Comments on: Financial Times no.13,763 by FLIMSY

By: Abby

Abby — Thu, 04 Aug 2011 21:53:03 +0000

I think 15A may be two definitions- with “wind” as the verb. Like Chambers’ definitions of “reel” as “to waver” and “to wind on a reel”. Right?

By: Sil van den Hoek

Sil van den Hoek — Thu, 04 Aug 2011 16:38:52 +0000

Very elegant crossword from Flimsy, who is perhaps not the most prolific setter on planet Earth (that’s someone else …) but one whose output may be summarised by: “its quality is inversely proportional to its quantity”.

Faultless cluing with many highlights, the neat 10ac (SUGGESTION) for me being one of the very best.

Many thanks, ringo, for the blog.
And many thumbs up for Flimsy!
[even if I have no more than two of them .... ]

By: Tom_I

Tom_I — Thu, 04 Aug 2011 13:54:13 +0000

Thanks for the blog, Ringo.

I was a bit unsure about 9a too, but I think your parsing is correct. Chambers gives STEM as “a race or family”, among other things.

And in 7d, apparently POTPOURRI originally meant a mixed stew, hence a hash.