Comments on: Financial Times 14,156 / Hamilton

By: JollySwagman

JollySwagman — Fri, 09 Nov 2012 02:48:09 +0000

Nice – thanks both and all above. Harder work than I thought it would be.

11a very good.

By: Pogel

Pogel — Thu, 08 Nov 2012 17:45:33 +0000

Agree fundamentally with Pelham Barton. No question.

By: Pelham Barton

Pelham Barton — Thu, 08 Nov 2012 14:29:05 +0000

Another one from me: I think you can get round the double duty in 30ac, if you take “when half” as meaning “when halved”.

By: Pelham Barton

Pelham Barton — Thu, 08 Nov 2012 14:15:46 +0000

Hi Gaufrid

Might 12ac be a reference to the rear of the year, described on Wikipedia as “a light-hearted British award for celebrities who are considered to have a notable posterior”?

By: Gaufrid

Gaufrid — Thu, 08 Nov 2012 12:10:59 +0000

Hi jmac
I think you may well be right. I did try to do something with of=re but didn’t associate ar with r. Another case where part of the clue is doing double duty, this time as both definition and part of the wordplay.

By: jmac

jmac — Thu, 08 Nov 2012 11:48:24 +0000

Re 12 across: I think this might be re (of) plus ar, the phonetic spelling of “r”. Thanks for the blog – Ienjoyed this puzzle.

By: flashling

flashling — Thu, 08 Nov 2012 11:37:30 +0000

Oooops aplologies Gaufrid, looked at the wrong clue!

By: Gaufrid

Gaufrid — Thu, 08 Nov 2012 11:34:29 +0000

Hi flashling
Sorry but I don’t see how MEER can be a dd when the clue is “End, of the year perhaps”, at least according to the definitions in Chambers.

By: flashling

flashling — Thu, 08 Nov 2012 11:25:11 +0000

Hi Gaufrid, I think 12ac is just MEER alt spelling of MERE which means it’s just a DD