Puzzle at a Glance |
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Daily Telegraph Puzzle Number DT 26538 | |
Publication Date in The Daily Telegraph Thursday, April 28, 2011 | |
Setter Unknown | |
Link to Full Review Big Dave's Crossword Blog [DT 26538] | |
Big Dave's Review Written By Big Dave | |
Big Dave's Rating | |
| Difficulty - ★★★//★★★★ | Enjoyment - ★★★★ |
Falcon's Performance ┌────┬────┬────┬────┬────┬────┬────┐ ███████████████████████████████████ └────┴────┴────┴────┴────┴────┴────┘ 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 █ - reviewed by Falcon for Big Dave's blog | |
Introduction
As you can see from the chart above, I needed a fair bit of assistance from my Tool Chest today. I was therefore relieved to see that Big Dave had awarded (if somewhat grudgingly) four stars for difficulty. I did learn a new expression today - one which I am sure will come to mind every time I grate nutmeg into my eggnog. Finally, I failed to recognize that the surface reading of 25a is likely a reference to the John and Lorena Bobbitt affair in which she hacked off part of the family jewels (but apparently left the nutmegs intact).
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.]
[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 Solutions:
byre - noun British a cowshed.
The Express (informal name for the Daily Express) - British daily middle market tabloid newspaper.
demo - noun informal 1 chiefly British a public demonstration: a peace demo
E2 - abbreviation 2 earth.
N - [The Chambers Dictionary, 11th Edition] abbreviation navy
nutmeg - Soccer, informal noun 3 an instance of playing the ball through an opponent's legs.verb play the ball through the legs of (an opponent). [Origin: extended use of obsolete nutmegs ‘testicles’]
pale2 - noun 1 [a] a wooden stake or post used with others to form a fence. [b] a conceptual boundary: bring these things back within the pale of decency
pence - British plural form of penny
roller2 - noun British informal a car made by Rolls-Royce.
*rum2 - adjective British informal, dated odd; peculiar: it's a rum business, certainly
single carriageway - noun [British] a road with only one lane in each direction.
Signing off for today - Falcon
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