Comments on: Financial Times 13,807 by Cinephile

By: Pete Maclean

Pete Maclean — Sun, 16 Oct 2011 23:07:04 +0000

I am not thrilled by ‘Part of dream’ but I accept it. If part of dream came to be used for, say, ‘re’ or ‘ea’ that would be horrible.

By: Wil Ransome

Wil Ransome — Sat, 15 Oct 2011 16:20:28 +0000

Not so many gripes as usual, but I agree with you Pete about CHARTIST — no good at all. And I was less than happy with 23ac where ‘Part of dream’ indicates the first three letters. Should be more precise I think, for there are many parts of the word if you allow this sort of thing.

By: Pete Maclean

Pete Maclean — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 14:00:27 +0000

Ah, I missed that. I had thought that “pruned” applied to “science” — although I realize that a pruning indicator is unnecessary there. Thanks, Eileen. (I have updated the entry.)

By: Eileen

Eileen — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 07:27:52 +0000

Hi Pete and thanks for the blog.

In 9ac, the clue has ‘pruned currant’: its name is actually ‘ribes’. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ribes

By: Pete Maclean

Pete Maclean — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 03:24:17 +0000

Hi Rishi, I considered this too but decided it could hardly work because of that ‘a’.

By: Rishi

Rishi — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 03:15:55 +0000

Pete

Re 18d Victorian reformer making a stir in conversation (8)

“[M]aking” might be taken as an anagrind, if a weak one.

However, I don’t know what to do with ‘a’. For, CHARTIST, it would be anagram of STIR in CHAT, not an anagram of A STIR in CHAT.

By: Pete Maclean

Pete Maclean — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 01:47:11 +0000

Ah, I missed that connection. Thanks, Bryan.

By: Bryan

Bryan — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 23:33:57 +0000

Many thanks Pete & Cinephile

‘To Kill a Mocking Bird’ is a well known book by Harper Lee. It is also a movie.