Comments on: Financial Times 13,397 / Bradman

By: shuchi

shuchi — Sat, 29 May 2010 05:56:46 +0000

Thanks for your comments. I’ve made updates to 17D and 23D.

While solving I didn’t pause to think of the enumeration of 19D, being used to seeing the word spelt as ‘copout’. I checked Chambers now and was surprised to discover that it’s only listed as ‘cop-out’ (noun). Agree that as a verb, it must be (3,3).

By: Rishi

Rishi — Sat, 29 May 2010 01:25:30 +0000

Scarpia
You’re absolutely right!
19d: The def “Turn one’s back” suggests that the answer required is a v. and so the enumeration must have been (3,3). If hyphenated, COP-OUT would be a noun, I think. Not sure if it is ever a one word.
BTW, the present tendency to discard hyphens is something I have not really understood.

By: Scarpia

Scarpia — Fri, 28 May 2010 19:09:51 +0000

Thanks Shuchi.
A quite straightforward puzzle,fairly clued as always.I was held up by 19 down,having always considered ‘cop out’ to be 2 words(or at least hyphenated).I even trawled through Chambers entry for colour (co + lour)
but,unsurprisingly,couldn’t match it to the definition!

By: Steve

Steve — Fri, 28 May 2010 11:38:32 +0000

Thanks Shuchi. When I first saw 14a, my initial thought was that the parsing was M(odel)+ OSS (Office of Strategic Services, predecessor to CIA) + AD. That didn’t quite work but I thought it was interesting.

By: Rishi

Rishi — Fri, 28 May 2010 09:01:57 +0000

The parsing for 17d becomes complete with a final A. Thus: A POLO GI A

By: Andrew

Andrew — Fri, 28 May 2010 08:13:33 +0000

Thanks for the blog suchi. I originally thought the same as you about 23dn, but I think it’s actually PRINCESS less INC.