Comments on: Financial Times 13,964 by Cinephile

By: nmsindy

nmsindy — Wed, 28 Mar 2012 17:57:48 +0000

Yes, I’d see it like that, but, as you know, there are no absolutely agreed ‘rules’ in this game.

By: PeeDee

PeeDee — Wed, 28 Mar 2012 17:30:14 +0000

nmsindy – so the rule could be “definition and wordplay should be disjoint, though they may refer to one another”

By: nmsindy

nmsindy — Wed, 28 Mar 2012 16:12:03 +0000

I don’t think there is ‘double duty’ in 10A. I think the definition is just ‘Hibernian’. Then the separate wordplay gives H (its first – admittedly referring back to Hibernian but I think this is fair as it’s using the word in a different, separate, way) following IRIS.

By: Lenny

Lenny — Wed, 28 Mar 2012 15:50:03 +0000

Thanks PeeDee. I enjoyed this example of Cinephile’s wit and wisdom although there seemed to be a rather morbid thread with Cholera, Phthisis and Rigor Mortis. As usual, the Reverend takes a few liberties. There was no satisfactory definition for Rigor Mortis. Consignia should probably have been defined as former mail company as it only lasted 18 months before it changed its name back to The Royal Mail. I also did not like the definition of One Or Two as “three or more” but that is probably just my literal-mindedness as I see that Chambers defines it as “a few” which seems fair enough.

I finished with the blindingly obvious Phthisis because it took me some time to accept that the word really exists.