Comments on: Financial Times 12916 / Armonie

By: C G Rishikesh

C G Rishikesh — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 09:33:19 +0000

Octofem,

‘Jam’ as def. for word required is the fruit spread, of course. But in the surface reading ‘jam’ can only be in the sense of traffic congestion.

By: Octofem

Octofem — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 08:18:47 +0000

Rishi, why ‘traffic jam’ for 1a and not the orange conserve which
we eat for breakfast? ‘Tamp’ and ‘mitre’ were my last two also!!
Funny how the short words are often the most troublesome.

By: Shuchi

Shuchi — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 05:46:12 +0000

12Ac was the last to go in for me too, though I think it is simply FATE – cha. – f,ate.

20Ac – TAMP – c/c- ta(m)p
21Dn – MITRE – c/c – mit(r)e