Comments on: Financial Times 13,776 / Mudd

By: MikeC

MikeC — Fri, 19 Aug 2011 13:11:56 +0000

Thanks shuchi and Mudd. I thought 14d was absolutely priceless – the clue sounded frightfully rude but, correctly understood, was completely “harmless”. Vintage Mudd/Paul.

By: Eileen

Eileen — Fri, 19 Aug 2011 12:18:44 +0000

Thanks for the blog, shuchi, and Mudd for the puzzle – great stuff, as has been said.

Spam became well-known to people who had never had to eat it from the Monty Python sketch:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=anwy2MPT5RE,
in which the word ‘Spam’ is used ‘at least 132 times’ [Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spam_%28Monty_Python%29, later causing the name to be given to unwanted email.

By: Pelham Barton

Pelham Barton — Fri, 19 Aug 2011 12:06:11 +0000

Thanks Mudd for an enjoyable crossword and shuchi for the blog. SOAKING (20ac) my favourite clue as well, with PUNJABI (11ac) a close second and many other delights.

My only adverse comment is that I do not like grids that split almost entirely into halves (as this one does) or quarters. In today’s case, the witty clues more than compensate.

By: crypticsue

crypticsue — Fri, 19 Aug 2011 11:44:04 +0000

Thank you Schuchi. I am with you on this one, gentle, not too easy and great fun. Big thanks to Mudd too.

By: Bryan

Bryan — Fri, 19 Aug 2011 11:07:09 +0000

Many thanks Shuchi & Mudd this was most enjoyable.

Spam – the meat – became famous in the UK during WWII when food was scarce and rationed.

I’d never heard of CUCKOO PINT but I guessed it after getting SOAKING which is my COD.