Tuesday, April 12, 2011 (DT 26449)

Puzzle at a Glance

Daily Telegraph Puzzle Number DT 26449
Publication Date in The Daily Telegraph Friday, January 14, 2011
Setter Giovanni
Link to Full Review Big Dave's Crossword Blog [DT 26449]
Big Dave's Review Written By Gazza
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

My Tool Chest sat idle today. However, I was in the dark as to the wordplay in 8d, not being aware of the relationship between an uncle and the proprietor of a particular type of business. Furthermore, as I read through Gazza's review, I realized that I had also overlooked a bit of wordplay in 23a.

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.]

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.

uncle - noun [3^rd entry] archaic, informal a pawnbroker

Appearing in Solutions:

acid-head - noun drug-taking slang someone who takes hallucinogenic drugs [especially, a user of LSD]

mug¹ - noun 3 British informal a stupid or gullible person

splash - noun 2 informal a prominent or sensational news feature or story: a front-page splash

Signing off for today - Falcon