Comments on: Financial Times 13,950 – Mudd

By: Sil van den Hoek

Sil van den Hoek — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 22:26:08 +0000

Thanks folks, for your comments and not liking the definition of 13ac. There is somewhat more I would like to say about this clue (in relation to Mudd’s other disguises) but I am not allowed to do so yet.
Another thing that I didn’t mention was the fact that Mr H is apparently in a “I suspect” mood recently because it cropped up [thanks Boatman ] in a recent Punk too, and in a Paul that still has to be blogged.

Special thanks to Wanderer.
You’re absolutely right about SUEDE and OVERSIGHT [one that I couldn't really parse and thereafter 'binned' as a double definition].

By: Wanderer

Wanderer — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 09:47:53 +0000

I agree that this was at the easier end of the scale for Mudd/Paul, but an enjoyable crossword nonetheless. Also agree that the definition for RED CARPET seemed a little loose. Ticks for SOUSA, CASTLE HOWARD and NINE OUT OF TEN.

Two small points: 23, SUEDE, I read as a homophone of SWAYED. And 15, OVERSIGHT, I read as SIGH (shrug one’s shoulders) contained by (through) OVERT (obvious). So: OVER(SIGH)T with mistake on its own as the def.

Many thanks to Mudd and Sil.

By: John Newman

John Newman — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 05:36:29 +0000

Hi Sil

I communicated with Pete, who will be blogging the other MUDD for the week, on this one because I couldn’t get 2D (didn’t know Aslan),24A and for a while 17D. So thanks also for the wordplay on 24A which I couldn’t see. Dreadful word though, eh? TOASTIE. I see google has it everywhere but I had never heard of it in my life. Even us Australians who shorten everything and then put “ee” on the end say “Toasted sandwich”.

Thanks also for the explanation of 13A. But as Pete says it still doesn’t work. Surely the comma should be a “for” or an “of”?

I thought 14A and 18A were excellent clues.
John

By: Pete Maclean

Pete Maclean — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 01:08:10 +0000

Hi Sil, I enjoyed this puzzle but failed to understand the wordplay of 24A. Thanks for the explanation. I am not happy with the definition in 13A.

Pete