Financial Times 14,019 by Bradman
Posted by Jed on June 1st, 2012
Quiet flows the Don – this guy’s waters are deep but fathomable (except 24d)
ACROSS
1 INVESTIGATION probe, one gun I GAT in IN VEST I ON one being worn
9 VINCENT boy, French wine VIN currency CENT
10 PARABLE story RAB Baron of Saffron Walden in PALE feeble
11 TRACT dd
12 INCLEMENT more severe INCREMENT a bit changing R to L
13 SPINS OUT prolongs (presume fast bowlers don’t spin)
15 KINDER dd
18 PAMPER spoil 100 x 10 = 1000 = M in PAPER
19 DOG-EARED shabby GEAR attire ED journalist after DO party
22 NECTARINE fruit (TREE IN CAN)*
24 PRISM Miss Prism – The Importance of Being Earnest
25 MARTINI St Martin of Tours gave half his coat to a beggar
26 MANAGER coper MA NAG[g]ER
27 ELEPHANT’S-FOOT plant (SPOT ON THE LEAF)*
DOWN
1 INVITES requests [inse](NSITIVE)*
2 VANDALISM VAN (LAD IS)* M first of Mischief
3 SMELT dd
4 INTRIGUE scheme (GET IN URI)*
5 ASPECT feature P quiet in A SECT
6 ISRAELITE Jew AE L aged Liberal in IS RITE
7 NOBLE lord NO B[i]LE
8 RECTOR minister [government]T in RECOR[d]
14 STEP ASIDE (AT SPEED IS)*
16 DERRING-DO audacious action ERRING in ODD<
17 BOGEYMAN monster BOG E[vening] (MANY)*
18 PANAMA country A N in PA MA
20 DEMERIT fault ER hesitation in DEMIT resign
21 FINISH polish off IN in FISH Friday food for some
23 CURSE excommunication S in CURE
24 PINES trees – that have needles …?
( )* = anagram < = reverse [ ] = omit dd = double definition
June 1st, 2012 at 12:23 pm
Spines are needles, with the beginning fallen off = PINES.
June 1st, 2012 at 12:32 pm
Thanks for the blog, Jed.
12ac: I wonder if the INCLEMENT/INCREMENT decision held other people back
during solving? It’s usually fairly obvious in retrospect!
24dn: Trees: PINES and ‘needles beginning to fall’: (S)PINES?
June 1st, 2012 at 12:44 pm
The first time this week I have been able to afford the luxury of a lunch break and this was just what I needed, so thanks Bradman and Jed for the blog. Favourite clue 18ac.
June 1st, 2012 at 3:15 pm
12ac I parsed as defn= “A bit more” derivation= “severe (inclement) after change of direction” gives INCREMENT
6d Please explain why aged is AE
June 1st, 2012 at 4:39 pm
Further to earlier comments on 12ac, I agree with maagran@4 that the answer should be INCREMENT.
6dn: ae is given in Chambers (2008 is the edition I have to hand) as an abbreviation for the Latin aetatis meaning of his or her ages, and hence aged (so many years).
June 1st, 2012 at 5:19 pm
12ac: I plumped for INCLEMENT but I’m not very sure.
I’d be interested to hear from Bradman!
June 1st, 2012 at 5:33 pm
INCREMENT was intended
A bit more = def which is
inclement after change of direction (subside indication)
I can see that a case could be made out for inclement but I would always put the def at one end.
Sorry to those whose fun was spoilt and thanks for the feedback.
June 2nd, 2012 at 12:52 am
I’ve been out since 5.30 pm. Thanks very much for replying, Bradman.
Mike