Financial Times 17,560 by Julius

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1. Reliably entertaining grid from Julius; favourites included:
   ETRUSCANS (for the deftly derived ‘E’), WAFER-THIN, LIBERTY BELL (for the ‘Philadelphia Freedom’), EAVESDROP (for the ‘Snoop Dogg’) and STINGIER (for the double meaning of ‘tight’).
   Thanks to Julius and Pete.
   (I saw RED AS A LOBSTER as a whole clue cryptic with the lobster encased in its shell).

2. Thanks, Julius for another fine puzzle.
   Thanks, Pete for a lovely blog.

   Liked ETRUSCANS (for the same reason as Diane@1), SOLAR FLARE (great surface-reminded me of corpsing) and AGENDA (One says the charges are trumped up. The judges say ‘shouldn’t hear you’ outside the court—No. I’m not a supporter of ‘that man’).

   RED AS A LOBSTER
   Agree with Diane@1. Though the first part (the underlined words) works well as a stand-alone def, the second part needs some cooking to make it to a cryptic def grade. Yea. I go with the view that the whole clue is a cryptic def.

3. Missed out CABLE TV from my faves mentioned above. Humorous as Pete says. Liked the clue a lot.

   ADO
   Looks like each of the words hubble-bubble (buzz), TOIL (in the sense of Time Off In Lieu=Accrued Days Off) and trouble is a def in itself (Am I repeating something obvious?).

4. Enjoyed this.

   Favourites included: THE BIG SLEEP, LIBERTY BELL, ETRUSCANS, PALM OIL

   Thanks Julius and Pete Maclean

5. Thanks for the (early?) blog, very enjoyable puzzle, I totally endorse your comments.
   Never seen ROFL before so I was glad it was just part of the anagram.
   Clever use of cauldron to give ADO with the allusion to the witches in Macbeth, I thought it was a direct quote but I have been told they say ” Double double ….. ” .
   Agree with Diane@1 , the E TRUSS was very neatly done.

6. I don’t remember much of this puzzle, except that I said to myself, some of this setter’s clues are really amusing and original, he seems to be getting even better, and I need to write a compliment when the blog comes out. But then Pete crystallised my sentiments in his introduction. Well done (again), Julius and Pete.

7. For WAFER-THIN (mint) – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mr_Creosote – from Monty Python’s The Meaning of Life (1983)
   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GxRnenQYG7I
   Liked EMPTY “Vacant English politician, gutless Tory” – E TRUSS? and STAY “Support Remain” – Too late, unlike the blog.
   Thanks J&PM

8. Thanks Julius for an enjoyable crossword. I found this easier than usual for Julius/Knut but just as crafty as the more difficult offerings. My top picks included ETRUSCANS, ONYX, RAISE HELL, PIER, EAVESDROP, and STINGIER. Thanks Pete for the blog.

9. I cannot add much to what has already been written. Wonderful set of clues from Julius – a reliably good setter.

   Thanks Pete and Julius

10. First time in ages I’ve managed to complete the grid, but was equally delighted by the quality of the clues. Coincidentally, I finished the puzzle just before heading off to see ‘Dead of Night’ at the pictures.

11. ADO (ref me@3)
    Worplay+three def’s: What do others think?

12. Very nice set of clues.

    I think KVa is right in seeing something that I totally missed with Ado.

    Thanks to Julius and Pete.

13. 7dn (ADO) following earlier comments by KVa: Collins 2023 gives us “ADO Austral abbreviation for accumulated day off”: we can presumably infer the use as a plural. I could not find this in either Chambers 2016 or ODE 2010. I could not find TOIL as an acronym in any of those three dictionaries. I could verify both acronyms using my default search engine. But are not ado and toil near enough to synonyms in their ordinary meanings?

14. ADO
    PB@13
    Yes. Toil and ADO are synonymous for our purposes.
    Just got carried away by the acronyms. 🙂

15. Thanks for that, KVa@14. I cannot help wondering whether whichever of those acronyms was coined second was done so deliberately to match the similarity of meaning.

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