Puzzle at a Glance |
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Daily Telegraph Puzzle Number DT 26454 | |
Publication Date in The Daily Telegraph Thursday, January 20, 2011 | |
Setter Unknown | |
Link to Full Review Big Dave's Crossword Blog [DT 26454] | |
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 | |
Introduction
Although Big Dave panned today's puzzle, it drew mixed reviews from the visitors to his site.
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 Clues:
Meanings listed in this section may reflect how the word is used in the surface reading of the clue. Of course, that meaning may be contributing to the misdirection that the setter is attempting to create.
daily - noun informal 2 (also daily help) British dated a woman who is employed to clean someone else's house each day
Appearing in Solutions:
Jeffrey Archer (Jeffrey Howard Archer, Baron Archer of Weston-super-Mare) - English author and former politician whose political career ended with his conviction and subsequent imprisonment (2001–03) for perjury and perverting the course of justice
Ch. - [The Chambers Dictionary, 11th Edition] abbreviation Chaplain
char2 - British informal noun a charwoman
E2 - abbreviation 1 Earl
mat3 - noun US spelling of matt (also matte) adjective (of a surface or colour) dull and flat; without a shine: prints are available on matt or glossy paper; a matt black
Pomona - a goddess of fruitful abundance in ancient Roman religion and myth.
*RN - abbreviation (in the UK) Royal Navy
Thurso - a fishing port on the northern coast of Scotland, in Highland council area, the northernmost town on the mainland of Britain; population 7,300 (est. 2009) [I now know from whence the nearby town in the Outaouais region of Quebec likely draws its name.]
unpriest - verb [The Chambers Dictionary, 11th Edition] to divest of priesthood. [Century Dictionary] To deprive of the orders or authority of a priest; unfrock. [Webster's Dictionary 1828] To deprive of the orders of a priest. [Webster's Dictionary 1913] To deprive of priesthood; to unfrock.
.za - the Internet country code top-level domain for South Africa [an abbreviation of the Dutch Zuid-Afrika]
Signing off for today - Falcon
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