Comments on: Financial Times 14160 Redshank

By: JollySwagman

JollySwagman — Wed, 14 Nov 2012 00:15:18 +0000

Thanks S – and R for another smooth puzzle.

11a I wondered if “cool” should have been “cooler” giving PEN for pentathlon – not so.

Very much not my subject but that caused no problems in the end.

By: Robi

Robi — Tue, 13 Nov 2012 17:58:51 +0000

[[Thanks scchua; nice ones. HAMMER horror - so close, but not close enough!]]

By: scchua

scchua — Tue, 13 Nov 2012 17:22:39 +0000

[[Hi Robi, you're right about the Man-Booker PRIZE LIST. I've added links to answers for the remaining 2 (you're so near yet so far - you'll probably kick yourself when you see the answers )]]

By: Robi

Robi — Tue, 13 Nov 2012 16:50:09 +0000

[[Barbara Carrera and Christopher Lee were in Dracula where a dagger or cross (OBELUS) is needed to kill the vampires]]

By: Robi

Robi — Tue, 13 Nov 2012 16:10:21 +0000

[[?? Barbara Carrera showed her PRIVATE PARTS in I, THE JURY??]]

By: Robi

Robi — Tue, 13 Nov 2012 16:03:46 +0000

I found this quite difficult, although I’m not sure why in retrospect. Good puzzle, though, and it doesn’t matter if it missed the event.

Thanks scchua; SUBPHYLUM defeated me, although it shouldn’t have.

[[A.Roy, Ben Okri, Salman Rushdie and Michael Ondaatje all won the Man-Booker PRIZE. Have to work on the other two]]

By: rowland

rowland — Tue, 13 Nov 2012 13:28:39 +0000

Well, yes scchua, this should have appeared a month or two back, but still a good work out. Good clues, as we have come to expect in the FT.

Many thanks
Rowly.