Wednesday, May 12, 2010 (DT 26146)

This puzzle, by Rufus, was originally published Monday, January 25, 2010 in The Daily Telegraph

The National Post has skipped DT 26145 which was published in The Daily Telegraph on Saturday, January 23, 2010

Introduction

Being a Monday puzzle in the U.K., this puzzle is on the easier end of the scale - but one that I found quite enjoyable to do.

Today's Glossary

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

boiled shirt - Informal a dress shirt with a stiff front

dud - noun colloq 1 a counterfeit article

favour - noun 5 archaic a thing such as a badge that is worn as a mark of favour or support

funfair - noun chiefly Brit. a fair consisting of rides, sideshows, and other amusements

mortise lock - noun a lock set into the framework of a door in a recess or mortise

spirt - [American Heritage Dictionary] noun & verb Chiefly British Variant of spurt

Today's Links

Rishi's review of today's puzzle may be found at Big Dave's Crossword Blog [DT 26146].

Commentary on Today's Puzzle

13d Girl taken by pirate's weaponry (3,3,5)

Here I believe that "pirate" is used in the sense of "to publish, reproduce or use (someone else's literary or artistic work, or ideas) without legal permission", in which case one might be said to borrow the ideas of the original creator.

Signing off for today - Falcon