Comments on: Financial Times 13,741 by Cincinnus

By: Wil Ransome

Wil Ransome — Sat, 06 Aug 2011 22:05:52 +0000

Yes a good and rather more difficult than usual crossword from Cincinnus. My only quibble related to 5dn (Claim made by old female in Fleet Street: PROFESS) where Fleet Street = press is what is required. Quite apart from the fact that there is now I believe very little or even none of the press in Fleet Street, to equate Fleet Street to press seems a bit of a stretch. Yes Fleet Street is (or at any rate was) the home of the press, but it isn’t/wasn’t the press itself.

By: Pete Maclean

Pete Maclean — Thu, 21 Jul 2011 12:35:07 +0000

Hi Richard,

Ah, yes, 27A left me with a good smile!

By: John Newman

John Newman — Thu, 21 Jul 2011 10:56:49 +0000

Thanks Pete. One needed to be a bit of a botanist for this one, eh?

I didn’t see Roy and Al. I almost wondered whether we had another three clue puzzle. Blue is an Australian argument and I wondered whether royal blue was a ding dong blue.

John

By: Richard C

Richard C — Thu, 21 Jul 2011 08:33:48 +0000

Sorry. Typo! 27 was my foavourite, not 17.

By: Richard C

Richard C — Thu, 21 Jul 2011 07:32:01 +0000

Thanks for the blog, Pete.
This was an enjoyable solve for me. 17 was my favourite clue.

By: Pete Maclean

Pete Maclean — Thu, 21 Jul 2011 00:13:39 +0000

D’oh! Of course, Roy and Al. Thanks, Sil.

Right, I had no problem parsing 6d. I just don’t think that audible is a good homophone indicator. “Audible” means loud enough to be heard. I think a homophone indicator should mean “as spoken” or “as heard”. “Aloud” would do but simply “loud” is weak.

By: Sil van den Hoek

Sil van den Hoek — Wed, 20 Jul 2011 23:15:16 +0000

Thanks once more, Pete.

I think the boys in 25ac are ROY and AL.

Even if CITE (6d) was my last entry – for which, to be fair, I needed my PinC – it is quite obvious at the end of the day.
‘Audibly place’ means a homophone of ‘place’, so a homophone of ‘site’ which leads to ‘cite’ (‘name’).
You parsed it perfectly well yourself, didn’t you?

My Clue of that Day: 20ac (PLAY).