Friday, May 6, 2011 - DT 26471

Puzzle at a Glance

Daily Telegraph Puzzle Number DT 26471
Publication Date in The Daily Telegraph Wednesday, February 9, 2011
Setter Jay
Link to Full Review Big Dave's Crossword Blog [DT 26471]
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

Today, my quest to finish without assistance fell victim to the British greeting at 6d. It may be commonly heard in the U.K., but it was totally new for me.

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 Solutions:

foreigner - noun 2 British informal a piece of work done for private gain without an employer's permission or without declaration to the relevant authorities

*lo - exclamation archaic used to draw attention to an interesting or amazing event: and lo, the star, which they saw in the east, went before them

OS - abbreviation [5^th entry] (in the UK) Ordnance Survey, an official survey organization, originally under the Master of the Ordnance, preparing large-scale detailed maps of the whole country

porridge - noun 2 British informal time spent in prison: I'm sweating it out doing porridge

*RE - abbreviation (in the UK) Royal Engineers, the field engineering and construction corps of the British army

wotcher - alternative spelling of wotcha¹, exclamation British informal used as a friendly or humorous greeting: wotcha, Dunc — thanks for turning out [Origin: (late 19th century) corruption of what cheer?]

Signing off for today - Falcon