Comments on: Financial Times 14,087 – Crux

By: Sil van den Hoek

Sil van den Hoek — Thu, 30 Aug 2012 21:29:04 +0000

Bryan:
I don’t know anything about cricket, sorry.

Bamberger:
Strictly speaking you’re right. But as both Ben and Glen are boys’ names, I can easily accept ‘him’. This plus the fact that they are both related to each in a Scottish landscape worked very well for me, so therefore my CoD.
And, yes, there’s no Alberich blog.
Shall I write a short one?

deke:
Yep, you’re absolutely right. I will tweak my post. Thanx.

By: deke

deke — Thu, 30 Aug 2012 16:58:40 +0000

Fine blog for a fine puzzle, but in 5D I think you have it reversed: “so-called” is the definition and “adopting disguise” the anagram indicator.

By: Bamberger

Bamberger — Thu, 30 Aug 2012 16:54:51 +0000

I couldn’t get 6d even with g?e?.
I’m afraid I don’t understand your explanation. A glen (as in valley) is neuter so how can ben as in mountain dominate him rather than it?
Needed a solver for 22a- or would never have got it.

Off topic -the Alberich of 30th Aug seems to be missing from 225 and I’m stuck.

By: Bryan

Bryan — Thu, 30 Aug 2012 11:00:30 +0000

Many thanks Sil & Crux for a great puzzle.

However, I was very surprised by your comment ‘Where would we be without cricket?’

Haven’t you heard? The South Africans humiliated us in the Tests and, so far, the ODIs have also not been going well.