Monday, August 10, 2009 (DT 25890)

This puzzle was originally published Tuesday, March 31, 2009 in The Daily Telegraph

Introduction

Although it was a nice straightforward puzzle today, I missed the wordplay on one clue.

Today's Glossary

Some possibly unfamiliar abbreviations, people, places, words and expressions used in today's puzzle

estate - Brit. an estate car or, in North American parlance, a station wagon

Mold - a town in Wales

REME - abbrev. Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers

Terence Rattigan - English dramatist

up - Brit. at college or university (adverb, defn. 9)

Today's Links

I found no questions on AnswerBank discussing today's puzzle.

Gazza's review of today's puzzle may be found at Big Dave's Telegraph Crossword Blog [DT 25890].

Commentary on Today's Puzzle

24d Elevation for, say, army section to come out (6)

Not being familiar with the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers (REME) put me at a distinct disadvantage in trying to decipher the wordplay for this clue, although the solution was fairly obvious from the definition part ("to come out"). The wordplay is nicely explained by Gazza on Big Dave's blog.

Signing off for today - Falcon