Comments on: Financial Times 14,175 by Bradman

By: ernie

ernie — Fri, 30 Nov 2012 19:54:05 +0000

Thanks,Jed.
The answer to 1a is arachnophobic which I am sure you must have had originally.

By: mike04

mike04 — Fri, 30 Nov 2012 19:18:29 +0000

Thanks, Jed.

I agree with Pelham’s point about 20dn. As a one-off cryptic clue, however, I think it
is rather ingenious. Apparently there are 47 species of Tinamou and some of them do
indeed inhabit montane forest. Perhaps we’re meant to suspend our normal parsing
methods here, and simply enjoy the clue as a good read. It certainly appealed to me!

Thanks, Don, for the entertainment.

By: Pelham Barton

Pelham Barton — Fri, 30 Nov 2012 12:00:11 +0000

Thanks Don for an excellent crossword and Jed for the blog. My favourite clue was 10ac.

20dn: Slight problem here. I cannot get the cryptic grammar to work. The full clue reads
Bird that in a mountain can be found.
The defintion is “Bird” – no problem, but then the next four words are needed to hide the answer, leaving “can be found” as the hiding indicator, which does not feel right.