Comments on: Financial Times 14,038 by Mudd

By: Wil Ransome

Wil Ransome — Sat, 07 Jul 2012 20:44:18 +0000

Who has crumpets for breakfast? I thought the clue for 24dn was decidedly odd, particularly as it seems the word could easily have been avoided.

By: Pete Maclean

Pete Maclean — Thu, 05 Jul 2012 22:16:59 +0000

‘Trip’ for dance is rarely heard these days — except perhaps in that song. Ah, those super-boring music lessons in school proved useful after all. I learned about breves and semibreves!

Must do better?? Maybe you should start blogging here. (Or do you already?) It is a powerful incentive to complete puzzles!

By: Bamberger

Bamberger — Thu, 05 Jul 2012 18:47:35 +0000

I also failed on 3d . Procul Harum’s Whiter Shader of Pale didn’t come to mind “We tripped the light fandango…”
Didn’t spot that 6d was an anagram even with T?a?e?m?n -how embarrassing is that?
Also couldn’t get 25a and 28a -simply didn’t know breve.
Finally couldn’t get 26d though I did think of car.

Must do better.

By: Pete Maclean

Pete Maclean — Thu, 05 Jul 2012 14:04:03 +0000

Rishi, Thank you. I played cricket as a boy and enjoyed it but there are many of the finer points of the game that I am unfamiliar with (or maybe have just forgotten).

Exgnome, I had difficulty with 3d as well. Even being sure that the answer had to be DANCE, I failed for a long time to make the wordplay work. But, in retrospect, it does not seem difficult!

By: exgnome

exgnome — Thu, 05 Jul 2012 10:49:17 +0000

Many thanks Pete.

I whizzed through this until the brain went dead in the NW corner with 3d, 10a (where I was completely “stumped?”) and 9d.

I also assumed EV = English Version.

After this brief outburst of activity I shall now adjourn to follow the instruction per 12a!

By: Rishi

Rishi — Thu, 05 Jul 2012 00:55:42 +0000

Pete

Re your comment at 4d. Your assumption is correct. In cricket, an overthrow is when fielders at the wicket to whom the ball is returned by another fielder is missed by them and it keeps rolling. Noticing this, the batsman, who might have initially stopped, may still run for a score. The run thus obtained is also called an overthrow, I think.

By: Rishi

Rishi — Thu, 05 Jul 2012 00:45:29 +0000

I think EV stands for English Version [of the Bible].