Financial Times 17,331 by SLORMGORM

20 comments on “Financial Times 17,331 by SLORMGORM”

1. 

   Geoff Down Under

   #1 - Mon 13th Feb 23, 05:34

   
   

   I couldn’t parse ADULT or MEAL, but after coming here I thought they were good clues. Drink/one is a bit of a stretch, I thought. I’d almost forgotten that EC is a city.

   Nothing too difficult; plenty of smiles. I completed this and today’s two Guardian cryptics in under an hour, so either they were very easy or my cryptoverbalistic skills are increasing. 🙂

2. 

   Geoff Down Under

   #2 - Mon 13th Feb 23, 05:35

   
   

   Cryptocruciverbalistic. Serves me right for showing off.

3. 

   KVa

   #3 - Mon 13th Feb 23, 06:24

   
   

   Liked ADULT, THINKER (lovely surface), TANGENT and CABARET (another interesting surface).
   TURN: perform/performance. Does TURN mean performer too?
   MEAL
   Agree with Teacow’s parsing. The clue didn’t appeal to me.

   Thanks, Slormgorm and Teacow!

4. 

   Steven

   #4 - Mon 13th Feb 23, 06:55

   
   

   I thought it a pity that 9d and 25d should have the same root answer. As with the blogger and commentators, this was an enjoyale if swift solve for me.

5. 

   WordPlodder

   #5 - Mon 13th Feb 23, 08:08

   
   

   This wasn’t too difficult although a few like ROUGHNESS held me up. I thought of TANGENT straight away but didn’t put it at first as the def called for an adjective. I didn’t know that TANGENT by itself could be an adjective, other than as part of “tangential”, but see now that it can be. Yes, a bit of a pity that EMISSION and EMITS were in the same column.

   I liked ADULT and can identify with the first def. The second def was not unrelated to the ever so slightly naughty surface for HYENA, my favourite today.

   Thanks to Slormgorm and Teacow

6. 

   Pelham Barton

   #6 - Mon 13th Feb 23, 10:06

   
   

   Thanks Slormgorm and Teacow

   KVa@3: Chambers 2014 gives a long list of definitions for turn n, including “a performer’s act or the performer”.

7. 

   Pelham Barton

   #7 - Mon 13th Feb 23, 10:09

   
   

   (I should have put this in my previous comment.)

   21ac: I took the “primarily” as applying to both “repels” and “socialist”.

8. 

   FrankieG

   #8 - Mon 13th Feb 23, 11:29

   
   

   Geoff Down Under@2:
   Cryptocruciverbalistic…expialidocious

9. 

   Geoff Down Under

   #9 - Mon 13th Feb 23, 11:48

   
   

   FrankieG, a bit too hippopotomonstrosesquipedalian for me.

10. 

    Simon S

    #10 - Mon 13th Feb 23, 12:33

    
    

    GDU @ 1 ‘one’ for a drink is pretty common usage, eg “We spotted a pub and went in for one”.

11. 

    Roz

    #11 - Mon 13th Feb 23, 15:24

    
    

    Thanks for the blog, typically good set of clues. nice touch to see SPOONERISM as an actual answer. I liked the definitions for PANAMA HAT ( they are actually from ECUADOR) and THINKER.

12. 

    Tony Santucci

    #12 - Mon 13th Feb 23, 15:27

    
    

    Thanks Slormgorm, that was satisfying. I liked SPEAR, CONDORS, TANGENT, MASS, and HYENA in particular. “One for the road” was a common expression for the last drink prior to leaving a bar or someone’s home but driving after drinking has become unacceptable so it’s not heard so much anymore. Thanks Teacow for the blog.

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    Geoff Down Under

    #13 - Mon 13th Feb 23, 18:41

    
    

    Simon S @ 10, there’s probably nothing on earth that “one” couldn’t refer to. Have a good one.

14. 

    john

    #14 - Mon 13th Feb 23, 20:57

    
    

    GDU@13. You beat me to it! Took me a while to get going button the end, only failed on “emission” – my only omission!

15. 

    Pelham Barton

    #15 - Mon 13th Feb 23, 21:29

    
    

    6ac: “a drink” appears explicitly in Chambers 2014 under one n. Of course, “one” can refer to almost anything in a specific context, but you can stand up in a room and announce to others present “I am going for a quick one” and it means a drink without needing any further explanation.

16. 

    Anil Shrivastava

    #16 - Mon 13th Feb 23, 22:07

    
    

    Thanks Slormgorm and Teacow

    I still don’t understand I make use of loaf for thinker. Is that a British thing?

17. 

    Geoff Down Under

    #17 - Mon 13th Feb 23, 22:14

    
    

    Pelham, we must inhabit parallel universes. In mine, saying “I am going for a quick one” may well raise a few eyebrows.

18. 

    Pelham Barton

    #18 - Mon 13th Feb 23, 22:46

    
    

    Anil@16: It is Cockney Rhyming Slang – loaf of bread meaning head.

    Geoff@17: Perhaps “Anyone care to join me for a quick one?” might have been a better example – or it could be even worse.

19. 

    Widdersbel

    #19 - Mon 13th Feb 23, 23:07

    
    

    I went into the pub and asked the barmaid for a double entendre…

    Very enjoyable, thanks, Slormgorm. Love the clue for SPOONERISM in particular. And thanks for the blog, Teacow.

    Anil @16 – loaf is slang for head, as PB says, and “use your loaf” is a common (though rather old-fashioned) idiom meaning don’t be an idiot.

20. 

    Anil Shrivastava

    #20 - Tue 14th Feb 23, 21:23

    
    

    Thank you pelham

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