Comments on: Financial Times 13,804 by Aardvark

By: mike04

mike04 — Wed, 21 Sep 2011 17:32:09 +0000

Thanks PeeDee
In 14ac, could “audibly” simply refer to the use of the word ‘states’ rather than ‘(the) States’
with the correct capitalisation?

By: Pelham Barton

Pelham Barton — Wed, 21 Sep 2011 13:26:42 +0000

Further to 4 on 21dn: According to Wikipedia, the title Prince William of Wales ceased to be applicable when Prince William became Duke of Cambridge earlier this year. I am still happy with the clue. Incidentally, as I am writing this, there seems to be a typo in your explanation of 12ac, where you have "AXLE (chopper)": you clearly meant AXE.

By: Pelham Barton

Pelham Barton — Wed, 21 Sep 2011 13:12:23 +0000

Thanks Aardvark for the puzzle and PeeDee for the blog. To pick up a couple of your uncertainties:

22ac: This seems a reasonable definition – a steelmaker is a type of labourer

21dn: Prince Charles is indeed the Prince of Wales, but his oldest son is Prince William of Wales, so William is a Prince of Wales, which is all the clue needs.

I too cannot account for “audibly” in 14ac.

By: crypticsue

crypticsue — Wed, 21 Sep 2011 12:19:24 +0000

Funny how we all struggle slightly differently. I had PINSENT early on but some of the other clues took ages for the pennies to drop. Thanks to PeeDee and Aaardvark – a very enjoyable lunchtime diversion.

By: Eileen

Eileen — Wed, 21 Sep 2011 12:11:50 +0000

Thanks PeeDee – good stuff on the blogging, too, and I agree about the puzzle.

I was stuck on the same one, so many thanks, anax.

I had the same thoughts, too, about ‘audibly’ and the Prince of Wales!

I read 1ac as MEDAL [prize for winning] + LION [cat].

By: anax

anax — Wed, 21 Sep 2011 11:53:48 +0000

Hi PeeDee

I think it’s (Matthew) PINSENT, the rower. I+NS (two poles) in PE (training) + [Olympia]N [targe]T