Thursday, September 24, 2009 (DT 25926)

This puzzle was originally published Tuesday, May 12, 2009 in The Daily Telegraph

Introduction

In terms of difficulty, I found today's puzzle to be pretty much on a par with the one published yesterday. Once again, I got down to two clues remaining before having to dig into the Tool Chest for help. In each case, a search for words matching the checking letters produced very short lists of possible solutions from which it was a trivial matter to select the correct one.

Today's Glossary

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

carburettor - Brit. carburetor

Today's Links

Gazza's review of today's puzzle may be found at Big Dave's Telegraph Crossword Blog [DT 25926].

Commentary on Today's Puzzle

The last two clues to be solved were:

14a Upset first person held back by drink (8)

Although there is nothing especially remarkable about this clue, and the wordplay is obvious once the solution is known, I just could not seem to get my head around it.

18d A source of delivery in the main? (8)

This is a clever cryptic definition, where delivery is used in the sense of "the act of saving or setting free" and "in the main" represents the sea.

Signing off for today - Falcon