Financial Times 12,669 by Mudd
Posted by Pete Maclean on January 31st, 2008
A fairly routine puzzle from Mudd here. I completed it fairly quickly because I found the clues for the three long answers easy. Still, 11A and 5D took some puzzling over.
Across
9. REAPPORTIONMENT - anagram of IMPORTANT ONE PER
10. SAUDI - S (small) + AUDI (car)
11. HAMSTRING - HAM (amateur) + STRING (racehorses)
12. AMERICANS - RIC[h] (infinitely wealthy) in A (a) + MEANS (way). Do I have this right? I must say that I do not exactly see how “infinitely wealthy” can properly clue RIC.
14. HEART - HEAR (try) + T (temperature)
16. SADOMASOCHISTIC - anagram of STOMACH ACIDOSIS
19. REACT - R[ubbishing] + E[xams] + A[nd] + C[ritiques] + T[eaching]
21. LITTLE TOE - LITT[er] (2/3 of piglets) + LET (allowed) + O[n]E
23. CARPENTER - PEN (pound) in [Jimmy] CARTER. A “chips” is a carpenter, I guess.
25. SWEAT - anagram of WASTE
26. PUBLIC OWNERSHIP - PUB (local) + COW (Jersey) in LINERS (vessels) + HIP (with it)
Down
1. TRESPASSER - TRES PASSE (very dated in French) + R (king). Nice clue!
2. MANURE - MAN (isle) + URE (river)
3. OPTIMISM - OPT (PICK) + S (Sweden) in MIMI (girl) backwards
4. ARCH - [l]ARCH. Oh, “arch” again. We had that last week!
5. SIAMESE CAT - I AM (I am) + E[xtend] + S[econd] + E (note) in SCAT (jazz)
6. SNATCH - double definition
7. HESITANT - HE (man) + SIT (pose) + ANT (six-footer)
8. STAG - S (short) + TAG (leg)
13. ABSOLUTION - even-numbered letters in MAYBE THE ANSWER RELEASE
15. TICKER TAPE - double/cryptic definition
17. DIATRIBE - DIA (help raised) + TRIBE (people)
18. ILLUSORY - anagram of OUR SILLY
20. TIEPIN - TIE (game) + PIN (leg)
22. TEETHE - TEE[nagers] + THE[ory]
23. CAPE - double definition
24. RANK - double definition