Comments on: Financial Times 14,014 by Cincinnus

By: Pete Maclean

Pete Maclean — Fri, 08 Jun 2012 15:00:27 +0000

I originally got 28A wrong! I had ROADS as a homophone for Rhodes, the city that was the historical capital of the island of the same name. Then I realized it did not exactly fit the clue.

By: John Newman

John Newman — Fri, 08 Jun 2012 07:28:40 +0000

Thanks Pete

I had all the answers penciled in but couldn’t see the cryptic reasoning for 2D, 7D, 8D, 20A and 28A.

I assumed ICE must = Kill but have’nt been able to see it in any of the on-line dictionaries.

I see now that I got 28A wrong. I had written in RIADS. Still not happy with the meaning of the word “ranges”.
John

By: Bamberger

Bamberger — Thu, 07 Jun 2012 18:24:37 +0000

Failed on
6d -even with a?a?s ?e?k I had no idea and simply had never heard of the place.
24d With l?a?o, I needed a solver and several didn’t come up with it.

By: Pete Maclean

Pete Maclean — Thu, 07 Jun 2012 15:23:16 +0000

And thank you, scchua. Your explanation makes much more sense. I had thought it strange that that clue apparently involved two obscure things. I have corrected the explanation.

By: scchua

scchua — Thu, 07 Jun 2012 03:40:18 +0000

Thanks Pete, and Cincinnus.
Agree it was slightly more tricky than usual. Liked the 2 long Acrosses, and BAGATELLE, amongst others.
I think 24D LLANO is N(opening letter of narrow) contained in L(large) LAO(an Asian, from Laos). Took me some time to figure it out.