Comments on: Financial Times 13,475 / Bradman

By: Bradman

Bradman — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 18:33:48 +0000

AB criticism accepted — amazing what one misses, but I guess I was desperate to avoid a repeat of anag of BAD + OMEN! Thanks for all nice things said.

By: shuchi

shuchi — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 14:06:09 +0000

Hi smiffy

Thanks for your perceptive comments. I agree on both counts.

There is also ‘illegal’ to add to the “wicked” list.

By: smiffy

smiffy — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 13:52:10 +0000

Thanks Shuchi. A fun Friday puzzle – I also had 17D as a stand-out.
There seems to be an impish vein running through the clues today, what with ‘wickedness’, ‘sly person’, ‘rogue’ and ‘mischief’ to complement MORTAL SIN.

My only quibble (and only because I probably, unfairly, hold Bradman to a slightly higher standard than others) is at 25A. Isn’t it a touch self-referential, given that the unabbreviated ‘muscle’ is itself the abdominal?

By: shuchi

shuchi — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 09:47:10 +0000

Thanks, Gaufrid.

By: Gaufrid

Gaufrid — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 09:42:11 +0000

Hi Suchi
In 14ac SOP is an abbreviation for ‘significant other person (eg a cohabiting partner)’.