Comments on: Financial Times 13,652 by Bradman

By: Pete Maclean

Pete Maclean — Mon, 11 Apr 2011 19:39:55 +0000

Declanor, thank you for your comment. While I happened to know well what a monstrance looks like, I did not have a clear idea of how it is used and assumed that it was, as the clue suggested, something for Mass. I am surprised that Bradman (Don Manley) was not more precise about it — I know that he is a churchgoer so I figured he should know.

By: Declanor

Declanor — Mon, 11 Apr 2011 18:19:51 +0000

While the ‘monstrance’ clue was not particularly difficult, it is not very precise. Wikipedia tells us that “A monstrance is the vessel used in the Roman Catholic, Old Catholic and Anglican churches to display the consecrated Eucharistic host, during Eucharistic adoration or Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament”. In the Catholic Church, the monstrance is not used in Mass, but in other ceremonies, such as Benediction and Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament.

By: bamberger

bamberger — Thu, 07 Apr 2011 12:57:58 +0000

I failed 1a,9a, 1d,2d & the ones mentioned in the SE ie 22a, 23d & 27a.
Should have got 1a but hadn’t come across ostium.
Outre =fantastic foxed me.

By: Pete Maclean

Pete Maclean — Thu, 07 Apr 2011 00:34:51 +0000

Sil, SPOONS occurred to me but I failed to see ‘snoops’. I think that has to be correct and I will amend the blog accordingly. Thanks.

Scarpia, SPANKING occurred to me too! But I was unable to come up with a justification for it. So, thank you for finding that.

By: Scarpia

Scarpia — Thu, 07 Apr 2011 00:03:52 +0000

Thanks Pete.
Usual quality puzzle from Bradman.
Like Sil I entered SPOONS for 27 across.
22 across – SPAN is half of spanking. Chambers gives ‘very large’ as one definition.

My favourite was ISAIAH.

By: Sil van den Hoek

Sil van den Hoek — Wed, 06 Apr 2011 23:32:59 +0000

I was very pleased to see – for a change – Bradman on the Prize spot.
As you say, Pete, it may be ‘reasonable easy’ but I was really very impressed by all those great surfaces, which were so natural.
Moreover, when it comes to precision, Bradman is hard to beat.
Even though, I am just like you still asking myself why 22ac must be SPAN.

My last two entries were exactly the ones you are not certain of (27ac, 23d). I think you are right about CAMP (=dd), but I entered SPOONS for 27ac. One of the meanings of to spoon is to court, and it is the reverse of ‘snoops’ [people going sneakily around, with around perhaps (?) doing double duty].