Comments on: Financial Times 12,705 by Cincinnus

By: Testy

Testy — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 16:52:27 +0000

“napper” is known to me largely from the song “Any old iron”:

“You look neat - talk about a treat,
You look dapper from your napper to your feet.”

Pete Maclean — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 15:44:55 +0000

Rishi, thanks, I should have seen 4A. As for 2D, however, I have never come across “napper” as slang for head.

C G Rishikesh — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 07:22:24 +0000

4ac: My interpretation is:

Maximally minimal - def
examinations - examination, examination; SCAN, n, as in medical scans, TEST
? - for seeing examinations as above

C G Rishikesh — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 07:14:41 +0000

2 dn: Leatherhead, read leather head. KID (leather) NAPPER (the head, slang)