Comments on: Financial Times 13,136/Flimsy

By: ACP

ACP — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 04:41:57 +0000

The best of the puzzle was learning that other puzzles may be ‘pant-wettingly exciting’ !
I hadn’t actually considered that before.

By: smiffy

smiffy — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 16:53:03 +0000

Hi Gents. Thanks for the observations; duly amended.

I was trying not to be too uncharitable in my diagnosis of 14A, but I’m glad I’m not alone in finding it unpalatable. Especially as there are more pithy alternatives available.

By: Andrew

Andrew — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 16:29:33 +0000

Thanks Gaufrid – I realise I could have checked that myself…

By: Gaufrid

Gaufrid — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 15:53:19 +0000

Andrew
“Is Flimsy a regular setter?”

This was Flimsy’s eighth appearance during the last twelve months.

By: Andrew

Andrew — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 15:27:18 +0000

Hi Smiffy

Continuing my explorations of the FT: more difficult than some I’ve tried, and some nice moments, but spoiled for me by 14ac. Is Flimsy a regular setter?

I think you mean FOREIGN AFFAIRS at 4dn – rather a vague clue, I thought

14ac seems disgracefully bad to me – BLANK CHEQUE in the sense of “complete freedom” may be metaphorical, but it comes directly from the literal meaning, which is also used for the main definition.

I agree with Gaufrid’s reading of 22dn

By: Gaufrid

Gaufrid — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 14:59:01 +0000

Hi Smiffy
22d I don’t think there is a fish by the name of ‘rae’. I parsed this as a homophone of ‘rays’ with the indicator being ‘to be caught’.