Financial Times 16,768 by Mudd

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1. I seem to remember CAREER and FUSELAGE causing me problems; not so TURKEY and for the reason Pete mentions. Liked the misdirection for TOLERATE and the surface of RESETTLE while FLATUS, SPOTLESS and AUNTIE raised a smile. KNITWEAR reminded me of the old ice lolly stick joke: ‘woolly jumper’ (what you get when crossing a kangaroo with a sheep). Good fun overall though not my best effort.
   Thanks Mudd and Pete for the blog – interesting to learn of your grandfather’s fine work.

2. Thanks Mudd & Pete.
   I though this was very fairly clued although a fair bit of interpretation was required. I had to check on FLATUS as I am not sure I have come across it before. I knew I had seen TURKEY just like that recently but was unsure when. JERSEY raised a smile. All good fun.
   Pete, my paternal grandfather was at the other end of the process – he was an iron moulder in the shipyards.

3. Not to be too nit-picky, but isn’t the definition of 4d just “do” rather than “do in”? Otherwise a very good puzzle and very helpful blog, especially “REDTOP” which I knew from the crossing letters and surface had to be right. Thanks to Mudd and Pete.

4. I agree with everything written so far

   I started with FLATUS, and what better than to start with a fart joke? I got the SW corner out, then made great progress clockwise until the fourth corner slowed me down. It took a while to get JERSEY, CAREER and REDTOP. Pete is correct – this non-Brit had certainly not come across REDTOP before.

   I do not understand how PRETTY can mean decidedly. I assume Mudd is thinking of “pretty big” and “decidedly big”, which mean very different things to me. Is there another use of the word I am not seeing? And, while TURKEY was a repeat, I was happy to see Mudd did not try to call a JERSEY cow “beef” again.

   All-in-all it was an enjoyable puzzle for me, with a lot of likeable clues – too many to name.

   Thanks Mudd and thanks Pete

5. Ed@3. The “do” gives the party and the “in” gives the location – the home.
   Martyn@4, I think he is meaning something like “pretty good” which means decidedly good but, I agree, it is a bit of a stretch.

6. I was unsure about the definition in 4d, whether it was “do” or “do in”. The latter of course most commonly means to kill someone but, at a stretch, could be understood as an indoor party. Shall we just say the matter is debatable?

   I was also unsure about 24a (PRETTY) being clued by ‘decidedly’. After consulting a couple of dictionaries I am left thinking it is marginally okay but, as Mystogre says, a bit of a stretch.

   And good to know about your grandfather, Mystogre. Thanks.

7. PS a great grandfather of mine, too, was a shipping pilot, perhaps on the Tyne

8. Thanks Mudd for the usual fun. Liked SACRED, NUMBER, AUNTIE, STARLING, and CAREER, needed help to get FUSELAGE, PROPERLY, and SHOW JUMPER. Thanks Pete for the blog.
   In 4d I saw “do” as the definition with “in” as a connecting word to make the surface work but I’m now leaning towards Mystogre’s explanation of “in” being the location of the “do.”

9. Thanks Mudd and Pete
   Took a few sittings to get this one out – a good mix of charades and double definitions. No real standouts but a good enjoyable puzzle that stretched out over the whole day.
   Finished in the SE corner with REDTOP (that took longer than it should have), PROPERLY (tricky definition) and FUSELAGE the last one in.

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