Financial Times 18,024 by Zamorca

8 comments on “Financial Times 18,024 by Zamorca”

1. 

   Martyn

   #1 - Sun 13th Apr 25, 23:33

   
   

   Similar to Pete, 1a and 1d came first. That really helped the left hand side, and I progressed quite smartly anti-clockwise around the grid, despite what seemed to be a fair number of charades

   I ticked HOARSE, SHIPS and CHERISHED (all succinct with a clever element)

   I had no issues with parsing beyond 2d etc. It was a good thing I did not spend too much time on that clue, as the “slang” Peter = safe was unknown to me (or did I forget it?). Thanks for the steer, Pete. Is it the dreaded rhyming slang again?

   Thanks Zamorca and Pete

2. 

   Tony Santucci

   #2 - Mon 14th Apr 25, 02:54

   
   

   Thanks Zamorca. I found the left hand side quite easy, the right hand side less so. Everything eventually fell into place without problem, however, with my top picks being SIREN, ASSAILANT, CHERISHED, SUNBATHE, HOARSE, and WILDLIFE. Thanks Pete for the blog.

3. 

   Roz

   #3 - Mon 14th Apr 25, 05:45

   
   

   Thanks for the blog , very enjoyable and lots of neat and clever wordplay with well disguised fission for ASSAILANT . A long entry down the left side always gives lots of first letters which are very useful .
   Martyn@1 , Peter=safe does turn up fairly often in crosswords , I am told the origin is obscure , NOT Cockney rhyming slang and occurs long before Peter Pan .

4. 

   Fiona

   #4 - Mon 14th Apr 25, 06:14

   
   

   1ac and 1d were first for me too and I also found the left side easier than the right.

   Favourites included: DROOPY, CHERISHED, SAFE AND SOUND

   Thanks Zamorca and Pete

5. 

   allan_c

   #5 - Mon 14th Apr 25, 08:33

   
   

   A pleasant Saturday afternoon solve with no real problems. Until we got 4ac we weren’t sure if 4dn was HOARSE or ‘coarse’ (with the former more likely; ‘co’ for ‘house’ was plausible if unlikely), and we took a while to get SUNBATHE, although it obviouslr began ‘sun…’. Favourite was QUAKER.
   Thanks, Zamorca and Pete.

6. 

   James

   #6 - Mon 14th Apr 25, 13:36

   
   

   What pangram?

7. 

   Pete Maclean

   #7 - Mon 14th Apr 25, 13:45

   
   

   A pangram is a crossword that has every letter of the alphabet in the grid. A few setters make a point of making their puzzles pangrams.

8. 

   James

   #8 - Mon 14th Apr 25, 13:54

   
   

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