Thursday, December 21, 2017

Thursday, December 21, 2017 — DT 28533 [Revised]

Puzzle at a Glance
Puzzle Number in The Daily Telegraph
DT 28533
Publication Date in The Daily Telegraph
Friday, September 15, 2017
Setter
Giovanni (Don Manley)
Link to Full Review
Big Dave's Crossword Blog [DT 28533]
Big Dave's Crossword Blog Review Written By
Deep Threat
BD Rating
Difficulty - ★★ Enjoyment - ★★★
Falcon's Experience
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Legend:
- solved without assistance
- incorrect prior to use of puzzle solving tools
- solved with assistance from puzzle solving tools
- solved with aid of checking letters provided by puzzle solving tools
- solved but without fully parsing the clue
- unsolved or incorrect prior to visiting Big Dave's Crossword Blog
- solved with aid of checking letters provided by solutions from Big Dave's Crossword Blog
- reviewed by Falcon for Big Dave's Crossword Blog
- yet to be solved

Introduction

It seems that the Christmas elves are in a mischievous mood and have been messing around with the publication schedule at the National Post. After several months of not missing a puzzle, suddenly the National Post skipped a couple on Tuesday — catching me asleep at the switch. Thus the reviews originally posted for Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday were for puzzles not published on those days. I would like to thank Richard for bringing the situation to my attention (even if I was slow to notice his warning).

As a result, no review has been prepared for today's puzzle.

Signing off for today — Falcon

2 comments:

  1. Second time this week, you've blogged a puzzle different from the one printed in today's NP. My paper has 28533.

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    1. Richard,

      Unfortunately, you are wrong. It is actually the third time this week! I have replaced the Tuesday review with a review of the puzzle actually published that day. I do not have reviews for the puzzles published on Wednesday and Thursday. For me, this was not a good week for the National Post to start monkeying around with the publication schedule as this was my week to blog the Thursday puzzle on Big Dave's Crossword Blog plus having a number of other commitments. As a result, to fit everything in I had prepared some reviews in advance -- patting myself on the back for being so well-prepared. Well, was it Robbie Burns who wrote "The best laid plans of mice and men ..."?

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