Comments on: Financial Times 13779 Gurney

By: scchua

scchua — Wed, 24 Aug 2011 09:18:16 +0000

Thanks for dropping by Gurney, and your encouragement. I was glad I could do some justice to your puzzle. Look forward to another opportunity

By: Gurney

Gurney — Wed, 24 Aug 2011 08:55:29 +0000

Many thanks, scchua, for this incredible blog and many thanks also to all who commented.

By: Bryan

Bryan — Tue, 23 Aug 2011 13:13:29 +0000

Many thanks Scchua & Gurney this was another enjoyable challenge which took me longer than expected although, looking back, I can’t think why.

All the clues were great!

By: Pelham Barton

Pelham Barton — Tue, 23 Aug 2011 12:29:59 +0000

Thanks Gurney for a pleasant puzzle and scchua for the blog. I must add my name to the list of those who failed to parse 9ac.

In 23ac I think “on board” is part of the definition referring to games such as chess, leaving “to be welcomed” as the inclusion indicator.

By: scchua

scchua — Tue, 23 Aug 2011 12:13:08 +0000

Thanks Wanderer, your “middle” is more accurate (mine’s slightly off-centre), and yours is very likely the correct parsing.

By: crypticsue

crypticsue — Tue, 23 Aug 2011 12:09:20 +0000

I couldn’t even get GALLANT so thank you scchua for putting me out of my misery. I would sum this one up as fairly straightforward with a couple of sneaky bits.

By: Wanderer

Wanderer — Tue, 23 Aug 2011 12:07:38 +0000

Thanks scchua and Gurney, this was not the hardest but was great fun.

Not sure I follow your parsing of MIDDLEMAN. I understood it to relate to the position of MIDDLEMAN slap in the middle of the grid — hence “MIDDLEMAN’s in the right place here”

By: Norman L in France

Norman L in France — Tue, 23 Aug 2011 12:00:40 +0000

Congratulations on parsing GALLANT. I couldn’t work it out.