Comments on: Financial Times 13,816 by Gozo

By: PeeDee

PeeDee — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 18:51:02 +0000

Thanks very much to Tom for visiting the site and putting me right, it is all there in Chambers now I look again, I just failed to spot it first time. A new pair of reading glasses may be in order. Thanks also to Eileen for ‘ACT I’, this is not the first time I have missed this device and had to be reminded. Not my best day’s blogging I fear.

By: Eileen

Eileen — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 15:38:22 +0000

Thanks to PeeDee and to Gozo for an enjoyably themed puzzle.

In 25ac, I read ‘start of play’ as being ACT I.

By: crypticsue

crypticsue — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 14:42:03 +0000

Great fun. Enjoyed the theme. SNOB quite often appears in crosswords but I didn’t know the blackleg connection so have filed that away for future use. Thanks to Gozo and PeeDee.

By: Tom Johnson

Tom Johnson — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 14:30:33 +0000

Thanks to PeeDee for his favourable review once again.
Just to clarify the two uncertainties:

Cia. is the abbreviation in Italian for “Company”. Chambers gives this entry immediately after CIA.

Knob is incorrect — the solution is SNOB, and if you look up Chambers’ definitions all will become clear.

Tom Johnson
Gozo

By: irm

irm — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 14:13:33 +0000

Re 11D – SNUB = Blackleg?

By: bracoman

bracoman — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 13:52:58 +0000

Thanks for the blog. Re 11D, I had snob. St Crispin, I think, is the patron saint of shoemakers and one meaning of snob is a cobbler. Where blackleg fits in, I know not.