Financial Times 18,031 by Julius

15 comments on “Financial Times 18,031 by Julius”

1. I agree – another grand puzzle. I managed to parse all clues, and had so many ticks with SCHOOLTEACHER (wonderful clue) and CAMEMBERT being my absolute favourites

   On the other hand, I did not think NAPPY RASH worked very well

   Thanks Julius and Pete

2. Thanks Julius. This was a bit of a slog for me as I couldn’t solve CAMEMBERT, BLOFELD, AGONY AUNT, and POMFERT. I had heard of CAMEMBERET but the other three were unknowns. SCHOOLTEACHER saved the day, however. Thanks Pete for the blog.

3. CAMEMBERT was a beauty.

   Hadn’t heard of BLOFELD or ORRIS.

   Good fun.

4. I must admit I also did not know ORRIS, but found it easy to solve. I also did not know POMFRET which, by contrast, was my last in and it took ages to solve.

5. typos 1d: ‘…B (bowled) + anagram (wild) of LOUSY BOUNCER’. And 16d: “Army officer” = CAPT.
   For 14d, took “upset” as (ROYAL<) rather than (ROYAL*).

6. Thanks Julius and Pete.

   Liked BLOFELD, NAPPY RASH, CAMEMBERT, SCHOOLTEACHER and POMFRET.

7. NAPPY RASH
   Took it as a single Cryptic Def.

8. Saw Dr No as a teen, and only a couple since, hence slow to guess loi Blofeld. Ditto the liquorice cake, vaguest of bells. And took ages to remember Chester as cheese, i.e. Camembert’s rival. No complaints though, very pleasant, thanks Julius and Pete.

9. I thought NAPPY RASH was very good – quite often the answer for a child suffering from a bad rash is getting them out of the nappy, so using the potty. It conjured up dealing with babies and toddlers.

   Fun puzzle, thank you to Julius and Pete MacLean

10. Another super puzzle from Julius.

    To favourites listed above, I’d add the well-hidden BADMINTON, UNDULATE, EARLY, AGONY AUNT and DREAMER (outrageous calumny!).

    Thanks to Julius for the fun and Pete for the blog.

11. Another super puzzle indeed. My favourite was the CAMEMBERT

    Thanks to Julius and to Pete

12. This was fun and all worked for me. I was aware of Pontefract Cakes but not pomfrets, which I checked after deducing the spoonerism. Camembert was clever, that took me a while! Thanks all.

    PS. Is there a reason we run behind on FTs? I’ve completed today’s. NB. Not a complaint, just a question.

13. DREAMER is a lovely example of how you can say a thing and prove the opposite [like when one of my students addressed a thank you card to me “To best teacher in world”

14. Martin @ 12 The FT Saturday puzzle used to be a Prize, so wasn’t blogged until the following weekend, after entries had closed.

    When it stopped being a Prize, the blog was brought forward, but not to the actual day of publication.

    Daily puzzles are blogged in real time.

    Thanks Julius & Pete

15. Thanks for the blog , this was not in the paper , I had to brave the IT office today to get it printed and it was worth the effort . SCHOOLTEACHER a nice variation on schoolmaster = the classroom .
    RARE EARTH was neat use of ARE , often used to clue are = A but rarely the full unit .

    Peter@13 it is a bit like Smart Water , the fact that people buy it proves that it does not work .

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