Comments on: Financial Times no.14,132 by HAMILTON

By: Hamilton

Hamilton — Thu, 11 Oct 2012 21:51:48 +0000

Sorry I’m late posting, but many thanks Ringo for your blog and Bryan and Lenny for your comments. I had a lot of fun setting this and I specifically chose 11 October because that was the day Love Me Do entered the charts, as opposed to the release date fifty years ago last Thursday which was the focus of the media attention. Lenny @ 2 – I partially defined some of the themed clues because I thought The Beatles’ early history was pretty well known, and yes, I knew it was likely that Ringo would blog the puzzle, but my early attempts to get all four names in failed, and I settled for the group name at 1 across instead.

By: Lenny

Lenny — Thu, 11 Oct 2012 21:01:07 +0000

This is a brilliant puzzle from Hamilton and I am sorry that it has received so little recognition. My heart sinks when I see the words “anniversary puzzle” but, even I could not miss this, especially when the enumeration of the entry clue led to Love Me Do. I thought it would be a doddle but I struggled to finish because some clues were undefined and quite tangential such as those for Hamburg and Cavern. Thanks Hamilton, and thanks to Ringo. Was that one of Hamilton’s tangential clues? Did he know that it was your day to blog?

By: Bryan

Bryan — Thu, 11 Oct 2012 15:20:11 +0000

Many thanks Ringo, you are a real STARR!

This was very enjoyable so many thanks to Hamilton.