Comments on: Financial Times 13,714 by Gozo

By: financial solutions

financial solutions — Tue, 26 Jun 2012 08:52:30 +0000

Very nice…good

By: Paul B

Paul B — Wed, 08 Jun 2011 21:39:19 +0000

Mmm, peaty. That’s Laphroaig.

By: gnomethang

gnomethang — Wed, 08 Jun 2011 18:42:38 +0000

An enjoyable if not overly difficult crossword from Gozo. I enjoyed the themed clues and managed to drag NEAR BEER from the back of my head. Thanks to GOZO and to PeeDee for the review.

By: Abu Amaal

Abu Amaal — Wed, 08 Jun 2011 15:18:06 +0000

Minor misprint at 6d (lieder)

By: PeeDee

PeeDee — Wed, 08 Jun 2011 14:43:06 +0000

Thanks Eileen, I have corrected the blog.

By: Eileen

Eileen — Wed, 08 Jun 2011 14:26:42 +0000

Thanks PeeDee, for the blog, and Gozo, for a stimulating puzzle – Cheers!

I don’t know what it says about me but I romped through most of the across clues, apart from NEAR BEER, which I’d never hear of, and wouldn’t have guessed, since ‘beer’ is in the clue – unfortunate, as PeeDee says.

I can’t say I’ve tried absolutely all of them, either, and I’m not a whisky person but I did know how to spell [and pronounce!] LAPHROAIG, as it was one of my Scottish husband’s favourites.

19ac is a reversal, rather than an anagram.

By: crypticsue

crypticsue — Wed, 08 Jun 2011 11:55:46 +0000

I wouldn’t say I had had occasion to consume all the drinks listed in this excellent crossword from Gozo but I got them all quite quickly including spelling 13a correctly. Thanks to PeeDee for the explanations, especially for 29a which I took a guess at.

By: Bryan

Bryan — Wed, 08 Jun 2011 11:50:07 +0000

Many thanks PeeDee and Gozo

This was too tough for me and I was not confident about my guesses for NULLA, TISANE, and NEAR BEAR.

Although I sensed the anagram fodder, LAPHROAIG was totally outside my ken.

It’s evident that Gozo is overly fond of alcoholic drinks or otherwise how come that he is so knowledgeable?