Comments on: Financial Times 13,824 / Flimsy

By: mike04

mike04 — Fri, 14 Oct 2011 21:08:31 +0000

Thanks for the blog, shuchi.
A trivial point? In 9ac I read AHY as a reversal of YHA – rather than (YHA)*.

By: scchua

scchua — Fri, 14 Oct 2011 16:38:42 +0000

Thanks shuchi. I was obviously blinded by the obvious!

By: shuchi

shuchi — Fri, 14 Oct 2011 16:31:22 +0000

Hi scchua,

27a: It is simpler than that – the letters are standard abbreviations for the words in the clue. E = eastern, M = master, I and R = rule.

By: scchua

scchua — Fri, 14 Oct 2011 16:21:04 +0000

Thanks shuchi and Flimsy.

I liked 5D EXCLAMATION MARK, 11A TROUPE and 25A PROPELLANT,

I’m sure it’s there somewhere, but I can’t seem to see the instruction to take the initial letters to make 27A EMIR. Is it “I rule”=leader=initial letter? It’s also unusual to have an instruction/indicator act on itself, ie. in this case, take the initial letter(s) of the indicator word(s).

By: shuchi

shuchi — Fri, 14 Oct 2011 10:26:29 +0000

Hi Rishi, I’d looked up the dictionaries online and didn’t find the alternate spelling for DEBURR. All good if Chambers has it.

By: shuchi

shuchi — Fri, 14 Oct 2011 10:07:54 +0000

Hi Stuart, Yes – thank you! *facepalm* Will fix it.

By: Stuart

Stuart — Fri, 14 Oct 2011 10:00:06 +0000

Re 1a – should this not read – … (CLEGG HOPED)* -L (pound) +A ?

As always, thank you for the blog.

By: Rishi

Rishi — Fri, 14 Oct 2011 09:59:26 +0000

I agree 27a is a nice clue. But, is the semicolon a proper punctuation mark there, I wonder.

By: Bamberger

Bamberger — Fri, 14 Oct 2011 09:56:38 +0000

Needed a bit of help in the NE where I couldn’t get wig out of my mind for 11a. I don’t think toupe would have come if I’d sat until midnight.
Thanks for explanation of 13a & 22a which I just couldn’t see.

By: Rishi

Rishi — Fri, 14 Oct 2011 09:48:30 +0000

Shuchi

‘Burr’ (rough edge) is also spelt ‘bur’ (if you look it up in Chambers). So ‘debur’ is okay, I think.