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The Times 29180

TioMateo | 15:18 Wed 19th Mar 2025 | Crosswords

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1) Having a reasonable salary suggests open-minded management primarily? (6,6). The answer is MIDDLE INCOME (a reasonable salary), but can someone please explain the rest

2) Film star's horse in pride of place here? (8). The answer is STALLONE (presumably the film star) and a STALLION is a horse, but I can't see the parsing.

Times 29178

Private Eye

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bookbinder

2 Horse in pride of place: STALL and ONE. A horse is in the number one stall, which is pride of place.

Neveracrossword

The Middle In Come is OM, first letters, primarily, of 'open-minded' and 'management'.

miser

Middle Income primarily gives MI

What we mean by 'Management information' (MI) MI are essential operational data in a relative raw form. They provide transparency about an organisation's business or operation when they are published. MI are produced using business systems that reflect operational needs.

TioMateo

Question Author

Thanks, NAC. I have the most awful feeling that you are probably right, but I find it difficult to believe The Times is capable of such an appalling clue. I can't see any particular connection between the two phrases "middle income" and "open-minded management", which suggests any two words having, respectively, the first letters "O" and "M" would be just as valid. How about "obstreperous monarchist", or any one of millions of other alternatives.

Lie-in King

I thought the same as Nac, it works fine.

Neveracrossword

Thanks, Lie-in King.

TioMateo, I didn't like the clue very much, but felt it worked reasonably well.

Lie-in King

I liked the clue! Horses for courses... 🙂

Lie-in King

TioMateo - a salary & open-minded management can be imagined together & make for a decent surface reading; a salary & (an) obstreperous monarchist (eg) don't.

TioMateo

Question Author

Okay. "Me rindo!", as they say in Spanish.

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