Financial Times 18,484 by Julius

11 comments on “Financial Times 18,484 by Julius”

1. 

   Pelham Barton

   #1 - Mon 21st Sep 26, 00:04

   
   

   Thanks Julius and Pete

   I took 27ac as a reversal of KARTS rather than a full anagram, but it works either way.

2. 

   Martyn

   #2 - Mon 21st Sep 26, 01:20

   
   

   AMBUSH and EVACUATE both had nice misdirection. I also ticked DULCET and CLOSET

   It was mostly easy for me too. But two new words crossing in 2 & 12 made the NW corner the slowest. LOVE APPLES was also NHO (which Google tells me are tomatoes, which are not vegetables). I do not understand SAND IRON as NHO splashing out of a bunker. And, I may be missing something about SPEAKER PHONE too, but it does not really work for me either (and is it really a single word?).

   Thanks Julius and Pete

3. 

   Brian B Across the Pond

   #3 - Mon 21st Sep 26, 04:30

   
   

   Agree with Martyn@2 on 21ac. Even though tomatoes are not vegetables, why is “veg” singular and not “veggies”? Seems like a clue/answer mismatch in plurality…

4. 

   Roz

   #4 - Mon 21st Sep 26, 05:31

   
   

   Thanks for the blog , very good set of clues , APOCALYPSE was very neat , DULCET very ironic using Leonard Cohen , SUNK noting former editor Kelvin McKenzie and the Belgrano .

   LOVE APPLES , yes tomatoes are fruit but definitely used as veg in the kitchen , do not put them in a fruit salad . Also veg usually plural in the UK – it is your turn to peel the veg .

5. 

   grantinfreo

   #5 - Mon 21st Sep 26, 05:45

   
   

   Online, 11d reads “One used to hear a call for order order”, i.e. to hear the Speaker ordering the House to order, as per Pete’s idea, although the phone bit doesn’t really relate to the Speaker of the House.

6. 

   Mrs Graves

   #6 - Mon 21st Sep 26, 06:23

   
   

   Very much enjoyed this very witty grid, with too many favourites to list. Thanks Julius and Pete.

7. 

   Fiona

   #7 - Mon 21st Sep 26, 07:02

   
   

   Loved this Julius puzzle – as always

   Favourites were: A DAB HAND, HONE, MAGIC LANTERN, SAFARI, ANATHEMA, DULCET

   Thanks Julius and Pete

8. 

   Diane

   #8 - Mon 21st Sep 26, 07:42

   
   

   All has been said. Like Fiona, I liked A DAB HAND, as well as STREAK for the def. And yes to the comment from Roz @4 re veg, as in ‘meat and two veg’.
   Thanks both.

9. 

   Babbler

   #9 - Mon 21st Sep 26, 07:45

   
   

   Yes, a straightforward puzzle for me except for SAND IRON as I’m not a golfer. I thought it might be “sink iron”,
   I must however take Julius to task over 6. BURGLARIES are serious offences, not petty ones. I’m fortunate never to have been burgled, but victims of burglary all testify to it being a horrendous experience.

10. 

    Pelham Barton

    #10 - Mon 21st Sep 26, 08:35

    
    

    21ac: Further to Roz and Diane, ODE 2010 p 1969 gives meat and two veg as its usage example for veg¹ as a plural.

    11dn: I have nothing to add to earlier comments on the clue, but I can answer Martyn’s question in comment 2. All three of the big single volume dictionaries have speakerphone as a single word. ODE 2010 p 1712 labels it as “chiefly N. Amer.”

11. 

    Mark A

    #11 - Mon 21st Sep 26, 10:13

    
    

    Well I used to be a golfer for many years, but it’s always been called a sand wedge to me and every other golfer i’ve ever met.
    You learn something new every day

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