Financial Times 17,732 by Buccaneer

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1. A great puzzle with a theme I loved. For the 10th painter, I was hesitating between ROOKS (liked the ‘men in the corners’), MAMBO (there is a French-Hungarian artist who goes by this name) and the unlikely-seeming CARPACCIO so it was interesting to learn more about the latter, a Venetian artist I perhaps should have known.
   Of these painters, I most enjoyed BOSCH (surface) and BACON, a double definition in which the first fully shares the artist’s name.
   Indeed, there was a compelling number of writers/philosophers referenced here too with Kafka, More and PINTER et al.
   Thanks Buccaneer for a clear and precisely clued puzzle and Pete for the blog. Interestingly, I thought of Simone Martini and William Holman-Hunt but I’m now unsure about the latter.

2. A few minor slips In the blog:
   11A should parse ‘house’ as HO giving the first ‘O’ in HORRORS.
   10D as ‘cons’ table’
   and 19D MARTINI.

3. Thanks Buccaneer for a nicely themed crossword. I found nine of the ten painters, not knowing MARTINI was an artist. My favourite clues were MOLIERE, MAMBO (liked the ‘redhead’), and CONSTABLE. I needed outside help to solve the nho BINTURONG. Thanks Pete for the blog. (BTW there’s a typo in your grid, where BALUSTRADE intersects MARTINI.)

4. Liked TROPIC, HUNT, LEASHES and CATFLAP.
   Thanks Buccaneer and Pete Maclean!

5. Of course I missed the theme even though I know most of the painters. I guess I just move on once I have solved a clue.

   I could not parse THE HORRORS, and I just realised why DEGAS is “maybe take oxygen”. I liked SHAMROCK, CONSTABLE, MARTINI and the BINTURONG (which I doubt is a painter, and assume is there because Buccaneer needed a word like this to complete the grid while keeping to the theme. But I liked the surface anyway). Buccaneer is not my favourite setter given he uses so many words, but I do congratulate him for producing a themed puzzle with just one obscure answer and I certainly have no complaints about this puzzle.

   Talking of painters and favourite clues, it is just about time for a MARTINI here

   Thanks Buccaneer and Pete

6. I also thought Holman-HUNT when I solved this. The theme helped as I was saw it when I read the clue for PAINTER.

   Thank you to Buccaneer and Pete Maclean.

7. Thanks for the blog and the coloured grid, I did not bother searching for all 10 .
   BINTURONG pretty obscure, it was in Azed fairly recently, the clue and letters in the grid made it very fair.
   ROOKS has a good definition, K was not really a hero in any sense, a protagonist would be better.

8. I found this very tough at first and then got going. Only managed to find 8 painters although I did finish the puzzle (didn’t realise CARPACCIO and MARTINI were painters).

   MUNCH made me laugh when I finally realised he was a painter and not just a method of eating.

   Liked: MILLET, MAMBO, GAPING, LEACHES, ROOKS, CONSTABLE

   Thanks Buccaneer and Pete

9. An enjoyable solve in the sunshine this afternoon (we always solve the Saturday puzzle a week late).
   We actually found 11 painters – those noted by our blogger plus Edward ROOKS, “a naturalist and wildlife artist … he teaches drawing and painting …”
   We did have to do a bit of digging in the dictionary for BINTURONG; fortunately we had the first and last letters to help so no electronic assistance was needed.
   Thanks, Buccaneer and Pete.

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