Comments on: Financial Times no.13,883 by FALCON http://www.fifteensquared.net/2011/12/22/financial-times-no-13883-by-falcon/ Never knowingly undersolved. Fri, 24 May 2013 09:59:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Bamberger http://www.fifteensquared.net/2011/12/22/financial-times-no-13883-by-falcon/#comment-177576 Bamberger Thu, 22 Dec 2011 12:50:39 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=38276#comment-177576 Not easy for me and couldn’t get

6a I had r?a??? and ran through all the possibilities of r?a but never thought of rwa. I thought it was country not a language.
11a Kicking self
16a Didn’t have any crossing letters and never heard of him .
22a See 11a
2d Is an alphabet a series?
8d I doubt if I ever would have got that. Filed in the “too hard” cabinet.
13d Very good -if I’d had t?e? s?r?e?n I might have guessed it but only t??? s???e?n I couldn’t.

Thanks for the 2011 blogs

]]> By: Pelham Barton http://www.fifteensquared.net/2011/12/22/financial-times-no-13883-by-falcon/#comment-177570 Pelham Barton Thu, 22 Dec 2011 11:41:31 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=38276#comment-177570 Thanks Falcon for an enjoyable crossword and Ringo for the blog. I will pick 5dn as my favourite clue.

19ac: After a few minutes thought, I agree with the argument given by Thomas.

15dn: Can anyone justify “garishly” as an anagram indicator?

]]> By: Thomas99 http://www.fifteensquared.net/2011/12/22/financial-times-no-13883-by-falcon/#comment-177565 Thomas99 Thu, 22 Dec 2011 11:09:59 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=38276#comment-177565 PS. Actually I should withdraw my “(more or less)” above. “He said he’d come back in 3 days.” “He said he’d come back after 3 days.” Certainly close enough in meaning, quite possibly identical.

]]> By: Thomas99 http://www.fifteensquared.net/2011/12/22/financial-times-no-13883-by-falcon/#comment-177564 Thomas99 Thu, 22 Dec 2011 11:05:47 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=38276#comment-177564 Thanks for the blog – I wouldn’t call this all that easy, however. Re 19a, which I took a long time to parse properly, the “??” isn’t really necessary. As I finally remembered, “in 3 days” means (more or less) “after 3 days”… I agree about 13d too – excellent misleading CD.

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