Comments on: Financial Times 13,667 by Cinephile

By: Richard

Richard — Thu, 14 Apr 2011 05:36:36 +0000

I did enjoy this, but was cross not to get FORELEGS and WOODRUFF.

By: Sil van den Hoek

Sil van den Hoek — Wed, 13 Apr 2011 20:10:56 +0000

Sometimes I wonder why, when one would ask me to choose, I do like Cinephile more than Araucaria.
Maybe it’s because the cheekiness is there (like in 4ac or 20ac), but the idiosynchrasy isn’t.

Thanks PeeDee for what I thought was a great puzzle.

By: Lenny

Lenny — Wed, 13 Apr 2011 15:43:27 +0000

Thanks Conrad. It is only mentioned as a plant or a flower in Chambers so I googled it and came across the herbal and Wine references. I see it likes shade. Perfect for my garden.

By: Conrad Cork

Conrad Cork — Wed, 13 Apr 2011 15:19:43 +0000

Lenny

This is the time of year for you to to try woodruff then. You let it wilt a little (it then smells like new-mown hay) and then infuse it in white wine (a drink sometimes called, confusingly ‘may wine’) and drink it out of doors. While you tackle a crossword, natch.

It is also a fantastic low-growing ground-cover plant. Nothing grows through it and the leaves and flowers are very attractive.

By: Lenny

Lenny — Wed, 13 Apr 2011 12:22:24 +0000

Thanks PeeDee. I thought this was the Master in not quite top form. The linked clues sometimes made it quite tedious to work out. I liked the literal sufaces for Film Director and Public Sector although the latter was slightly marred by the clunky p’lice anagram. I also liked the mental image of the strictly dancing birds. There were a couple of things that only Rev Graham is allowed to get away with: releg for relegated sector and uff for opening of Florentine gallery. This made Woodruff quite tricky as I had never heard of it as a herb although it is quite familiar as a surname.