Introduction
This puzzle was not too difficult - at least until I got to the last remaining clue.
Today's Glossary
Some possibly unfamiliar abbreviations, people, places, words and expressions used in today's puzzle
chat - a type of bird
rabbit on - Brit. colloq. to talk at great length, often in a rambling way (verb, defn. 2)
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 25915]-a: 10a
Big Dave's review of today's puzzle may be found at Big Dave's Telegraph Crossword Blog [DT 25915].
Commentary on Today's Puzzle
10a Small bonnet made of wild pansy (4-2-5)
The solution, KISS-ME-QUICK, was returned by the Chambers Word Wizard even though the term is not defined in the online Chambers. In fact, the term is not defined in any of my usual reference sources. I did find a few references on the Internet to a kiss-me-quick being a type of bonnet. Perhaps the best one is the following in an article by Maeve Maddox entitled More Than One Meaning for "Poke":
As for the plant, I found a great number of sources showing that Kiss-Me-Quick is one of the common names for Portulaca pilosa, also known as Pink Purslane. I was unable to find a single source that defined it as Wild Pansy.
"NOTE: My Southern grandmother told me that when she worked in the fields, she wore a poke bonnet, This was a cloth hat that tied under the chin. The sides of the bonnet completely protected her face from the sun. Nowadays women go out of their way to get a suntan, even paying to use use tanning beds. In my grandmother’s day, girls did all they could to maintain their pallor. Tanned skin was considered unattractive. She said that another name for that type of bonnet was a “kiss-me-quick.”"
Signing off for today - Falcon
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