Financial Times 16,596 by FALCON

16 comments on “Financial Times 16,596 by FALCON”

1. Yes, pretty straightforward stuff although I’d like to applaud out the elegance of the anagram at 5.

2. Most enjoyable and many thanks to Falcon and loonapick. Typo in the blog :14 should be MB and not MW.

3. Thanks SM

4. I echo the above sentiments and single out HULLABALOO, LIED and PEAR DROP as personal favourites. Always pleased when those I don’t know, like 4d, can be solved with an anagram!
   As we’re celebrating the Mid-Autumn festival here, it’s nice to see RABBIT featured in the grid.
   Thanks to Falcon and Loonapick.

5. My first ever completed FT crossword 🙂

   So close yesterday…

   Thank you Falcon

6. To Vertigo @5:
   Huzzah & well played.

7. Bombay mix? I was amused, because I do not know the term. I left England years ago, and doing English crosswords I realise that the culture and consequently the language has changed. Instructive.

8. Yes, John @7, Mumbai Mix would alliterate nicely but it seems that when it comes to cats, rugs and spicy snacks, those old colonial names die hard: Persian, Burmese, Siamese, Tonkinese…

9. Your introduction says it all, Loonapick.  Thanks to you and to Falcon.

10. I echo John Hall @7. In my case 50 years have elapsed and I wondered how many in the USA would know the British foods in 8d, 14d, `16d, and GARIBALDI (which my grandfather referred to as “fly cemeteries”) and its  the only reason I get the Italian patriot right! Also, I suspect, Bonar Law and  Bodmin Moor are not of very general knowledge. I’m glad my long term memory survives! My one error was having “GERE” for old clothes.

    In the blog, 12a should say “reserve” not “reverse”. Thanks Falcon and loonapick.

     

11. Vertigo @5: Congratulations. I remember when I completed my 1st FT Saturday prize (with no outside help) last year. I excitedly mailed it in and, as luck would have it, I was one of the three winners. Hopefully, the contest will be re-activated soon.

12. Nice and straightforward after a few really tough ones in the last week or so. I was held up momentarily buy entering “bamboo mix” in 14 down!! Some strange mental aberration caused that to happen. ??

13. Thanks Falcon, this crossword is proof that good doesn’t have to be difficult. APERITIF, the simple WITH, GARB, and BOWER were favourites. Thanks Loonapick for the blog.

14. Nothing to add but I’m another sharing Loonapick’s sentiment, really enjoyed it.  (And, Vertigo @5, I’m still new enough at this game to take great delight in finishing the puzzle!)

15. Thanks for the puzzle and the parsing which, for the very first time, I didn’t need.  1a was my favourite which jumped out at me from the the crossings at 3d and 4d when it became clear it wasn’t and anagram of “bear causes.”  Really enjoyable and satisfying.

16. Thanks Falcon and loonapick

    The last of the catchups from last week’s printer malfunction delay.  As stated, a not so hard but very enjoyable which had me scurrying for some help to confirm BODMIN MOOR as a place in Cornwall at the end of the solve.

    Liked the squeaky clean charades that made up many of the clues, the reminder of the Jungle Book bear and the BOMBAY MIX.

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