Comments on: Financial Times 14,062 by Cinephile

By: Pete Maclean

Pete Maclean — Thu, 02 Aug 2012 10:28:49 +0000

Eileen, Ah, thank you for filling us in on that. I guess I should have expected a biblical reference from the Reverend! And could have googled it to check.

By: Eileen

Eileen — Thu, 02 Aug 2012 09:00:18 +0000

Thanks for the blog, Pete, from another who was pleased to see Cinephile.

I agree that 20,5 is not the greatest clue but there is a little bit more to it. It’s a reference to Jesus’ entry into Jerusalem on what we now call Palm Sunday:

“As he was now drawing near, at the descent of the Mount of Olives, the whole multitude of the disciples began to rejoice and praise God with a loud voice for all the mighty works that they had seen, saying, “Blessed is the King who comes in the name of the Lord! Peace in heaven and glory in the highest!” And some of the Pharisees in the multitude said to him, “Teacher, rebuke your disciples.” He answered, “I tell you, if these were silent, the very stones would cry out.” {Luke 19:37-40 RSV}”, hence the quotation marks in the clue.

By: Bamberger

Bamberger — Thu, 02 Aug 2012 08:05:01 +0000

Ok if its Cinephile I can ignore the Saturday FT crossword and do the Saturday Grauniad instead……which happens to be by Araucaria. Can’t budding setters get a look in?

By: Bryan

Bryan — Thu, 02 Aug 2012 07:45:45 +0000

Many thanks Pete and Cinephile

I have been anxiously awaiting for the solution to 3d.

UMTATA indeed!

By: Bob Cumbow

Bob Cumbow — Thu, 02 Aug 2012 00:19:43 +0000

Thanks for the shout-out, Pete, but it was Peter Groves who told me about Miss Read; I just passed the info along to you. Credit where credit is due.