Financial Times 16,469 by JULIUS

22 comments on “Financial Times 16,469 by JULIUS”

1. I loved this but I’m not sure that all these chicken plans for the kitchen are quite working

   as Row 13 exhibits STENCH. Intentional or coincidental?

2. And let’s not overlook the joke in the top row.

3. Thanks PeeDee

   In 5ac I assumed that the ‘ever’ is a typo and should be ‘even’.

4. The third quickie this week, but witty with smooth surfaces. I especially enjoyed 12ac HOLD FORTH, which to me was entirely original. So thanks, Julius, and of course PeeDee.

5. Julius will be delighted to learn that even I noticed his theme very early on in the solving process

   I agree with Gaufrid about the typo in 5a

   Thanks to Julius for the usual great fun, even if as Hornbeam says, short-lived today.   Thanks also to PeeDee.   Now what shall I get out of the freezer for tonight’s dinner? 😉

6. Yes, a fun puzzle, so thanks to Julius. I do not get the debate about ever/even — both words can be intensifiers in this context and to me either is acceptable.

7. Just what crypticsue said – again!

8. Thanks for your blog PeeDee (early bird today!) and thanks to those who have commented. I regret to inform you that 20d is supposed to be part of the excruciating homophone alluded to by Hovis in comment #2. Also, 5d isn’t a typo…I intended to convey the usage suggested by ub at #6

   warmest regards to all Rob /Julius

9. Super puzzle, but over far too soon.

10. Thanks both. Good to see ALLOA get a mention as it was the town in which I grew up.

11. Yet another way too easy crossword.
    Trying to lull me into a false sense of security, or make me think I’m smart? 😉

12. @10 – have you moved all the way north to Braco now?

13. Very enjoyable – and thanks for explaining the parsing of sepsis which I couldn’t for the life of me figure.

14. Always like Julius but I agree with NNI, over too soon. Perhaps we need twentyfivesquared in these days…

15. Thanks Julius for an excellent crossword. Loved all the smooth surfaces. Enjoyed CHICKEN, TICKER, COAL-FIRED, and EPHRAIM. Couldn’t parse SEPSIS or TORCH — thanks PeeDee.

16. PeeDee @12-  I did live there but have moved to a village about 2 km south.  Numerous towns in England in-between Alloa and return north of the border.

17. Many thanks Julius, hungry now, particularly enjoyed the unexpected Marsala. Son’s cooking tonight, normally very good. food on the brain.

    Long down anagrams were the first in, but took me a while to untangle the family relationships in 26a. Fun seeing a yen symbol.

    16d was 17d in the guardian today (the answer, not the clue!). Thanks also PeeDee

     

18. Bracoman,

    I’ve not been to Alloa, but I heard it mentioned many times when I was on holiday in Hawaii.

19. NNI @18 – a homophone used in many a crossword!

20. Thanks Julius and PeeDee
    Also found this on the easier end of this setter’s difficulty spectrum. Alerted to the theme, with a chuckle, by the whimsical top line – but didn’t spot the other similar dish at 20d. Thought the construction of 1a,18a, 26a and 20d were quite clever.
    Finished in the SE corner with SEPSIS, HIGH and MARSALA (and a groan, when the ‘bar’ bit finally twigged).

21. CHICKEN BREAST, THIGH, DRUMSTICK, BACKache — and the wings can be found in 16d!

22. Just what NNI@9 said.

    Thanks, Julius and PeeDee.

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