Comments on: Financial Times 13,772 – Dante

By: Keeper

Keeper — Thu, 25 Aug 2011 21:27:55 +0000

Lenny & Bryan:

Could you be thinking of different sports? I suspect Lenny is referring to rugby, where a ball kicked “into touch” is out of play, while Bryan may be thinking of football (soccer), where a ball kicked “out of touch” is out of play. (Interestingly, the phrase “out of touch” appears neither in the IRB Laws of Rugby Union nor the FIFA Laws of the Game.)

By: Bryan

Bryan — Thu, 25 Aug 2011 11:00:56 +0000

Lenny @ 3

In your confusion, you are now trying to confuse me but I am not confused. Believe me!

By: Lenny

Lenny — Thu, 25 Aug 2011 10:49:49 +0000

Let me try again. ‘Out of play’ is ‘in touch’. ‘in play’ is ‘out of touch’ so there is a redundant Not.

By: Bryan

Bryan — Thu, 25 Aug 2011 10:43:58 +0000

Many thanks Sil & Dante for another enjoyable puzzle.

I didn’t understand GLEANER – which I entered hoping for the best – and you have fully resolved my only query.

My COD was BEER BELLY.

Lenny @ 1 – I think that you have either confused yourself or there’s a typo in your version of 26a.

in the version that I downloaded, the clue specified ‘not out of touch’ – so therefore it was IN PLAY.

By: Lenny

Lenny — Thu, 25 Aug 2011 10:14:18 +0000

Thanks Sil. Am I confusing myself or is there a false double negative at 26? When a ball is out, it is in touch so ‘in play’ should be ‘not in touch’ not ‘not out of touch’. Now I’m more confused than when I started