Comments on: Financial Times no.14,150 by Sleuth

By: Pelham Barton

Pelham Barton — Fri, 02 Nov 2012 21:00:29 +0000

Paul B@6: Thanks, that makes sense. I was just taking “turn” as the reversal indicator. I am always happy to be corrected when I have misunderstood a clue.

By: Paul B

Paul B — Fri, 02 Nov 2012 17:50:25 +0000

‘In turn, portion of beef in kitchen’ gives KNIFE. There’s no link word, just a transitive verb for the definition. I must admit I am having trouble seeing anything wrong with that at the moment!

By: Pelham Barton

Pelham Barton — Thu, 01 Nov 2012 16:39:53 +0000

Thanks Sleuth for an enjoyable puzzle and Ringo for the blog.

24ac: This is the one about which I wish to quibble. Unless you can make “in” part of the definition, the cryptic grammar does not work for me. The point is that if “in” is a linking word, then the cryptic part should really be a noun phrase not a verb phrase. Possibly “Cut in turned portion …”?

3dn: Speaking from partial ignorance, but might one say “in” a Real Tennis court?

16dn: Chambers 2008 gives so¹ “very good” (among other meanings).

By: Ferret

Ferret — Thu, 01 Nov 2012 15:50:31 +0000

Thanks Ringo. I’ve a little problem with 3d……whilst you can have an issue IN a squash court (albeit not the lack of a net), any problems occur ON a tennis court.

Equally bamboozled by the “good” in 16d?

By: rowland

rowland — Thu, 01 Nov 2012 13:35:48 +0000

A very nicely-balanced piece for me. Fave most definitely WIDE OF THE MARK, which was great.

many thanks.
Rowly.

By: Richard

Richard — Thu, 01 Nov 2012 13:08:05 +0000

I thought I was going to have difficulty with this, but it got better as it went along. Just didn’t get 1ac.
Much better than yesterday’s FT!

Thanks. For the blog.

By: Bamberger

Bamberger — Thu, 01 Nov 2012 12:00:08 +0000

“Nothing here to frighten the horses” -well I can usually have a good stab at Crux, Cincinnus & Dante but I solved 14d,23d & 27a and came to a grinding halt.Should have got 5d but thought the rest very hard and I’m including 24a in that.
Spent ages trying to work out the anagram fodder in 1d but didn’t realise that f for fellow had to slot in.
1a Thought of every bit of furniture in the house but hadn’t ever come across a whatnot.
12a Male =eric -well only a thousand other possibilties-similar thought on the singer on 20d
25a Tried words starting with un, une, ein, uno but no to avail.

As ever, the more you get the easier it is to get more. Totally out of synch with this setter.