Comments on: Financial Times 13,622 by Cincinnus

By: Scarpia

Scarpia — Thu, 03 Mar 2011 10:10:08 +0000

Thnaks???
That should,of course be thanks.

By: Scarpia

Scarpia — Thu, 03 Mar 2011 10:07:19 +0000

Thnaks Pete.
As you say another super puzzle from Cincinnus.I suppose it must be due to the time gap between the publishing of the puzzle and the blog which explains the lack of comments.It would be a shame if people weren’t tackling the Saturday FT puzzle,as it is invariably of a very high quality.
I agree with your selection of best clues with STEPFATHER in particular being outstanding.

Re. BRASSIE – in my Chambers it is given as an alternative,in brackets,to BRASSY.As there is no other punctuation between the two entries I took that to mean that it referred to the preceding entry(golf club).

By: John Newman

John Newman — Thu, 03 Mar 2011 06:53:44 +0000

I failed to get FLAG, and a number of clues took me a long time. But as ever Cincinnus is amazing. Like you Pete I enjoyed stefather and flew, but also Dresden and bottle-fed. Wherefore wasn’t bad either. Thanks Pete.

By: Pete Maclean

Pete Maclean — Thu, 03 Mar 2011 00:50:20 +0000

D’oh, yes of course, that is what I meant for 13ac and have fixed it.

Thank you, Sil.

By: Sil van den Hoek

Sil van den Hoek — Thu, 03 Mar 2011 00:14:15 +0000

Yes, Pete, there was a lot to spoil in this crossword …
Wonder how he does it all the time.

My plusses were your plusses, but I want to add DRESDEN (24ac).
And oh, how I would have liked to have written STEPFATHER (11ac), a clue right up my street!

13ac: BALTI = BALTIC (sea) minus C (cold), but probably you meant to say that.
15d: the Oxford Dictionary of English gives ‘brassie’ with ‘ie’, meaning ” a number two wood” (in golf).

Thanks Pete, ánd – as ever – Cincinnus.