Comments on: Financial Times 13,386 by Mudd http://www.fifteensquared.net/2010/05/27/financial-times-13386-by-mudd/ Never knowingly undersolved. Sat, 25 May 2013 19:19:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Pete Maclean http://www.fifteensquared.net/2010/05/27/financial-times-13386-by-mudd/#comment-109909 Pete Maclean Thu, 27 May 2010 04:23:26 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=17692#comment-109909 Hi Sil,

Thanks for helping me out with 10d. I was not only unable to comprehend the wordplay in full but was also unable to see “ridiculous image” as a definition. I think I have a fair idea of what a mixed metaphor is but never thought of one as necessarily producing a ridiculous effect. But I just looked up the term in a dictionary and that was how it was defined. Shoulda looked it up before!

]]> By: Sil van den Hoek http://www.fifteensquared.net/2010/05/27/financial-times-13386-by-mudd/#comment-109901 Sil van den Hoek Wed, 26 May 2010 23:40:50 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=17692#comment-109901 Hi Pete, good puzzle indeed.
10d is just a reversed anagram [a device that we see more and more] with MIXED as the anagrind for METAPHOR, leading to ‘other maps’.
Flawless crossword with many good clues (MOCHA, PRONOUNCE, to name a few).
My favourite here, though, 14d (TESTAMENT).
Fine definition, and Guardianesque device for ‘when camping’ (IN TENT) – bit similar to ‘naked’ for IN NUDE a while ago.
Do not completely understand why Mudd chose to use ‘Bum’ as definition for DRIFTER [not a good surface either] other than his by now well-known [for some infamous] cryptic obsession.

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