Comments on: Financial Times 13,943 by Cinephile http://www.fifteensquared.net/2012/03/15/financial-times-13943-by-cinephile/ Never knowingly undersolved. Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:42:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Pete Maclean http://www.fifteensquared.net/2012/03/15/financial-times-13943-by-cinephile/#comment-186871 Pete Maclean Fri, 16 Mar 2012 00:44:05 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=41741#comment-186871 Thomas99, thanks for your comments. Yes, I see now that if one looks at 17,10 as a double definition rather than a charade it works perfectly.

Regarding 6d, I suspected that and looked up the word in my Chambers. It told me that the duck can be spelt either way. But I missed something! I just looked again and noted that while in the US the duck can have either one ‘l’ or two, in the UK it normally has one. So, yes, the homophone works. Thanks again.

]]> By: Thomas99 http://www.fifteensquared.net/2012/03/15/financial-times-13943-by-cinephile/#comment-186827 Thomas99 Thu, 15 Mar 2012 16:44:30 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=41741#comment-186827 Thanks for the blog. Like you a appreciated the odder clues. He’s still pushing at the boundaries! I do think 17 10 is fine, though. I think it’s a double definition; “Film” is the first and “Incompetent operator in the dark?” is the second. A midnight (cowboy) builder would be operating in the dark. If you split it up like a charade it doesn’t work, but you don’t have to.

Also, re 30 Bradshaw may be familiar to a lot of solvers as Michael Portillo is seemingly never off the TV this year, brandishing his copy.

And I think you’re right that “said” in 6d indicates a homophone. It’s needed as I think the duck can only be spelt with one ‘l’.

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