http://www.fifteensquared.net/2011/12/15/financial-times-13867-by-cincinnus/ Never knowingly undersolved. Mon, 20 May 2013 17:53:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://www.fifteensquared.net/2011/12/15/financial-times-13867-by-cincinnus/#comment-177088 Pete Maclean Thu, 15 Dec 2011 19:59:17 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=37882#comment-177088 Ah, well I realize that ‘avast’ is not an everyday word but it does come up a lot in “pirate talk” (along with lots of ahs, landlubbers and hearties). And it is good to consider that, whatever the context, tar might refer to a sailor. I had meant to mention that ‘scroll saw’ is new to me too.

]]> http://www.fifteensquared.net/2011/12/15/financial-times-13867-by-cincinnus/#comment-177083 Bamberger Thu, 15 Dec 2011 19:27:56 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=37882#comment-177083 Failed on 9a and had never heard of it. Quite often the better solvers say “New word to me but very obvious from the wordplay” . Ok so you have a?a?t. Even if you thought of huge =vast, how does that help you because you have then also got to realise that tar here is a sailor and that avast means stop in nautical language.
Scroll saw also a new one to me.

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