Comments on: Financial Times 13,678 Set by Gozo

By: MarcoPolo

MarcoPolo — Thu, 12 May 2011 09:20:19 +0000

Also you’re missing an A in KARACHI (its in the clue but not in the blog)

By: Lisa

Lisa — Wed, 27 Apr 2011 18:55:35 +0000

6dn should definitely have been clued as 3,5. The city is New Haven, two words. I ought to know; I went to college there.

By: Abu Amaal

Abu Amaal — Wed, 27 Apr 2011 15:07:42 +0000

I had exactly the same experience at 25ac – first Ibadan, then, reluctantly, Abadan.
Still puzzled.

By: Conrad Cork

Conrad Cork — Wed, 27 Apr 2011 13:32:22 +0000

Re 21 across. Otterden is the pseudonym of a fine setter whose real name is Holt. I’m sure Gozo did this deliberately.

By: PeeDee

PeeDee — Wed, 27 Apr 2011 12:49:03 +0000

Accurate typing is not my strong point, as readers of my previous blogs will have noticed.

By: Bryan

Bryan — Wed, 27 Apr 2011 12:41:37 +0000

Many thanks PeeDee

This was a toughie with several places I’d never heard of but very enjoyable until I got hopelessly stuck with 3 undone and 1 wrong.

However, I did at least manage to spell Oklahoma correctly.

By: mike04

mike04 — Wed, 27 Apr 2011 12:00:50 +0000

I think CARPEL is correct. For -I-P-L, I could only find one possibility: DISPEL.
By the way, there’s a typo in the solution to 17dn.

By: PeeDee

PeeDee — Wed, 27 Apr 2011 11:51:51 +0000

Initially I did have IBADAN for 25ac, which fitted the clue perfectly, but then had to back out because it clashed with CARPEL, which also seemed to be right. Perhaps CARPEL is wrong?

By: mike04

mike04 — Wed, 27 Apr 2011 11:48:57 +0000

Thanks for the blog, PeeDee.

I think your second explanation for 25ac is correct.
I wondered if perhaps there was some confusion with IBADAN in Nigeria.

For 6dn, I think the enumeration should have been (3,5).
A most enjoyable geographical excursion though!