#Chaperone crossword clue update#
Update (1): See the comments for answers. In a nice case of reversal, Financial Times carried this clue once:įT 13322 (Crux): Guardian's leading story Times initially rejected (9) C _ _ _ _ _ _ _ E Times 24444: Paper's entertaining star feature (5)įrom Times Crossword Championship 2008: Close this works daily? Not if this is used (5-5) N _ _ _ _ – _ _ _ _ T Two clues, one easy the other tough, both using the paper = FT connection. Times 23969: Notice girl's dressed in pink daily, being a follower of fashion (7) FADDISTĪD (notice) DI'S (girl's), in FT (pink daily) Times 24309: Sort of official report that’s eschewed by the FT (5,5) WHITE PAPER d&cdĪ white paper is a type of official report, and is eschewed by the FT since FT is a pink paper, not a white one. Times 24219: Provider of bouquet primate wrapped in pink paper (7) FLORIST
This attribute is put to play too in cryptic clues. In the entire set of Gridman's clues, ET, Telegraph and Times have been used more often than The Hindu.įinancial Times is pink in colour. The woman is with The Economic Times, the paper (5) SHEETĭiversions in old man's newspaper (8) PASTIMES Party got together by two Indian newspapers back to back (4) FETE Some of Gridman's clues with other paper references: I have only seen Gridman refer to other Indian papers in his clues. Strangely, these aren't made as much use of even in THC. Indian newspapers have wordplay-amenable acronyms too - ET, HT, TOI. THC (Gridman): Meaning, the doctor has one U.K. TITFER is rhyming slang for 'hat', from 'tit-for-tat'. Guardian 25056 (Paul): Paperback in row which comes to a head? (6) TITFERįT (paper) reversed, in TIER (row). Papers (ID) + EG (say) reversed, in FT (paper) Independent 7355 (Anax): Shuffle papers, say, back into paper (6) FIDGET Times 24446: Article printed by newspaper about tax aimed against criminals (9) ANTITHEFTĪN (article) FT (newspaper), about TITHE (tax) Here are a few clues from other papers that, when they say 'paper' or 'newspaper', mean FT: The same good fortune does not fall to the lot of publications with acronyms like NYT, or with names that do not have multiple meanings. So it follows that some other papers have more references to Financial Times in their crosswords than their own selves.
The standard abbreviation for Financial Times is FT, an extremely wordplay-friendly acronym.
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