Puzzle at a Glance
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Puzzle Number in The Daily Telegraph
DT 28485 | |
Publication Date in The Daily Telegraph
Friday, July 21, 2017 | |
Setter
Giovanni (Don Manley) | |
Link to Full Review
Big Dave's Crossword Blog [DT 28485] | |
Big Dave's Crossword Blog Review Written By
Deep Threat | |
BD Rating
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| Difficulty - ★ / ★★ | Enjoyment - ★★★ |
Falcon's Experience
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Legend:
█ - solved without assistance
█ - incorrect prior to use of puzzle solving tools
█ - solved with assistance from puzzle solving tools
█ - solved with aid of checking letters provided by puzzle solving tools
█ - solved but without fully parsing the clue
█ - unsolved or incorrect prior to visiting Big Dave's Crossword Blog
█ - solved with aid of checking letters provided by solutions from Big Dave's Crossword Blog
█ - reviewed by Falcon for Big Dave's Crossword Blog
█ - yet to be solved
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Introduction
Giovanni is certainly very gentle with us today.I invite you to leave a comment to let us know how you fared with the 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.
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 semi-all-in-one (semi-&lit.) clues. All-in-one (&lit.) clues and cryptic definitions are marked with a dotted underline. Explicit link words and phrases are enclosed in forward slashes (/link/) and implicit links are shown as double forward slashes (//).
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 semi-all-in-one (semi-&lit.) clues. All-in-one (&lit.) clues and cryptic definitions are marked with a dotted underline. Explicit link words and phrases are enclosed in forward slashes (/link/) and implicit links are shown as double forward slashes (//).
Across
5a Revolutionary driving experience /for/ author? (7)
Lewis Carroll[5] (1832–1898) was an English writer; pseudonym of Charles Lutwidge Dodgson. He wrote the children's classics Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1865) and Through the Looking Glass (1871), which were inspired by Alice Liddell, the young daughter of the dean at the Oxford college where Carroll was a mathematics lecturer.
7a Head meets very important lady, // one given to drink (5)
"very important lady" = ER (show explanation )
The regnal ciphers (monograms) of British monarchs are initials formed from the Latin version of their first name followed by either Rex or Regina (Latin for king or queen, respectively). Thus, the regnal cipher of Queen Elizabeth is ER[5] — from the Latin Elizabetha Regina.
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The regnal ciphers (monograms) of British monarchs are initials formed from the Latin version of their first name followed by either Rex or Regina (Latin for king or queen, respectively). Thus, the regnal cipher of Queen Elizabeth is ER[5] — from the Latin Elizabetha Regina.
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9a Do well getting son turned out /to be/ respectable (6)
10a Without end, getting cross inside /and/ outside (8)
11a Poles // grow tired having got to English county (10)
Staffs.[5] is short for Staffordshire[5], a county of central England; county town, Stafford.
13a One of twenty showing polish? (4)
14a Phony state of happiness -- // also of despair, curiously (5,8)
16a Editor finally rejected a // collection of myths (4)
Edda[5] can refer to either of two 13th-century Icelandic books, the Elder or Poetic Edda (a collection of Old Norse poems on Norse legends) and the Younger or Prose Edda (a handbook to Icelandic poetry by Snorri Sturluson). The Eddas are the chief source of knowledge of Scandinavian mythology.
17a Firm has representative working, sent round /to offer/ spare parts? (10)
"representative" = MP (show explanation )
In Britain (as in Canada), a politician elected to the House of Commons is known as a Member of Parliament[10] (abbreviation MP[5]) or, informally, as a member[5].
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In Britain (as in Canada), a politician elected to the House of Commons is known as a Member of Parliament[10] (abbreviation MP[5]) or, informally, as a member[5].
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19a Work to collect wet stuff /and/ greasy stuff (5,3)
Train oil[5] is a historical term for oil obtained from the blubber of a whale (and formerly of other sea creatures), especially the right whale. The term has nothing to do with railways, rather the word train comes from old German and Dutch words meaning 'tear' (because the oil was extracted in droplets).
20a Like former PM making comeback /or/ out? (6)
Sir Robert Peel[5] (1788–1850) was a British Conservative statesman, Prime Minister 1834-5 and 1841-6. As Home Secretary (1828–30) he established the Metropolitan Police (hence the nicknames bobby and peeler). His repeal of the Corn Laws in 1846 split the Conservatives and forced his resignation.
What did he say?
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In his review on Big Dave's Crossword Blog, Deep Threat describes Sir Robert Peel as the Prime MinisterSir Robert Peel[7] entered the Cabinet for the first time as Home Secretary (1822–1827), where he reformed and liberalised the criminal law and created the modern police force, leading to a new type of officer known in tribute to him as "bobbies" and "peelers".who founded the police force and issued a manifesto from the South Staffs town where I live. The Tamworth Manifesto[7] is a political manifesto issued by Sir Robert Peel in 1834 in Tamworth*, which is widely credited by historians as having laid down the principles upon which the modern British Conservative Party is based.} |
22a Belgian location, // say, featured in story (5)
The city of Liège[5] is the capital of the province of Liège in eastern Belgium. Formerly ruled by independent prince-bishops, the province became a part of the Netherlands in 1815 and of Belgium in 1830.
23a Country // worker penning love lines (7)
"love" = O (show explanation )
In tennis, squash, and some other sports, love[5] is a score of zero or nil ⇒
Although folk etymology has connected the word with French l'oeuf 'egg', from the resemblance in shape between an egg and a zero, the term apparently comes from the phrase play for love (i.e. the love of the game, not for money).
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In tennis, squash, and some other sports, love[5] is a score of zero or nil ⇒
love fifteen. The resemblance of a zero written as a numeral (0) to the letter O leads to the cryptic crossword convention of the word "love" being used to clue this letter.
Although folk etymology has connected the word with French l'oeuf 'egg', from the resemblance in shape between an egg and a zero, the term apparently comes from the phrase play for love (i.e. the love of the game, not for money).
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Down
1d A tear // to fall (4)
2d Thus Conservative esteems // ancient thinker (8)
"Conservative" = C (show explanation )
The abbreviation for Conservative may be either C.[10] or Con.[10].
A Tory[10] is a member or supporter of the Conservative Party in Great Britain or Canada.
Historically, a Tory[10] was a member of the English political party that opposed the exclusion of James, Duke of York from the royal succession (1679–80). Tory remained the label for subsequent major conservative interests until they gave birth to the Conservative Party in the 1830s.
The Conservative Party[5] is a a major British political party that emerged from the old Tory Party under Sir Robert Peel in the 1830s and 1840s. Since the Second World War, it has been in power 1951–64, 1970-74, and 1979–97. It governed in a coalition with the Liberal Democrats from 2010 until the general election of May 2015, in which it was returned with a majority.
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The abbreviation for Conservative may be either C.[10] or Con.[10].
A Tory[10] is a member or supporter of the Conservative Party in Great Britain or Canada.
Historically, a Tory[10] was a member of the English political party that opposed the exclusion of James, Duke of York from the royal succession (1679–80). Tory remained the label for subsequent major conservative interests until they gave birth to the Conservative Party in the 1830s.
The Conservative Party[5] is a a major British political party that emerged from the old Tory Party under Sir Robert Peel in the 1830s and 1840s. Since the Second World War, it has been in power 1951–64, 1970-74, and 1979–97. It governed in a coalition with the Liberal Democrats from 2010 until the general election of May 2015, in which it was returned with a majority.
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Rate[5,10] is an informal [almost certainly British*] term meaning to have a high opinion of ⇒ (i)
Mike certainly rated her, goodness knows why; (ii)
the clients do not rate the new system.
* at least when used as in the cited examples
3d Position, // say, that's slightly diminished us (6)
4d Prince with a pet that's wild, // one in need of training (10)
5d Third grade got with exam? // It's pretty hard (5)
6d Pour this into glasses, // each brimful possibly -- one litre served up to start (13)
Liebfraumilch[5] is a light white wine from the Rhine region.
8d Appreciate // Montreal is English-speaking only in part (7)
12d See awfully big deals going around // -- economy having been this? (10)
"look" = LO (show explanation )
Lo[5] is an archaic exclamation used to draw attention to an interesting or amazing event ⇒
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Lo[5] is an archaic exclamation used to draw attention to an interesting or amazing event ⇒
and lo, the star, which they saw in the east, went before them.
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14d Like some governement /giving/ fear, led appallingly (7)
The misspelling of "government" is a carryover from both the print and online editions of The Daily Telegraph.
15d A charitable donation outside pub being set up // -- lovely! (8)
Dole[5] is used here in a dated sense meaning a charitable gift of food, clothes, or money ⇒
the customary dole was a tumblerful of rice.
17d One managing to keep ring /made by/ old-fashioned craftsman (6)
A cooper[5] is a maker or repairer of casks and barrels.
18d He leaves the study // to walk (5)
In Britain, to read[5] means to study (an academic subject) at a university ⇒ (i)
I’m reading English at Cambridge; (ii)
he went to Manchester to read for a BA in Economics.
21d Top // attraction for metal thieves? (4)
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)
[12] - CollinsDictionary.com (Webster’s New World College Dictionary)
[13] - MacmillanDictionary.com (Macmillan Dictionary)
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