Comments on: Financial Times 14,026 by Cincinnus

By: Pete Maclean

Pete Maclean — Tue, 26 Jun 2012 14:27:10 +0000

Hi John, Yes 4D is brilliant in a couple of different ways.

By: John Newman

John Newman — Tue, 26 Jun 2012 08:58:40 +0000

Late with my blog as I was visiting the south of Ethiopia – Arba Minch. Very attractive place. Surprised nobody waxed lyrical about 4D. So let me. Great clue which I wonder how long Cincinnus had up his sleeve since he could only use it in one place.

By: Pete Maclean

Pete Maclean — Thu, 21 Jun 2012 14:32:42 +0000

Ernie, Thanks for noticing that. I have fixed the title.

sschua, I figure you are right about partridge. Thank you!

By: scchua

scchua — Thu, 21 Jun 2012 10:34:27 +0000

Thanks for the blog, Pete, and also Cincinnus.
I too had the NW corner as the last one to be filled, thanks partly to a typo in the on-line version which was missing “than” in 2D “…more (than) half of green…”.
BTW I think 27A RIDGE is (part)ridge = game (birds).

By: Bamberger

Bamberger — Thu, 21 Jun 2012 09:54:21 +0000

I couldn’t solve 8d or 19d and while I guessed them I couldn’t parse 1d & 4d

I’m grateful for the explanation

By: Ernie

Ernie — Thu, 21 Jun 2012 07:16:51 +0000

Thanks for your blog, Pete.

The actual crossword no. is 14,026 (not 14,020).

I do not know whether you will be able change this.