Comments on: Financial Times 14022 Neo

By: scchua

scchua — Tue, 05 Jun 2012 16:58:44 +0000

Thanks for dropping by and commenting, Neo. Point about “supply” noted. Will amend blog. I had missed that my explanation required “to” to double up.

By: Neo

Neo — Tue, 05 Jun 2012 16:38:27 +0000

Hello all! Yes, well, I suppose I do have a go at the Establishment occasionally, but they’re kind of there to have a pop at, it seems to me. Especially in the current climate. Though naturally I hope that no-one, not even Dave, or Gideon, choked on the fine cuts (geddit) available at the lunch in Westminster Hall today.

Cheers for blog SC, and to all for comments. Only one thing to add, which is that the HEATHROW AIRPORT clue uses ‘supply’ (as in ‘supple’) as the anag-ind. The ‘to’ is a part of the fodder.

By: Bamberger

Bamberger — Tue, 05 Jun 2012 15:38:26 +0000

I spend 15 minutes thinking I wasn’t going to get any but spotted the anagram at 12a and got “a clip” . That meant the answer had to be hit a clip though I’ve never heard that expression. I’ve heard “he was going at a fair clip”.
Being a captive audience in A&E (turned out ok) I amazed myself by getting all bar 7a,13a&4d.

7a I would never I have got and for 13a I guessed was something musical but had no idea what.

For 4d my guess was that Citizen Kane worked on a newspaper called the N?t?o??? but that was as far as I got.

By: scchua

scchua — Tue, 05 Jun 2012 15:18:33 +0000

Thanks Eileen and MikeC. Blog amended.
Re LITERATURE, how did I miss that! Doh! hand slaps forehead!
and POLICE DOG, I think it was a hangover from a recent crossword which had a clue that used the old British currency (that’s my excuse, anyway).

By: MikeC

MikeC — Tue, 05 Jun 2012 14:13:00 +0000

Thanks scchua and Neo. Great fun. Btw, in 7d it’s a new penny, not an old one, to complete the anagram fodder.

By: Eileen

Eileen — Tue, 05 Jun 2012 11:40:06 +0000

Brilliant puzzle! Thanks for all the laughs, Neo.

I initially entered DONG [Vietnamese money - learned from crosswords] for 15ac, expecting 26 to be DING!

Thanks for the blog, scchua. In 28ac, you’ve omitted the T from LITERATURE, which gives you the other ‘time’.

By: Conrad Cork

Conrad Cork — Tue, 05 Jun 2012 11:31:37 +0000

Sock it to ‘em Mr B!