Comments on: Financial Times no.14,030 by REDSHANK

By: Ilippu

Ilippu — Thu, 14 Jun 2012 20:21:53 +0000

also, a bunch of stuff to get tipsy until ‘closing time’ with ‘beefeater’ and ‘mother’s ruin’ in ‘glasees’

By: Ilippu

Ilippu — Thu, 14 Jun 2012 20:14:39 +0000

16d…. Kathmandu is spelt with a h. Also, athma (soul) is spelt with a h, as in ‘Mahathma’ or great soul…

By: Pelham Barton

Pelham Barton — Thu, 14 Jun 2012 14:50:51 +0000

One more from me: I think 28ac works as a complete “&lit” if you take “old” in the sense of “long established” rather than “former” in the literal meaning.

By: Pelham Barton

Pelham Barton — Thu, 14 Jun 2012 14:40:37 +0000

Thanks Redshank for a puzzle with much to admire and Ringo for the blog. 1ac: I think this must be Anagram of clients go containing I'm &lit. We need "clients go" as part of the definition, so the clue must be &lit. Now in the cryptic reading "unruly" is the anagram lead, so "drunk" must be a containment indicator. 10ac: However many times other people may praise this device, I continue to regard the unsignalled requirement to split a clue word as unsatisfactory. 24ac: fm for "from" is in Collins 2000. 1dn: I agree with Wanderer @1: indeed this was how I solved 15ac, getting 18ac much later. 20dn: I cannot find a meaning for "disputed" that makes it a valid anagram lead.

By: crypticsue

crypticsue — Thu, 14 Jun 2012 12:23:51 +0000

Great fun. Lots to laugh at today, thank you Redshank and Ringo too.

By: Eileen

Eileen — Thu, 14 Jun 2012 10:51:04 +0000

Thanks, Ringo, for the blog and Redshank for a fun puzzle.

I loved CLOSING TIME, PARTHENON, MOTHER’S RUIN, GIBBONS and SMOKED HAM in particular – and SINUS = ‘head room’ made me laugh, too.

By: Wanderer

Wanderer — Thu, 14 Jun 2012 09:22:50 +0000

Thanks Ringo and Redshank, I also enjoyed this.

In 1d, I think CARRIAGE=GAIT, a homophone of GATE (the entry at 15).