Comments on: Financial Times 14,222 – Dante http://www.fifteensquared.net/2013/02/07/financial-times-14222-dante/ Never knowingly undersolved. Sat, 25 May 2013 19:19:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Keeper http://www.fifteensquared.net/2013/02/07/financial-times-14222-dante/#comment-220813 Keeper Sun, 17 Feb 2013 10:57:08 +0000 http://www.fifteensquared.net/?p=55134#comment-220813 19a: The stern is the rear of a ship, so astern is literally “behind the ship.” You could argue that “behind” is sufficient, but “Point behind towards the sun” does not flow as well. Of course, I have to agree that “towards the sun” is not a good definition for EASTERN. A simple remedy could have been “towards the morning sun.” Even though Dante is the setter, mistakes like this should be caught by the editor, IMHO.

26a: Completely agree, Sil. A most underwhelming clue. How about this: “Neither path leads to the country”

]]> By: Bamberger http://www.fifteensquared.net/2013/02/07/financial-times-14222-dante/#comment-220258 Bamberger Thu, 07 Feb 2013 20:21:09 +0000 http://www.fifteensquared.net/?p=55134#comment-220258 Well I got nowhere with the NW corner!
Had no idea about 1a , guessed ??fair for 1d, would never have thought that nave was a church body, and didn’t associate tense with worried-nervous but not worried.

Apart from that failed on 7d, 18d (sent =ordered hmm) and 28a -what an awful clue.

Not one of Dante’s best imo

]]> By: TonyP http://www.fifteensquared.net/2013/02/07/financial-times-14222-dante/#comment-220256 TonyP Thu, 07 Feb 2013 20:15:06 +0000 http://www.fifteensquared.net/?p=55134#comment-220256 A Dante is usually a crossword that I can manage but apart from the NW corner I really struggled with this.

Thank you for the blog – I can see I should have done much better.

Like you I cannot understand 19A – it reads as if the point is ‘N’ but I can see no connection between ship and Easter.

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