Comments on: Financial Times 13,898 by Cinephile

By: Yank

Yank — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 11:25:03 +0000

Getting to this late…I think 18a is a three-part definition…1) a state is Tennessee, 2) time “T” + other directions (“E”,”N”,”N”,etc.) for 3) W or “Tennessee” Williams. Great puzzle!

By: crypticsue

crypticsue — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 19:06:10 +0000

I came to the puzzle towards the end of a particular trying day and it was just the job. Not too difficult but extremely entertaining. Thank you Cinephile for the perfect Wednesday puzzle.

By: Steve

Steve — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 18:20:16 +0000

Thanks Cinephile and PeeDee.

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By: PeeDee

PeeDee — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 14:01:07 +0000

Wanderer, I like yourthinking here, but I can’t quite get it to work fully.
If ‘state’='sounds like’, time=’T’ and NSE=’directions other for W’, then that uses up all the clue. Its not &lit, and if either (or both) of ‘State’ or ‘W’ are the definition then they are are doing double duty, which is a bit naughty. Also, one has to pronounce T (time)as ‘tuh’ rather than ‘tee’. The name of the letter T is ‘tee’ not ‘tuh’.

By: Wanderer

Wanderer — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 13:05:47 +0000

Excellent puzzle, great fun and, as you say, not too difficult.

18 I read as T + (sounds like) NSE, which are the directions OTHER than W.

Many thanks Cinephile and PeeDee.