While you're waiting for this week's puzzle (technical problems over at thenation.com), have a crack at 7d from FT 14,097 set by Gurney. I managed to finish this one, and 7d was the last answer to fall.
From the start seaman at home with computers, over the moon? (2,6)
Crossing letters are A* I*I*I*.
answer under the fold
AB INITIO (Latin, "from the start")
AB ("seaman", abbreviation AB for "able bodied")
IN ("at home")
IT ("computers", abbreviation IT for "information technology")
IO ("moon", Io, third largest moon of Saturn)
Not necessarily the most elegant cluing, but
No comments:
Post a Comment
If you're responding to a hint request, please remember not to give more information than necessary. More direct hints are allowed after Monday.