Comments on: Financial Times 14,023 by Aardvark

By: Alan Connor

Alan Connor — Thu, 07 Jun 2012 15:07:16 +0000

I couldn’t do better that PULP, but a sense of unease brought me here… thank you.

By: PeeDee

PeeDee — Wed, 06 Jun 2012 16:13:16 +0000

PULP was the best I could come up with for a while too. I was concerned about pooch=pet too, I would normally expect ‘say’ or ‘for example’ to be included somewhere. I almost queried this in the blog but then decided that though it is a little iffy it keeps the level of difficulty in line with the rest of the clues.

By: scchua

scchua — Wed, 06 Jun 2012 15:45:47 +0000

Thanks PeeDee, and Aardvark for a tricky workout.
I’m glad I didn’t have to blog this one – I would have had a couple of holes including 19A PELT. I thought it was a bit unfair to clue “pet” = “pooch” which is a canine, not just any type of pet. So I was in left field with PU(L)P which is what you might get when you RAIN enough blows onto something.

By: togo

togo — Wed, 06 Jun 2012 13:27:39 +0000

Thanks PeeDee

I think, in 18ac, the sense may be that T (tense…?) in idiot is changed into (corrected, but only just, I’d say) M (master).

But many thanks to Aardvark for an otherwise excellent puzzle – some superb and enjoyably tricky clues!