Comments on: Financial Times 13,947 / Gaff http://www.fifteensquared.net/2012/03/08/financial-times-13947-gaff/ Never knowingly undersolved. Wed, 22 May 2013 16:06:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: mike04 http://www.fifteensquared.net/2012/03/08/financial-times-13947-gaff/#comment-186052 mike04 Thu, 08 Mar 2012 19:42:32 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=41549#comment-186052 Thanks Gaufrid.

I’m still trying to get from ‘Germans’ to HUND.
In German, I think D. is an abbreviation for Damen, ladies.
So HUN could be one German and D could be some more.

]]> By: Pelham Barton http://www.fifteensquared.net/2012/03/08/financial-times-13947-gaff/#comment-186040 Pelham Barton Thu, 08 Mar 2012 19:01:53 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=41549#comment-186040 Hi Gaufrid

Try this from the Daily Mail last October – the headline is “Crocked Cleverley to miss Champions League clash with Galati”

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2055576/Tom-Cleverley-ankle-injury-misses-Manchester-United-Galati.html

I think this is crock² vt to disable (Chambers 2008 and 2011).

]]> By: Gaufrid http://www.fifteensquared.net/2012/03/08/financial-times-13947-gaff/#comment-186030 Gaufrid Thu, 08 Mar 2012 18:24:43 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=41549#comment-186030 Hi Ferret
I take your point but surely the expression would be “he’s crock” which would equate with “he’s injured” or “he’s damaged his [whatever]“. I’ve now had time to check Collins and COED and I still cannot find a definition for crock that equates with damage either as a noun or a verb.

PS
Are you sure you’re not gettin confused with the Aussie slang “he’s crook”?

]]> By: Ferret http://www.fifteensquared.net/2012/03/08/financial-times-13947-gaff/#comment-186025 Ferret Thu, 08 Mar 2012 17:58:31 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=41549#comment-186025 Thanks to the two Gs…….crock can mean damage in terms of an injury, often used in sport?

]]> By: Steve http://www.fifteensquared.net/2012/03/08/financial-times-13947-gaff/#comment-186013 Steve Thu, 08 Mar 2012 16:50:45 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=41549#comment-186013 Thanks Gaff and Gaufrid. Ringo must have ‘gone to the dogs’ (sorry)! 10ac was also my way in to the theme – after that it required reference to a canine website to confirm some of the more obscure breeds.

]]> By: nmsindy http://www.fifteensquared.net/2012/03/08/financial-times-13947-gaff/#comment-186011 nmsindy Thu, 08 Mar 2012 16:39:07 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=41549#comment-186011 I found this pretty tough – I’m far from knowledgeable about dogs so I took me a while to discover the theme. A big breakthrough was to get HOUND from considering the (8) letters shared between the anagram fodder of those two clues. It was a great joke at the end to understand the ‘not shown’ clue to HOTDOG which was my last entry. Thanks, Gaff and Gaufrid.

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