Monday, April 18, 2011

Monday, April 18, 2011 (DT 26454)

Puzzle at a Glance
Daily Telegraph Puzzle Number
DT 26454
Publication Date in The Daily Telegraph
Thursday, January 20, 2011
Setter
Unknown
Link to Full Review
Big Dave's Crossword Blog [DT 26454]
Big Dave's Review Written By
Big Dave
Big Dave's Rating
Difficulty - ★★ Enjoyment - ★
Falcon's Performance
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Legend:
- solved without assistance
- incorrect prior to use of puzzle solving tools
- solved with assistance from puzzle solving tools
- unsolved or incorrect prior to visiting Big Dave's blog

Introduction

Although Big Dave panned today's puzzle, it drew mixed reviews from the visitors to his site.

Today's Glossary

Selected abbreviations, people, places, words and expressions appearing in today's puzzle.

[An asterisk beside an entry merely indicates that it has been taken it from a Cumulative Glossary of entries which have previously appeared, in either this blog or its companion blog, the Ottawa Citizen Cryptic Crossword Forum.]

Appearing in Clues:

Meanings listed in this section may reflect how the word is used in the surface reading of the clue. Of course, that meaning may be contributing to the misdirection that the setter is attempting to create.

daily - noun informal 2 (also daily help) British dated a woman who is employed to clean someone else's house each day

Appearing in Solutions:

Jeffrey Archer (Jeffrey Howard Archer, Baron Archer of Weston-super-Mare) - English author and former politician whose political career ended with his conviction and subsequent imprisonment (2001–03) for perjury and perverting the course of justice

Ch. - [The Chambers Dictionary, 11th Edition] abbreviation Chaplain

char2 - British informal noun a charwoman

E2 - abbreviation 1 Earl

mat3 - noun US spelling of matt (also matte) adjective (of a surface or colour) dull and flat; without a shine: prints are available on matt or glossy paper; a matt black

Pomona - a goddess of fruitful abundance in ancient Roman religion and myth.

*RN - abbreviation (in the UK) Royal Navy

Thurso - a fishing port on the northern coast of Scotland, in Highland council area, the northernmost town on the mainland of Britain; population 7,300 (est. 2009) [I now know from whence the nearby town in the Outaouais region of Quebec likely draws its name.]

unpriest - verb [The Chambers Dictionary, 11th Edition] to divest of priesthood. [Century Dictionary] To deprive of the orders or authority of a priest; unfrock. [Webster's Dictionary 1828]  To deprive of the orders of a priest. [Webster's Dictionary 1913] To deprive of priesthood; to unfrock.

.za - the Internet country code top-level domain for South Africa [an abbreviation of the Dutch Zuid-Afrika]

Signing off for today - Falcon

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