Comments on: Financial Times 13,934 by Io, Cincinnus and others

By: PeeDee

PeeDee — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 11:42:27 +0000

Thank you Tom_I, fixed now.

Sil – I agree!

By: Tom_I

Tom_I — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 11:23:14 +0000

The anagram is not quite right at 26a. It's DUL(l) (largely dull) plus LIFE A and S(tultifying).

By: Sil van den Hoek

Sil van den Hoek — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 10:34:26 +0000

Well, PeeDee, sorry to be a little bit too concise (or confusing) but what I meant was:
This is the clue that says it all.

By: PeeDee

PeeDee — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 08:09:57 +0000

Hi Sil, what do you mean by 17ac is just IT?

By: Sil van den Hoek

Sil van den Hoek — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 23:56:30 +0000

Oops, PeeDee, didn’t read your preamble well enough ….
Was too much focused on John H’s mentioning of there being a Nina (which didn’t get a follow-up in the posts).
Still, a fantastic tribute!!

By: Sil van den Hoek

Sil van den Hoek — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 23:52:18 +0000

What a great puzzle!
Thanks to all of ‘you’.
17ac is just IT.

Nina?
Now you’ve mentioned it, I see in the 6th row ICARUS, in the 10th DANTE and in row no 12 RUFUS.
The 14th row gives us BOWER. Also relevant?
Is there even more?

Bloody hell – this was really a clever crossword.
And looking at the surfaces, a wholly apt tribute.

Just great!

By: crypticsue

crypticsue — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 17:01:46 +0000

Got the crossword in the end. Took a while but a very enjoyable tribute to a great setter.

By: MikeC

MikeC — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 16:58:01 +0000

Thanks to PeeDee and setters. Found this one very tough; I guess there’s some fairly intricate wordplay. Good fun, all the same, and the ninas in the (now) completed puzzle are very apt. How many birthdays will the great man need, with all these aliases?

By: Simon

Simon — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 14:45:46 +0000

It’s online now.

By: nmsindy

nmsindy — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 14:10:39 +0000

Puzzle is on FT website now