Comments on: Financial Times N° 14,091 by Falcon http://www.fifteensquared.net/2012/08/24/financial-times-n-14091-by-falcon/ Never knowingly undersolved. Fri, 24 May 2013 04:47:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Wanderer http://www.fifteensquared.net/2012/08/24/financial-times-n-14091-by-falcon/#comment-203175 Wanderer Fri, 24 Aug 2012 13:17:24 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=48114#comment-203175 I was amused by the reference to Scott of the Antarctic in the explorer/spacecraft clue, because he was of course Robert FALCON Scott. Then I discovered that Falcon is, in fact, Allan Scott — so presumably this is where he takes his pen-name from? If so, everything seems to come together in 25a.

Thanks to PeterO and Falcon, a very enjoyable solve.

]]> By: PeterO http://www.fifteensquared.net/2012/08/24/financial-times-n-14091-by-falcon/#comment-203122 PeterO Fri, 24 Aug 2012 07:34:58 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=48114#comment-203122 Yes, that is a definite improvement – thanks Bertandjoyce.

]]> By: Bertandjoyce http://www.fifteensquared.net/2012/08/24/financial-times-n-14091-by-falcon/#comment-203120 Bertandjoyce Fri, 24 Aug 2012 07:16:25 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=48114#comment-203120 Well – we thought that you had come up with a good explanation for 1a but with a bit of googling we found that SKATE is a ‘current collector’ on an electric railway train that collects its current from a third rail – Collins.

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