Comments on: Financial Times 13,612 / Jason

By: Uncle Yap

Uncle Yap — Wed, 09 Feb 2011 01:26:16 +0000

must, per Chambers
n a dangerous frenzy in some male animals, such as elephants.
adj in such a state.

Surely this is a valid anagram indicator for what I thought was a superb &lit clue

By: Nestorius

Nestorius — Tue, 08 Feb 2011 18:53:22 +0000

@11 Smiffy: I stand corrected. WordNet has “in medieval times a youth acting as a knight’s attendant as the first stage in training for knighthood”. You are spot on.

By: bamberger

bamberger — Tue, 08 Feb 2011 18:20:24 +0000

Failed on 1a -had ?a?d?i?h but just couldn’t see sandwich
9a, 23a very clever -must remember this,2d, 3d & 19d -didn’t know that a page was a boy in training.
Well blogged sir.

By: Agentzero

Agentzero — Tue, 08 Feb 2011 18:09:02 +0000

Annotations of 14d and 21d now amended.

And, Smiffy, SoHo has now been joined by NoHo and NoLIta, which directly support the setter’s use.

By: smiffy

smiffy — Tue, 08 Feb 2011 17:58:42 +0000

I took the anagrind for 18A to be ‘must’ (in the sense of brewing/fermentation).

I also beg to differ with @5 Nestorius on 19D. Isn’t the ‘in training’ a reference to the medieval meaning of page (i.e. a knight’s apprentice)?

The ‘American’ clarification in 22D is reasonable and accurate to me. Seems to be a standard differentiatior between US and UK street-sign abbreviations, in my experience. And then there’s the differing origins of Soho, London and SoHo, NYC.

Clue of the day to 8D for me; tip-top.

By: Agentzero

Agentzero — Tue, 08 Feb 2011 17:55:33 +0000

Jon,

The anagrind of 14d must be “fire,” which I can just about see.

By: Jon88

Jon88 — Tue, 08 Feb 2011 17:04:09 +0000

Apologies for the teasing. But like the GASTROPUB clue, where’s the anagram indicator? “Fire”?

By: Agentzero

Agentzero — Tue, 08 Feb 2011 16:57:37 +0000

Hi all

Steve, your parsing of 21d is much better and undoubtedly what was intended.

Jon, “So it’s just a coincidence that ‘plug in the’ anagrams to the answer?!”

If by “coincidence” you mean “oversight by the blogger” then yes, absolutely.

By: Jon88

Jon88 — Tue, 08 Feb 2011 16:54:11 +0000

Or “Would we…”? Sigh.

By: Jon88

Jon88 — Tue, 08 Feb 2011 16:53:50 +0000

Chill! Plug in the fire (7,2) LIGHTEN UP is a dd? So it’s just a coincidence that “plug in the” anagrams to the answer?!

Would be call the GASTROPUB clue a “semi-&lit.”?