Comments on: Financial Times 14,204 – Crux

By: Tony

Tony — Fri, 07 Jun 2013 01:19:13 +0000

As per what Musca said, thanks for the informative analysis Sil.

By: John Newman

John Newman — Fri, 18 Jan 2013 11:01:43 +0000

Thanks Sil. Like you I had put pregnancy in to.

By: Sil van den Hoek

Sil van den Hoek — Thu, 17 Jan 2013 14:48:50 +0000

Thanks Musca, for your vision on 12ac (although I am still not sure).
And 25ac? Shame on me!
I did the puzzle on the day itself and remember that I parsed like you did. But when I wrote the blog yesterday evening just before midnight, in a hurry, I had forgotten about it. Now corrected.

By: Musca

Musca — Thu, 17 Jan 2013 11:30:52 +0000

Thanks Sil for your(as usual) careful analysis.
Just a couple of comments: 12 ac.I don’t think is a triple definition; Crux is simply saying that Brag would, no doubt, be a game that should appeal to an Egotist.
25 ac.surely isn’t just a straightforward cryptic definition; the “starts” of ‘usually from outer space’ give UFOs, which then supplies the solution!