Friday, September 11, 2009 (DT 25917)

This puzzle was originally published Friday, May 1, 2009 in The Daily Telegraph

Introduction

I found today's puzzle to be moderately difficult - while not overly challenging, it was hard enough to require that I dig into my Tool Chest fairly early on in the solution process. Interestingly, the Brits (for the most part) seemed to feel that it was especially difficult.

Today's Glossary

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

Luton - a town in Bedfordshire, England

nick - Brit. slang to steal (noun, defn. 3)

Sir Carol Reed - British film director

Today's Links

I found three questions on AnswerBank discussing today's puzzle. They (together with the clues to which they relate) are:

AnswerBank [DT 25917]-a: 14a, 17a

AnswerBank [DT 25917]-b: 19a, 20d

AnswerBank [DT 25917]-c: 11a, 3d, 18d

Libellule's review of today's puzzle may be found at Big Dave's Telegraph Crossword Blog [DT 25917].

Signing off for today - Falcon