Comments on: Financial Times 13,235 – Cincinnus http://fifteensquared.net/2009/11/26/financial-times-13235-cincinnus/ Never knowingly undersolved. Sun, 14 Mar 2010 08:10:29 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Sil van den Hoek http://fifteensquared.net/2009/11/26/financial-times-13235-cincinnus/comment-page-1/#comment-97196 Sil van den Hoek Thu, 26 Nov 2009 01:22:25 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=12592#comment-97196 Although I have become a great admirer of Cincinnus, I found this crossword not one of his best. Usually he produces very good surfaces, but this time - I thought - it was just a bit disappointing. Like in 18d , where TONIGHT was too obvious. Or 13d, in which the word for 'desire' (WISH) was the straightforward beginning of the solution in a hardly cryptic way. And the anagram in 14ac is just too cheap (even pointless) - very un-Cincinnus. But I liked 17ac (the pairing of audible and visible). And 16d, ORANGEADE, with the fine 'order a + drink' combination. Another favourite was 7d (NOT ON), not a cd, but NOTION (idea) without the I (one). With two clues I have some problems. The 'drink' in 11ac is PORTER, but I only know know 'port'. Therefore I was looking for the 'er' bit. I do understand it now, but I don't like words like HALL PORTER being clued separately, so as HALL + PORTER. And in 28ac I don't get the apostrophe. boy=TEDDY and stomach=BEAR - that would be enough for 'Toy', I guess. Although I have become a great admirer of Cincinnus, I found this crossword not one of his best.
Usually he produces very good surfaces, but this time – I thought – it was just a bit disappointing. Like in 18d , where TONIGHT was too obvious.
Or 13d, in which the word for ‘desire’ (WISH) was the straightforward beginning of the solution in a hardly cryptic way.
And the anagram in 14ac is just too cheap (even pointless) – very un-Cincinnus.

But I liked 17ac (the pairing of audible and visible).
And 16d, ORANGEADE, with the fine ‘order a + drink’ combination.

Another favourite was 7d (NOT ON), not a cd, but NOTION (idea) without the I (one).

With two clues I have some problems.
The ‘drink’ in 11ac is PORTER, but I only know know ‘port’.
Therefore I was looking for the ‘er’ bit.
I do understand it now, but I don’t like words like HALL PORTER being clued separately, so as HALL + PORTER.
And in 28ac I don’t get the apostrophe.
boy=TEDDY and stomach=BEAR – that would be enough for ‘Toy’,
I guess.

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