Comments on: Financial Times 12,960 by Cincinnus

By: Pete Maclean

Pete Maclean — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 05:13:49 +0000

I have an OED and treasure it. But for British puzzles, Chambers is the usual reference of choice. And I like it too!

By: John Newman

John Newman — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 04:51:27 +0000

Thank’s Pete. Seems I had better commit the OED to the scrapheap

By: Pete Maclean

Pete Maclean — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 08:01:53 +0000

>> 2D Moulder It is close to a homonym but what dictionary says that it means former?

Chambers, 10th Edition.

>> 23D Answer seems incorrect. Creed is a set of beliefs, not credo.
>> And C = about, r = river and DEE is a river. Hence I couldn’t get 27A.

This is an interesting interpretation but my sense is that credo is a slightly better term for a set of beliefs than creed and Chambers agrees with me. Also your version of the wordplay does not quite work because there is only one river and you have two.

>> 13A. I can’t buy GE for earth

I wondered about this too because the English GE seems to me more a prefix than a word. However consulting Chambers once again, I find that it quotes “Ge” as a word in its own right.

By: John Newman

John Newman — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 05:36:34 +0000

I like Cincinnus because I always find them hard but I get there after much perseverence. This one was byond me however. Can you please explain a couple I still don’t get?

2D Moulder It is close to a homonym but what dictionary says that it means former?

23D Answer seems incorrect. Creed is a set of beliefs, not credo. And C = about, r = river and DEE is a river. Hence I couldn’t get 27A.

13A. I can’t buy GE for earth

By: Pete Maclean

Pete Maclean — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 07:03:06 +0000

Ah, TROY was the part I did not get! Actually I managed to think of Troy but could not wrench my mind around to the appropriate Paris and see that this was right! Thank you, Rishi.

By: C.G. Rishikesh

C.G. Rishikesh — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 06:58:13 +0000

Re 18d
In – IN
three-quarters of the city of Paris – TROy
it – IT