Comments on: Financial Times 13,107 / Aardvark

By: Richard

Richard — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 01:05:35 +0000

Shuchi
In 24A I assumed “number” to mean something that numbs, like an anaesthetic, rather than a song.

By: Gaufrid

Gaufrid — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 11:22:41 +0000

Hi Rishi
Simple answer, yes. A registrar is a doctor in a hospital below the level of consultant but above the newly qualified staff, or as Chambers puts it “a hospital doctor in one of the intermediate grades”.

By: C. G. Rishikesh

C. G. Rishikesh — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 11:10:34 +0000

Is “registrar” in a UK hospital a qualified doctor, as the clue seems to suggest?

A reason why we in India are not able to get the clue quickly.

By: shuchi

shuchi — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 11:06:59 +0000

Hi Gaufrid

I posted before seeing your comment#3. Thanks for clearing up 14D, and for the link – I’ll contact FT rightaway!

By: shuchi

shuchi — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 11:02:12 +0000

Thanks for the comments. It’s a relief to know that I’m not alone in finding the text blurry, I was growing alarmed about my eyesight.

Writing out 14D here, for which the annotation is pending:
Nurse keeps right, under heart doctor (9)

The answer looks like REGISTRAR, but I can’t see how.

By: Gaufrid

Gaufrid — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 11:01:16 +0000

Hi Shuchi
14d is GIST (heart) R (right) in REAR (nurse)

If anyone wants to follow my example and contact the FT to request an improvement in the legibility of the puzzle clues they can do so here:

http://specials.ft.com/cgi-bin/Specials/Common/nph-SubmitForm.cgi?Form=ContactUs

By: C. G. Rishikesh

C. G. Rishikesh — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 10:52:37 +0000

I too tried to do this but the clues in the image file were so illegible that I just could not persist. After solving a couple of them desultorily, I gave up!

Usually, I set up the grid in a crossword software, and for clues I save the image file to my disk, open it in a photo app. where I can enlarge it to be able to view better. I enter the answers in the grid in one window while looking at clues in another.

Of late, the clues in the FT crossword file are not clear even when the image as a whole is enlarged.

By: Eileen

Eileen — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 10:39:42 +0000

Hi Shuchi

I didn’t actually do this puzzle – because I couldn’t read it! – but in 3dn the homophone [?] is ‘juice’.