Comments on: Financial Times 13,910 by Monk

By: PeeDee

PeeDee — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 08:16:45 +0000

Thanks Steve, corrected now.

By: Steve

Steve — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 00:51:17 +0000

Thanks Peedee – minor correction to 1d: section of track is RAIL (otherwise you have one T too many)

By: jmac

jmac — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 22:29:23 +0000

Thanks for the blog PeeDee, and Monk for yet another top-notch puzzle. I found the nina very helpful as an aid to solving the left-hand side.

By: PeeDee

PeeDee — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 13:15:37 +0000

Thanks Gaufrid. I did see ALE when soving the clue (honestly!), but for some reason I then lost the plot when writing up the blog.

I missed the Nina completely! But then I find Ninas and pangrams etc more of a thing for the setters than the solvers. Nothing against them of course, and I can clearly see why they would add interest for a setter, but they don’t really add much to the solving experience IMO (themed crossswords excepted).

By: Pelham Barton

Pelham Barton — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 12:52:40 +0000

@3 of course I meant “pleasant”. I spotted the typo as soon as I hit “Submit Comment”.

By: Pelham Barton

Pelham Barton — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 12:50:38 +0000

Thanks Monk for a pleasand crossword and PeeDee for the blog. The Nina was definitely a help and compensates for the somewhat isolated corners. 20ac: Chambers 2008 gives (among other definitions) flower the best of anything

By: Conrad Cork

Conrad Cork — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 12:25:44 +0000

Yes the Nina was certainly a help in finishing some clues.

By: Gaufrid

Gaufrid — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 12:22:43 +0000

Thanks PeeDee
In 9ac it is ALE = ‘alcohol’.

I think perhaps we ought to mention the perimeter Nina – ANTIDISESTABLISHMENTARIANISM