Comments on: Financial Times 13,597 / Falcon http://www.fifteensquared.net/2011/01/21/financial-times-13597-falcon/ Never knowingly undersolved. Tue, 21 May 2013 20:27:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Scarpia http://www.fifteensquared.net/2011/01/21/financial-times-13597-falcon/#comment-147660 Scarpia Sat, 22 Jan 2011 00:30:22 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=25453#comment-147660 Thanks shuchi.
A fairly easy puzzle compared to the last couple in the FT.I didn’t know the expression at 29 but it was fairly obvious from the wordplay.
SIDE meaning pretentiousness is a British usage,so overseas solvers would probably not be familiar with it.
Favourite clue,19 down,for the well cocealed definition.

]]> By: Tom http://www.fifteensquared.net/2011/01/21/financial-times-13597-falcon/#comment-147637 Tom Fri, 21 Jan 2011 21:51:21 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=25453#comment-147637 Think side is as when referring to a genuine person you say they have no side to them

]]> By: shuchi http://www.fifteensquared.net/2011/01/21/financial-times-13597-falcon/#comment-147625 shuchi Fri, 21 Jan 2011 19:41:18 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=25453#comment-147625 @Tony Welsh: You’re right about 2d of course. I’ve fixed it now, thank you.

“Side” meaning pretentiousness was new to me too; I looked up the dictionary for it as the answer couldn’t have been anything else!

]]> By: bamberger http://www.fifteensquared.net/2011/01/21/financial-times-13597-falcon/#comment-147608 bamberger Fri, 21 Jan 2011 17:58:47 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=25453#comment-147608 Failed on
29a-like Tony I’ve never heard of it -is it a real expression? Rest on ones laurels yes but this?
22a didn’t think of back as second -was looking for a reversal.
23d Never heard of side being used for pretentiousness -has anyone ever heard of it being used in that sense?

]]> By: Tony Welsh http://www.fifteensquared.net/2011/01/21/financial-times-13597-falcon/#comment-147584 Tony Welsh Fri, 21 Jan 2011 14:02:29 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=25453#comment-147584 Thanks, Shuchi. But I think you made a mistake in the explanation of 2d. VERMIN surely refers to the lice part of the clue, not the bright scarlet.

I found this quite easy except for bottom left. Never heard of “side” meaning pretentiousness, or DOGGO or the expression REST ON ONES OARS, though I guessed the last two of these.

Other words I had never heard of included ORT and DEMIT, so it was a good learning day!

One quibble is on 14a. An alibi is proof that one could not be guilty of whatever, while an excuse is some circumstance offered in mitigation of having done it.

Finally, how come we got RISSOLE two days running. Surely not coincidence?

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