Friday, February 3. 2012 - DT 26712

Puzzle at a Glance

Daily Telegraph Puzzle Number DT 26712
Publication Date in The Daily Telegraph Thursday, November 17, 2011
Setter Ray T
Link to Full Review Big Dave's Crossword Blog [DT 26712]
Big Dave's Review Written By Big Dave
Big Dave's Rating
Difficulty - ★★ / ★★★	Enjoyment - ★★★★
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Introduction

Either I've become so accustomed to Briticisms that I no longer recognize them, or there were very few of them in today's puzzle.

Notes on Today's Puzzle

This commentary is intended to serve as a supplement to the review of this puzzle found at Big Dave's Crossword Blog, to which a link is provided in the table above.

22a   Becoming a rugby player, very big (7)

The sizes of clothing that North Americans would describe as plus-size^[7] (or often big and tall in the case of men's clothing) would be called outsize OS^[5] in Britain.

16d   Furthest route changed on flash street (9)

In the UK, mo^[5] is an informal term for a short period of time (hang on a mo!) [abbreviation of  moment].

20d   Jack in for a group playing (7)

In Britain, to jack something in^[5] is to give up or stop doing something, especially a job. Jack in (or into) can also mean to log into or connect up (a computer or electronic device). Likely the latter meaning is being used in the surface reading, while the former is intended in the cryptic reading.

Key to Reference Sources: 

^[1] - The Chambers Dictionary, 11th Edition
^[2] - Search Chambers - (Chambers 21st Century Dictionary)
^[3] - TheFreeDictionary.com (American Heritage Dictionary)
^[4] - TheFreeDictionary.com (Collins English Dictionary)
^[5] - Oxford Dictionaries (Oxford Dictionary of English)
^[6] - Oxford Dictionaries (Oxford American Dictionary)
^[7] - Wikipedia
^[8] - Reverso Online Dictionary (Collins French-English Dictionary)
^[9] - Infoplease (Random House Unabridged Dictionary)

Signing off for today - Falcon