Financial Times 17,447 by SLORMGORM

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1. I didn’t know “bones” was a physician, and couldn’t find it in my dictionary. Shake on it … what one could do over a washing machine? Huh? Couldn’t parse SPANDAU BALLET although the anagram was clear. Never heard of CLOU.

   Everything else fell into place and was an enjoyable pursuit. My favourite was AFTERNOONS, which elicited the tiniest chuckle.

   Thanks Slormgorm & Cineraria.

2. Cineraria, Sorry to be a nitpicker but you’ve made exactly the same tiny slip in the spelling of SANATORIUM as I did and which was the reason I failed on this one.

   Good puzzle. AFTERNOONS was very Slormgormish! Had come across BLADDERED but didn’t know CLOU. I’ll leave it to others to expand on the New Romantic era references you’ve alluded to.

   Thanks to Slormgorm and Cineraria

3. WordPlodder@2: Thanks for the correction, and blog now updated. I did have it correct on my paper copy, and blew right past the error in editing.

4. GDU@1: I assumed that the second sense of SHAKE ON IT was a reference to a reputed unconventional use for the vibratory action of a washing machine, but I, too, was not entirely sure what Slormgorm was getting at there.

5. That was my assumption also.

6. Geoff Down Under@1 for BONES
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonard_McCoy
   ‘Dr. Leonard H. McCoy, known as “Bones”, is a character in the American science-fiction franchise Star Trek‘

7. Cineraria@4 re SHAKE ON IT
   I think you’ve got exactly “what Slormgorm was getting at there”. 🙂

8. Ah, I see. Thank you, FrankieG.

9. BONES maybe also short for SAWBONES – slang – surgeon?

10. FrankieG@9
    BACKBONES
    I have seen BONES a few times in crossword clues. It appeared in a puzzle very recently too (maybe a week ago).

    While Googling to check for the origin of the slang, I found what you have just said@9.

11. SPANDAU BALLET had their first hit in 1980 – 43 years old
    Misdirection to Band of Gold by Freda Payne – 1970 – 53 years old – No reviewer could ever pan the beat as dull – It’s a banger!
    Even yesterday’s Stan by Eminem is approaching 23.
    Who Knows Where The Time Goes? (1968) – so it’s 55.
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OkOB57UcYk8
    Thanks S&C

12. Thanks for the blog, very good set of clues, a bit like Cyclops in Private Eye at times.
    I did not know CLOU , I thought it could be some sea creature but I have looked it up now. I was glad it was hidden, I suspect that nothing else would fit.

13. Phew

    I found this v. difficult, but I did finally get there, again by adhering to my old school motto: ymdrech a lwydda.

    Thought Afternoons was a fabulous clue. Also “not on your life”. I clearly like the rather smutty ones.

    The weird thing about Spandau Ballet, which took me a long time to find, is that the letters Band Au also appear in the middle as an anagram. I realise, of course that the actual anagram was “pans a dull beat”

    Thanks for the blog

14. Thanks Slormgorm for a tougher-than-usual but ultimately solvable crossword. CLOU was new to me but with the “L” and “U” in place it couldn’t be anything else. My top picks were LOTUS, NOT ON YOUR LIFE (great surface), SANATORIUM, OCEAN, BRED (another great surface), and TEA. Thanks Cineraria for the blog.

15. Bones is a diminutive form of the American slang “sawbones” for physician, hence the nickname for Dr. McCoy.

16. Wondered if Slormgorm considered referencing the younger Kardashian-Jenners at 2d.

17. Something Kylie and Kendall share is clear (11).

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