Financial Times 14,040 by PHSSTHPOK
Posted by PeeDee on June 27th, 2012
For some reason there was no blog for the FT yesterday, so here is my effort…
Hold the mouse pointer over any clue number to read the clue.
| Across | ||
| 1 | EUROSCEPTIC | (OCCUPIER SET)* |
| 7 | GAS | double defintion |
| 9 | DAMNS | N (indefinite number) in DAMS (bars,blocks) – definition ‘convicts’ |
| 10 | MAKESHIFT | double definition |
| 11 | NONPLUSES | NONE (noboby) S (succeeded) takes in (wins) PLUS (bonus) – definition ‘puzzles’ |
| 12 | SIEVE | I (one) in SEVE Ballesteros – definition ‘strain’ |
| 13 | EDIFICE | IF (providing) taken in by (is earned by) E (online) DICE (bet) – definition is ‘pile’ |
| 15 | NEED | NEE (born) D (died) |
| 18 | KRIS | K (king) with SIR (knight) reversed – definition is ‘dagger’ |
| 20 | PALOOKA | A LOOK (spy) in PA (Panama) – definition is ‘bungler’ |
| 23 | OPENS | O (love) PENS (confines) |
| 24 | LIMESTONE | LIMES (fruit) TONE (colour) |
| 26 | INTERFACE | (REINFECT A)* device=anagram |
| 27 | RAISE | sounds like (on the radio) “rays” (beams) |
| 28 | HOT | sHOT (photo) with S=special omitted |
| 29 | EVENING STAR | EVENING (becoming smooth) STAR (celebrity) |
| Down | ||
| 1 | ENDANGER | END ANGER (so bring peace) – definitio is ‘hazard’ |
| 2 | ROMANTIC | ROM (computer memory) ANTIC (hanky-panky) |
| 3 | SISAL | |
| 4 | EN MASSE | MASS (church service) in E, N and E (directions) |
| 5 | TAKES ON | TAKE (kidnap) SON (child) |
| 6 | CAST STEEL | STEEL CAST (set into a new shape) makes SLEET |
| 7 | GUIDES | U (university) in Andre GIDE’S – definition is ‘tutors’ |
| 8 | SETTER | cryptic definition |
| 14 | IN RESERVE | IN (fashionable) RESERVE (book) |
| 16 | MOTORIST | One who takes (in this solution you will find) … OR (otherwise) in (acompanying) MOT (driving test, sort of) and IST (first) – definition is &lit I think |
| 17 | CAMELEER | |
| 19 | SALTATE | SALT (season) ATE (wore away) – definition is ‘spring’ meaning jump |
| 20 | POMPEII | starting letters of Panic Once Major Planetary Eruption Inundates Inland |
| 21 | POLISH | double definition |
| 22 | BEAT IT | “a small bird might BE A TIT” |
| 25 | SCRAG | S (small) BLUFF (crag) |
*anagram
June 27th, 2012 at 3:49 pm
Many thanks, PeeDee, for riding to the rescue.
I’ve never heard of CAST STEEL previously, only CAST IRON but it was nice to know thet I had guessed correctly.
Also, many thanks Fishpok – which is how I pronounce your otherwise unpronounceable alias.
June 27th, 2012 at 3:55 pm
Thanks PHSSTHPOK and PeeDee for stepping into the breech. It took me a while to sort out the anagram at 1 across. There’s a minor typo at 18 across – should be ‘K’ for king. Also, I thought 3 down was a container: succesSISALways. Also, for 5 down you parsed this correctly but wrote in ‘TAKES UP’ rather than ‘TAKES ON’
June 27th, 2012 at 7:09 pm
17D
I took this just to be part of the consecutive letters (cutting) of
(over)CAME LEE R(iver)
June 27th, 2012 at 7:25 pm
Thanks Steve and Ernie, these are much simpler explanations than my rather cumbersome ones.