Comments on: Financial Times 13,546 / Hamilton http://www.fifteensquared.net/2010/11/18/financial-times-13546-hamilton/ Never knowingly undersolved. Wed, 19 Jun 2013 13:13:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: scarpia http://www.fifteensquared.net/2010/11/18/financial-times-13546-hamilton/#comment-129869 scarpia Fri, 19 Nov 2010 00:07:50 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=23019#comment-129869 Thanks smiffy.
Like Richard @5 I got the theme straight away just from the enumeration,so this made the puzzle pretty easy for me.I loved 6 down even if the wordplay was grammatically incorrect.
Phileas Fogg started his adventure to win a bet taken with fellow members of the Reform Club.
Contrary to the Hollywood version,a hot air balloon was not used in any part of the journey!

]]> By: Richard http://www.fifteensquared.net/2010/11/18/financial-times-13546-hamilton/#comment-129851 Richard Thu, 18 Nov 2010 20:45:36 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=23019#comment-129851 This was a fun one but I agree that it might have been more fun if all the related clues had been tied in. That may have made it too easy since I got 1ac et al quite quickly, there being only so many adventures that fit the 6,3,5,2,6,4 format.

Having “car” in the clue for 7dn and “fog” in the clue for 19/26dn seemed rather weak and WRYNECKS was a slow solve but all round a nice diverse puzzle.

]]> By: Tony Welsh http://www.fifteensquared.net/2010/11/18/financial-times-13546-hamilton/#comment-129845 Tony Welsh Thu, 18 Nov 2010 20:00:39 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=23019#comment-129845 I agree about 6d but still think it was a great clue. I have a bit of trouble with “consistently” meaning even letters in 5 down. The first one I got was Verne but it still took me a while to realise that other clues were related. Never heard of sideman, the Gabba, airward, or cel. Or natant for that matter, though it was obvious. But I finished it with a little help from an online dictionary!

]]> By: bamberger http://www.fifteensquared.net/2010/11/18/financial-times-13546-hamilton/#comment-129819 bamberger Thu, 18 Nov 2010 17:53:50 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=23019#comment-129819 Failed miserably-though it might have been a different story if I’d got 1a because that would have been four words and numerous checking letters.
9a Agree totally – I thought climb could only be in a down clue.
13a I was looking for something park assuming that the team played there-Rosslyn park, Deer Park etc
3d If you don’t know what the Gabba is ..
8d Agreed- I thought it must be something to do with jazz.
I got very little of last Friday’s out but could admire it. Didn’t think much of this one.

]]> By: shuchi http://www.fifteensquared.net/2010/11/18/financial-times-13546-hamilton/#comment-129787 shuchi Thu, 18 Nov 2010 15:39:54 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=23019#comment-129787 With Rishi on this. The homophone is a great idea but “Elaine revealed all” isn’t grammatically equivalent to “nude Ellie” as far as I can see.

]]> By: Rishi http://www.fifteensquared.net/2010/11/18/financial-times-13546-hamilton/#comment-129771 Rishi Thu, 18 Nov 2010 13:31:14 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=23019#comment-129771 6d is hilarious (I would still dispense with the exclamation amrk) but the wordplay doesn’t quite work for me.
The clue reads: Indian city where it’s said Elaine
revealed all! (3,5)
“Elaine revealed all”, grammatically can’t give ‘nude Ellie’; it can give only ‘Ellie bared’ or ‘Ellie stripped’ – which won’t work, though.
For ‘nude Ellie’ (adj + noun), it must be ‘Elaine who bared it all’ or something like that.
What do others think?

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