Financial Times 17,322 by PETO

12 comments on “Financial Times 17,322 by PETO”

1. 

   Geoff Down Under

   #1 - Thu 2nd Feb 23, 07:51

   
   

   Thoroughly enjoyable today, with no obscurities to get stuck on. I couldn’t parse ENRAGES nor CHARLATAN … I’d forgotten about the Territorial Army that has befuddled me before.

2. 

   Rudolf

   #2 - Thu 2nd Feb 23, 08:06

   
   

   9A “h” for “home” is given in the online Oxford Dictionary of English – it is used in relation to sporting fixtures.

3. 

   Loonapick

   #3 - Thu 2nd Feb 23, 08:14

   
   

   Rudolf@3

   Thanks – checked again, and you’re right. Missed it when I checked earlier.

4. 

   Diane

   #4 - Thu 2nd Feb 23, 09:48

   
   

   Two clues which were not verbose (and which I admired for their pithiness) were 17d and 22d. Enjoyable overall.
   Everything completed but needed Loonapick’s write-up to see ‘TA’ (3), ‘nits'(6) and ‘tort’ (20).
   Thanks to Peto and Loonapick.

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   Peter

   #5 - Thu 2nd Feb 23, 11:12

   
   

   I am not sure why, in 23A, “run” = “ladder”. Is this a female-oriented clue perhaps pertaining to stockings? Or is it pantihose these days?

   I love poetry but 6D was unknown to me.

6. 

   WordPlodder

   #6 - Thu 2nd Feb 23, 11:31

   
   

   Enjoyed this one, although as usual the valid points made by our blogger passed me by when solving. I knew nothing about Ernst MACH of Mach number fame; a physicist, philosopher and physiologist all in one, so quite the polymath.

   Satisfying to work out the sometimes complicated parsing, included ABANDONED and my last in the vaguely recognised SESTINA.

   Thanks to Peto and loonapick

7. 

   Pelham Barton

   #7 - Thu 2nd Feb 23, 11:35

   
   

   Thanks Peto and Loonapick

   23ac: Using Chambers 2014, I think the more helpful definition for the first part is under ladder, which can be defined with reference to the more basic meanings as “anything of similar form or pattern, such as a run in knitwear where the breaking of a thread gives an appearance of rungs”.

8. 

   Simon S

   #8 - Thu 2nd Feb 23, 11:54

   
   

   Thanks Peto and loonapick

   I would query the equivalence of definition and solution in1A. Varnish is applied to the surface of an item, whereas French polish is worked into the grain.

9. 

   Pelham Barton

   #9 - Thu 2nd Feb 23, 12:23

   
   

   1ac: Chambers 2014 gives us “French polish n a varnish for furniture, …”. That is good enough for me.

10. 

    Tony Santucci

    #10 - Thu 2nd Feb 23, 16:46

    
    

    Thanks Peto for an enjoyable crossword. This went in smoothly with my favourites being OBOISTS, FLYING SAUCER, and ADVISER, the latter for its compact, readable surface. Thanks loonapick for the blog.

11. 

    Widdersbel

    #11 - Thu 2nd Feb 23, 20:53

    
    

    Thanks, Peto & Loonapick. A steady and enjoyable solve for me. Couldn’t quite see how ENRAGED worked but it had to be that.

    Peter @5 – pantyhose if you’re American, tights in the UK. Not essential to be a woman to know this!

12. 

    allan_c

    #12 - Thu 2nd Feb 23, 21:14

    
    

    An enjoyable and fairly quick solve, though not a doddle. Favourite was TRACE ELEMENT for its &lit-ish character – zinc is a trace element in human dietary requirements.
    TA (Territorial Army) for ‘volunteers’ has been standard crosswordese for a long time, but how long before the majority of solvers won’t know that, since the TA is now the Army Reserve?
    Thanks, Peto and loonapick.

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