 04:45:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: C G Rishikesh http://www.fifteensquared.net/2008/05/28/ft-12779-cinephile/#comment-28869 C G Rishikesh Thu, 29 May 2008 01:51:29 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=1591#comment-28869 Re 15A. “[C]oming up” does not seem to be a reversal indicator. It is probably intended to be a position indicator. The whole clue seems to suggest that the word ‘car’ is on top and ‘nival’ is below – in that order. The word ‘nival’ was new to me. I find that it does not mean ‘snow’ but “of, or growing in or under, snow” (WNW Dictionary on my machine: I don’t find it in any other desktop dictionary that I have). Perhaps ‘under’ does double duty as part of an accurate definition.

BTW, when did I see snow in my life? That was one morning when I woke up and looked through the window of a log cabin on the Black Hills of South Dakota. I was past 50 years of age then.

Sorry for the lengthy posting.

]]> By: R D Anderson http://www.fifteensquared.net/2008/05/28/ft-12779-cinephile/#comment-28810 R D Anderson Wed, 28 May 2008 16:58:58 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=1591#comment-28810 Don’t have the FT, but the pair of 1s suggest a lepidopteran theme. The hummingbird hawkmoth is a rare and beautiful sight on buddleias (when they’re out), in these northern latitudes at least. Bedstraw and spurge may be specialised food for other winged creatures.

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