Comments on: Financial Times 14,134 by Mudd

By: John Newman

John Newman — Fri, 26 Oct 2012 04:36:51 +0000

Ah well Pete! You perhaps have a point there – boomerangs are meant to come back to from where they were thrown. Another common expression in Australia is when you lend something to someone, particular say a book, you say “Remember, it’s a boomerang.”

By: Pete Maclean

Pete Maclean — Fri, 26 Oct 2012 02:17:58 +0000

John, I don’t recall seeing boomerang(s) used as a reversal indicator before and it seemed wrong to me because I understand boomerang to mean to come back to a point of origin. But I take your Australian judgment on the issue as settling it — thanks.

In 27A, I see just ‘you’ as the definition. But now I think about it more, perhaps ‘will make’ is a bit intrusive.

By: John Newman

John Newman — Thu, 25 Oct 2012 11:34:07 +0000

Many thanks, Pete. As always with Mudd I need you to explain the reason for a couple of answers I put in – 20A and 20D. And I couldn’t get 7D. Thought the answer must be Greco.

Not entirely happy with 27A. The definition “you will make” doesn’t really work for me.

“Boomerangs” works ok for me. Although we usually use the word in the singular as in “that can boomerang on you” “careful it doesn’t boomerang on you!”.