Friday, July 31, 2009 (DT 25884)

This puzzle was originally published Tuesday, March 24, 2009 in The Daily Telegraph

Introduction

Not too difficult a puzzle today - but one containing a goodly dose of Briticisms.

Today's Glossary

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

beak - Brit, dated slang a headmaster, judge or magistrate (noun, defn. 4)

bedlam - colloq a very noisy confused place or situation; a madhouse

CID - abbrev Criminal Investigation Department, the detective branch of the British police force

DI - abbrev Detective Inspector (defn. 2)

grange - Brit a farmhouse or country house with its farm buildings (entry 2)

pi - Brit slang a short form of pious (adj)

Today's Links

I found one question on AnswerBank discussing today's puzzle. It (together with the clue to which it relates) is:

• AnswerBank [DT 25884]-a: 3d

Gazza's review of today's puzzle may be found at Big Dave's Telegraph Crossword Blog [DT 25884].

Signing off for today - Falcon