Comments on: Financial Times no.13,953 by SLEUTH http://www.fifteensquared.net/2012/03/15/financial-times-no-13953-by-sleuth/ Never knowingly undersolved. Sat, 25 May 2013 13:46:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Pelham Barton http://www.fifteensquared.net/2012/03/15/financial-times-no-13953-by-sleuth/#comment-186802 Pelham Barton Thu, 15 Mar 2012 13:10:25 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=41780#comment-186802 Thanks Sleuth for an enjoyable puzzle and Ringo for the blog.

9ac: The device (though not the exact clue) was anticipated here
http://fifteensquared.net/2011/11/10/financial-times-13838-crux/

3dn: I agree that “with no end of aggression” is not a satisfactory indication for removing one of two Ns.

10dn: Quite a nice cryptic definition, and probably my favourite clue. As I have said (possibly too many times) before, these clues can be great fun if you spot the answer, but very frustrating if you do not. This is why they are best kept – as here – for long answers where the checked letters should provide sufficient extra help.

16dn: Note the careful cluing to exclude the alternative spelling SANSCRIT, which is in Chambers 2008, albeit marked “(old)”.

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