Introduction
Solution to Today's Puzzle
Falcon's Experience
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Primary indications (definitions) are marked with a solid underline in the clue; subsidiary indications (be they wordplay or other) are marked with a dashed underline in all-in-one (& lit.) clues, semi-all-in-one (semi-& lit.) clues and cryptic definitions. |
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1a Baseball manager with dollar
and change catching exhibition
(4,9)
BUCK (SHOW)ALTER — {BUCK (dollar) + (and) ALTER (change)} containing (catching) SHOW (exhibition)
Buck Showalter[7] is manager of the Baltimore Orioles, a team in the East Division of the American League of Major League Baseball (MLB).
9a Fictional story about a sheep
town in Wyoming (7)
L(A|RAM)IE — LIE (fictional story) containing (about) {A (†) + RAM (sheep)}
Laramie[5] is a city in southeastern Wyoming; population 27,664 (est. 2008). It was first settled in 1868, during the construction of the Union Pacific Railroad.
10a Tundra dweller's auto payment
pledge gaining good grade (7)
CAR|I(B)OU — CAR (auto) + IOU (payment pledge) containing (gaining) B (good grade)
11a English girl's name for a little
uniform decoration (9)
E|PAULETTE — E (English) + PAULETTE (girl's name)
12a Vocally refuse middle section
(5)
WAIST~ — sounds like (vocally) WASTE (refuse)
13a Composer: "I live right and
true" (5)
I|BE|R|T — I (†) + BE (live) + R (right) + (and) T (true)
Jacques Ibert[7] (1890–1962) was a French composer.
14a Member of a secret society
seen from a convertible (9)
FREEMASON* — anagram (convertible) of SEEN FROM A
16a Pair of comedians sound
asinine about pair of rings
(3.3,3)
B(O|B AND) RAY — BRAY (sound asinine; i.e., sound like an ass or donkey) containing (about) {O ([letter that looks like a] ring [the first of the pair]) + BAND (ring [the second of the pair])}
The American comedy team of Bob and Ray[7] was comprised of Bob Elliott and Ray Goulding (1922–1990).
18a Roman Catholic collecting high
priest's souvenir (5)
R(ELI)C —RC (Roman Catholic) containing (collecting) ELI (high priest)
In the Bible, Eli[5] is a priest who acted as a teacher to the prophet Samuel (1 Sam. 1-3).
20a Legendary ship captain's
central dialect (5)
ARGO|T — ARGO (legendary ship) + T (capTain's central [letter])
In Greek mythology, the Argo[10] was the ship in which Jason sailed in search of the Golden Fleece.
22a Somebody laughing about
western user of a social
network (9)
T(W)ITTERER — TITTERER (someone laughing) containing (about) W (western)
24a Exposes the flaws in exits from
a barracks bed? (7)
DEBUNKS — double definition; the second being somewhat whimsical [as the question mark suggests]
25a Someone let out cheer,
interrupting shave (7)
PAR(OLE)E — OLE ([Spanish] cheer) contained in (interrupting) PARE (shave)
26a Stratospheric flying where some
winds are encountered (9,4)
ORCHESTRA PITS — anagram (flying) of STRATOSPHERIC
Down
1d Slug popular poets conveying
love in tacky places? (8,6)
BULLET|IN| B(O)ARDS — BULLET (slug) + IN (popular) + BARDS (poets) containing (conveying) O (love; nil score in tennis)
... where "tacky places" are places where tacks may be found.
2d Bunch of flowers get droopy, in
essence (7)
COR(SAG)E — SAG (get droopy) contained in (in) CORE (essence)
3d Small mischievous child gave
away fool (9)
S|IMP||LET|ON — S (small) + IMP (mischievous child) + LET ON (gave away; divulged)
4d Open on Tuesday, at first (5)
OVER|T — OVER (on; above) + T (Tuesday, at first; first letter of Tuesday)
5d Henry came ill-prepared for
main foe (9)
ARCHENEMY* — anagram (ill-prepared) of HENRY CAME
6d Did the pitching, and finished
for audience (5)
THREW~_ — sounds like (for audience) THROUGH (finished)
7d Teacher's keeping time for
some fast runners (7)
RABBI(T)S — RABBIS (teachers) containing (keeping) T (time)
In addition to being the title applied to a Jewish religious leader, rabbi[5] is also a term for a Jewish scholar or teacher, especially one who studies or teaches Jewish law.
8d Reconstructing novel, taking
the easy way out (7,7)
{CUTTING CORNERS}* — anagram (novel) of RECONSTRUCTING
14d Anticipation of Greek
characters in strength (9)
FOR(ETAS)TE — ETAS (Greek characters) contained in (in) FORTE (strength)
Eta[5] is the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (Η, η).
15d Good talker adopted by Farrow
rests (9)
M(ORATOR)IA — ORATOR (good talker) contained in (adopted by) MIA ([American actress Mia] Farrow)
Mia Farrow[7] is an American actress.
17d Secretly listen to a ghost's
word for a hobgoblin (7)
BUG|A|BOO — BUG (secretly listen to) + A (†) + BOO (ghost's word)
19d Garland, after learning "Siren"
(7)
LORE|LEI — LEI (garland) following (after) LORE (learning)
The surface reading suggests American singer Judy Garland[7] (1922-1969). Several songs have been entitled "Siren"[7].
In Greek mythology, a siren[5] was a woman or winged creature whose singing lured unwary sailors on to rocks.
Lorelei[5] is a siren said to live on the Lorelei rock, a rock on the bank of the Rhine.
21d Bracing, running into jerk (5)
T(ON)IC — ON (running; operating) contained in (into) TIC (jerk)
23d Some advice with bad pun in it
(5)
I(NPU*)T — anagram (bad) of PUN contained in (in) IT (†)
Key to Reference Sources:Signing off for today — Falcon
[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)
[10] - CollinsDictionary.com (Collins English Dictionary)
[11] - TheFreeDictionary.com (Random House Kernerman Webster's College Dictionary)
Some nice long anagrams and constructions made this puzzle a joy, but I had to google the composer and manager.
ReplyDeleteForgot to sign -- I'm megaculpa in Vancouver.
DeleteWhile I worked out the baseball manager and composer from the wordplay, I too had to later verify that my solutions were correct.
DeleteDitto!
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