Financial Times 18,195 by XELA

12 comments on “Financial Times 18,195 by XELA”

1. 

   KVa

   #1 - Fri 24th Oct 25, 04:05

   
   

   Liked IN GEAR (the second def referring to a vehicle’s gear being engaged, I guess), OVERRIDING, REALTY and NOCTURN.

   Thanks XELA and Turbolegs.

2. 

   James P

   #2 - Fri 24th Oct 25, 05:04

   
   

   Good solid puzzle.

   Liked flagrant, hymn, videoconference, Labrador, dated.

   Tangelo and pate=intelligence were new to me.

   Took a while but got there in the end!

3. 

   KVa

   #3 - Fri 24th Oct 25, 05:11

   
   

   TOUT
   I saw it as a CAD, but not an &lit.
   Just a technicality, I admit.

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   Martyn

   #4 - Fri 24th Oct 25, 06:54

   
   

   I am not sure what breezy means, but I found this difficult. I would have put FF6 and DD 8 or 9. I found many clues difficult to parse.

   As basic as it was, I liked UNDERCOVER, also liked HOOP, OUTRAGED raised a smile

   Intelligence = PATE? A new one on me. ACER was new. REDACT: is radical really RED? My dictionary tells me that COMMANDO as a group applies to Boers. Now why did I not know that? And who says CHEAPO?

   Thanks Xela and Turbolet

5. 

   Geoff Down Under

   #5 - Fri 24th Oct 25, 06:54

   
   

   Very satisfying, although it took me a while. I’ve not heard PATE to mean intelligence before, but I have now.

6. 

   KVa

   #6 - Fri 24th Oct 25, 09:33

   
   

   Martyn@4
   REDACT
   Radical in the sense of ‘(left-wing) revolutionary’ is ‘RED’.

7. 

   Milo

   #7 - Fri 24th Oct 25, 15:33

   
   

   Thanks Turbolegs and XELA. I also found this fairly breezy, but the top half more so than the bottom. LOI was PREACHER, which I gave up trying to parse, hence coming here for it…

8. 

   Martyn

   #8 - Fri 24th Oct 25, 16:00

   
   

   Thanks KVa@6. My thinking is while some radicals are red, and some reds are radical, most are not.

9. 

   mrpenney

   #9 - Fri 24th Oct 25, 21:27

   
   

   Martyn, I have often heard CHEAPO as fake Spanish, thus: “We thought about getting a model with all the bells and whistles, but instead we went with el cheapo. Half the price and works fine!”

10. 

    Adders

    #10 - Fri 24th Oct 25, 23:38

    
    

    Didn’t find this on my wavelength unfortunately – not enough anagrams/easier fills to provide toeholds for the more challenging clues. Certainly wouldn’t describe as breezy.

11. 

    Martyn

    #11 - Sat 25th Oct 25, 00:07

    
    

    MeP@9: el cheapo indeed. But CHEAPO by itself? I am sure someone must talk like that but I am not sure who

12. 

    Anil

    #12 - Sat 25th Oct 25, 00:48

    
    

    Pretty fun. Though I put crummy instead of CHEAPO as in dilapidated=rummy and think a company could be c. Ah well. At least it described my effort. Thank you all

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