Comments on: Financial Times 13,894 / Redshank

By: malc95

malc95 — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 13:38:45 +0000

… if anyone is still around -
I don’t think 15d is a dd, it’s “urine” ie wee inside “figs” ie figures (abbr.)

By: shuchi

shuchi — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 13:59:51 +0000

Thanks for your comments, Gaufrid, Wanderer and crypticsue.

@Gaufrid: #facepalm, as they say on twitter . I have added 24ac now, thank you.

@Wanderer: Answers now updated. I thought of MARK too but DOWN with it wasn’t convincing. Gaufrid has cleared up the mystery – 24ac was missing.

By: crypticsue

crypticsue — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 12:51:06 +0000

Very clever and enjoyable thank you Redshank and schuchi too.

By: Wanderer

Wanderer — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 12:05:14 +0000

Thanks shuchi and Redshank, thoroughly enjoyable.

In 14, I think “over the pond” or “across the pond” (ie the other side of the Atlantic) gives us US.

In 7, I think “his short” gives us HI rather than HIS, so it’s HI + N + IS MUD

Perhaps the other currency is the MARK in 8?

By: Gaufrid

Gaufrid — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 12:04:30 +0000

Thanks Shuchi
“That makes it 12 themed answers, not 13. What am I missing?”

The answer to 24ac

I read 14ac as ‘over the pond’ = ‘in the US’, so FO in US. ‘The pond’ has been used as a term for the Atlantic for some time now, usually in the expression ‘across the pond’, meaning America.