Comments on: Financial Times 13933 Gurney http://www.fifteensquared.net/2012/02/21/financial-times-13933-gurney/ Never knowingly undersolved. Sat, 25 May 2013 02:30:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: scchua http://www.fifteensquared.net/2012/02/21/financial-times-13933-gurney/#comment-183383 scchua Wed, 22 Feb 2012 13:22:07 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=40840#comment-183383 Thanks for dropping in Gurney. Look forward to your next one.

]]> By: Gurney http://www.fifteensquared.net/2012/02/21/financial-times-13933-gurney/#comment-183354 Gurney Wed, 22 Feb 2012 10:30:17 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=40840#comment-183354 Many thanks, scchua, for the wonderful blog and also to all who commented. Re BLUEBOTTLE I shied away from policeman in the definition part as dicts indicate it is now a little dated. Alas I can’t say the same about RAMPs (26A), very much still around in some UK and neighbouring airports

]]> By: mike04 http://www.fifteensquared.net/2012/02/21/financial-times-13933-gurney/#comment-183326 mike04 Tue, 21 Feb 2012 22:15:54 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=40840#comment-183326 Comment 2. above
Sorry, I meant ‘Hidden answer’ clue for 4ac. Mike

]]> By: RMG http://www.fifteensquared.net/2012/02/21/financial-times-13933-gurney/#comment-183321 RMG Tue, 21 Feb 2012 21:46:31 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=40840#comment-183321 I spent ages trying to fit “Sinatra” into 29A, wondering if Gurney was a diehard fan of Nancy.

]]> By: Steve http://www.fifteensquared.net/2012/02/21/financial-times-13933-gurney/#comment-183301 Steve Tue, 21 Feb 2012 16:32:08 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=40840#comment-183301 … written by Colin Dexter, author of ‘Cracking Cryptic Crosswords’.

]]> By: Steve http://www.fifteensquared.net/2012/02/21/financial-times-13933-gurney/#comment-183299 Steve Tue, 21 Feb 2012 16:29:18 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=40840#comment-183299 Indeed you did scchua (as well as showing our age!). Of course, I might have added that John Thaw also starred in the role (12A) of one of TV’s favourite cruciverbalists as ‘Inspector Morse’.

]]> By: scchua http://www.fifteensquared.net/2012/02/21/financial-times-13933-gurney/#comment-183291 scchua Tue, 21 Feb 2012 14:50:44 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=40840#comment-183291 Great job Steve, right on all counts. I was trying to revive some pleasant, I hope, memories for all.

]]> By: Steve http://www.fifteensquared.net/2012/02/21/financial-times-13933-gurney/#comment-183288 Steve Tue, 21 Feb 2012 14:33:48 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=40840#comment-183288 Thanks scchua and Gurney. The pictures are all of actors who played police officers (or bluebottles, 13A) on UK TV: Rowan Atkinson as Inspector Fowler in ‘The Thin Blue Line’; Jack Warner as ‘Dixon of Dock Green’; John Thaw and Denis Waterman as Regan and Carter in ‘The Sweeney’; and Stratford Johns as Barlow in ‘Z-Cars’

]]> By: scchua http://www.fifteensquared.net/2012/02/21/financial-times-13933-gurney/#comment-183283 scchua Tue, 21 Feb 2012 13:15:30 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=40840#comment-183283 Thanks mike04@2, you’re right, my error.

]]> By: mike04 http://www.fifteensquared.net/2012/02/21/financial-times-13933-gurney/#comment-183280 mike04 Tue, 21 Feb 2012 13:01:15 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=40840#comment-183280 Many thanks, scchua.

Well said regarding the plight of the various species of Rhinoceros. I wasn’t entirely happy with ‘Native of Africa’ as the definition, considering the mammal’s overall range.

4ac could also be parsed as a Container-and-contents clue: OVERHEAR is all there!

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