Comments on: Financial Times 13,640 by Mudd

By: Sil van den Hoek

Sil van den Hoek — Thu, 24 Mar 2011 22:24:41 +0000

Scarpia @3, yes, TELEVISE means ‘to put on air’ or similar but for me nót just ‘put on’.
In Mudd’s clue there is no allusion to something more than ‘put on’, so I am not convinced (yet).
That said, the Chambers Thesaurus gives us ‘put on’ for TELEVISE, but nót the other way around. I would say, of course not – it is not synonymous.
Mudd just needed this for a splendid surface and thought to get away with it, thanks to the Almighty Thesaurus.
Well, I do not let him .

By: Pete Maclean

Pete Maclean — Thu, 24 Mar 2011 14:27:37 +0000

jmac, Thanks for commenting. I too value having a few relatively easy clues to get me started. In this puzzle, if I remember correctly, the first answer I got was to 22A (ODENSE).

By: jmac

jmac — Thu, 24 Mar 2011 13:15:28 +0000

well I enjoyed it. I suppose that when a setter is capable of the most brilliant puzzles, anything less can seem flat by comparison. I quite like having a few clues like the one that gives us ARDENT as it means I can make a start – very important for moderate solvers. Thanks for the blog Pete.

By: Scarpia

Scarpia — Thu, 24 Mar 2011 12:03:39 +0000

Thanks Pete.
I agree not one of Mudd’s very best but still an enjoyable puzzle.
Have to agree with you pick of best clues 12,23 and 24 across and particuarly 13 down.
Sil,re. TELEVISE – the following is from The Free Dictionary -
televise [?t?l??va?z]
vb
1. (Communication Arts / Broadcasting) to put (a programme) on television

By: Bryan

Bryan — Thu, 24 Mar 2011 07:51:29 +0000

Many thanks Pete I enjoyed this.

It was nice to meet The Grauniad’s Paul in one of his other guises.

TELEVISE was my last entry and, for me, the best clue.

Here’s mud in your eye.

By: Sil van den Hoek

Sil van den Hoek — Thu, 24 Mar 2011 00:13:53 +0000

Thanks, Pete.
This wasn’t one of Mudd’s very best – a rather ordinary puzzle, with for me UNDIES (24ac) as the absolute highlight.
At 23ac (TELEVISE) I did put a question mark.
I liked the surface and the construction is clear, but in what sense is ‘put on’ synonymous to ‘televise’?