Puzzle at a Glance
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Puzzle Number in The Daily Telegraph
DT 28565 | |
Publication Date in The Daily Telegraph
Monday, October 23, 2017 | |
Setter
Rufus (Roger Squires) | |
Link to Full Review
Big Dave's Crossword Blog [DT 28565] | |
Big Dave's Crossword Blog Review Written By
Miffypops | |
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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Notes
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This puzzle appears on the Monday Diversions page in the Saturday, February 3, 2018 edition of the National Post.
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Introduction
This was a very gentle workout although I did make it more difficult for myself by taking a wrong turn on a couple of occasions and then having to backtrack.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
1a Places where people witness moving scenes (7)
Thinking that the clue was alluding to stagehands moving scenery and despite it not satisfying the plural construction in the clue, I initially entered theatre which, of course, proved to be the wrong solution. In Britain, establishments for exhibiting motion pictures are known as cinemas.
5a Fell /and/ quit (7)
As the solution to the second definition, drop[10] is used in the sense of discontinue or terminate ⇒
let's drop the matter.
9a A university study /going into/ English- American poet (5)
W. H. Auden[5] (1907–1973) was a British-born poet, resident in America from 1939; full name Wystan Hugh Auden. Look, Stranger! (1936) and Spain (1937, on the Civil War) secured his position as a leading left-wing poet. He was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for The Age of Anxiety (1947).
What did he say?
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In his review on Big Dave's Crossword Blog, Miffypops refers to den asActually, rather than the word 'den', it is the word 'study'[1] itself which has the humorous entry in The Chambers Dictionary (aka the BRB or Big Red Book) being defined as "a room devoted to study, actually or ostensibly".our well known and ever-present crosswordland study (the one with the humorous entry in the BRB). |
10a Intimations /of/ closure amid disruption of unions (9)
11a Irregular liaisons /resulting in/ people being hurt (10)
12a Some bound off, /being/ free (4)
Undo[10] is used in the sense of to untie, unwrap, or open or become untied, unwrapped, etc.
14a /What/ bad press tuition /gets -- / it's based on irrational belief (12)
The words "what ... gets" are what I like to think of as "infrastructure words" effectively equivalent to a link phrase. One could simplify the structure of the clue (from a cryptic perspective) to read:
- Bad press tuition /gets/ something based on irrational belief (12)
18a Acknowledgment /of/ rise in value (12)
21a Grow // back (4)
22a Final // move for vice-consul (10)
25a Architectural side-show? (9)
Elevation[5] is an architectural term denoting a scale drawing showing the vertical projection of one side of a building.
26a Share out // area tax returns (5)
27a Posed with revolutionary Left -- // one's lifted on shoulders (7)
"revolutionary" = CHE (show explanation )
Che Guevara[7]
(1928–1967) was an Argentine Marxist revolutionary, physician, author,
guerrilla leader, diplomat, and military theorist. A major figure of the
Cuban
Revolution, his stylized visage has become a ubiquitous countercultural
symbol of rebellion and global insignia within popular culture.
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Che Guevara[7]
(1928–1967) was an Argentine Marxist revolutionary, physician, author,
guerrilla leader, diplomat, and military theorist. A major figure of the
Cuban
Revolution, his stylized visage has become a ubiquitous countercultural
symbol of rebellion and global insignia within popular culture.hide explanation
28a Merit // of Parisian verse, translated (7)
"of Parisian" = DE (show explanation )
Down
1d Risk // not completing part of the church (6)
The chancel[5] is the part of a church near the altar, reserved for the clergy and choir, and typically separated from the nave by steps or a screen.
2d One who considers life barely worth living (6)
3d Great pictures? Far from it (10)
A miniature[5] is a very small and highly detailed portrait or other painting ⇒
an exhibition of one hundred pastels and miniatures.
4d Transport // workers? (5)
5d Desert inn provides // meal service (6,3)
Service[5] is used in the sense of a set of matching crockery used for serving a particular meal ⇒
a dinner service.
6d Finished // some cricket (4)
An over[5] is a division of play consisting of a sequence of six balls bowled by a bowler from one end of the pitch, after which another bowler takes over from the other end.
7d Movingly depict an // academic (8)
Behind the Picture
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| The illustration is a takeoff on the Peasants' Revolt[5], an uprising in 1381 among the peasant and artisan classes in England, particularly in Kent and Essex. The rebels marched on London, occupying the city and executing unpopular ministers, but after the death of their leader, Wat Tyler, they were persuaded to disperse by Richard II. |
8d Pay no regard to // trade concession (8)
13d They enable one to take the long view (10)
Telescopes proved to be the wrong solution.
15d Leader in a column? (9)
Leader[10] (also called leading article) is a mainly British term for the leading editorial in a newspaper.
16d Naval vessels, // they should be quarantined? (8)
17d /It's/ plain // Dad is going up and down with payment (8)
Not unlike what we saw in 14a, the word "it's" is infrastructure equivalent to a link word. From a cryptic viewpoint, the clue could be expressed as:
- Dad is going up and down with payment /is/ plain (8)
19d He turns up in the country (6)
20d /It is/ clear the French // annoy (6)
Once again, a similar clue structure to 17d.
Nett[5] is an alternative British spelling of net in the sense of (said of an amount, value, or price) remaining after the deduction of tax or other contributions.
"the French" = LE (show explanation )
23d Punished /for/ disrupting dance? (5)
The cane[5] is (or was) a form of corporal punishment used in certain schools, involving beating with a length of cane or a slender stick ⇒
Caning[7] is a form of corporal punishment consisting of a number of hits (known as "strokes" or "cuts") with a single cane usually made of rattan, generally applied to the offender's bare or clothed buttocks or palms of the hands.
The thin cane generally used for corporal punishment is not to be confused with a walking stick, sometimes also called (especially in American English) a "cane" but which is thicker and much more rigid, and more likely to be made of stronger wood than of cane.
The western educational use of the cane dates principally to the late nineteenth century, gradually replacing birching—effective only if applied to the bare bottom—with a form of punishment more suited to contemporary sensibilities, once it had been discovered that a flexible rattan cane can provide the offender with a substantial degree of pain even when delivered through a layer of clothing.
Caning as a school punishment is strongly associated in the English-speaking world with England, but it was also used in other European countries in earlier times, notably Scandinavia, Germany and the countries of the former Austrian empire.
In some schools corporal punishment was administered solely by the headmaster, while in others the task was delegated to other teachers. In many English and Commonwealth private schools, authority to punish was also traditionally given to certain senior students (often called prefects). In the early 20th century, such permission for prefects to cane other boys was widespread in British public schools*.
* In the UK, a public school[5] is a private fee-paying secondary school, especially one for boarders — what North Americans would call public schools are referred to in Britain as state (funded) schools.
In many state secondary schools in England and Wales caning was in use, mostly for boys, until 1987, while elsewhere other implements prevailed, such as the Scottish tawse*. The cane was generally administered in a formal ceremony to the seat of the trousers, typically with the student bending over a desk or chair. Usually there was a maximum of six strokes (known as "six of the best").
* a strip of leather, with one end split into a number of tails
Schoolgirls were caned much more rarely than boys, and if the punishment was given by a male teacher, nearly always on the palm of the hand. Rarely, girls were caned on the clothed bottom, in which case the punishment would probably be applied by a female teacher.
In the UK, all corporal punishment in private schools was finally banned in 1999 for England and Wales, 2000 in Scotland, and 2003 in Northern Ireland.
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wrong answers were rewarded by the cane. (show more )
Caning[7] is a form of corporal punishment consisting of a number of hits (known as "strokes" or "cuts") with a single cane usually made of rattan, generally applied to the offender's bare or clothed buttocks or palms of the hands.
The thin cane generally used for corporal punishment is not to be confused with a walking stick, sometimes also called (especially in American English) a "cane" but which is thicker and much more rigid, and more likely to be made of stronger wood than of cane.
The western educational use of the cane dates principally to the late nineteenth century, gradually replacing birching—effective only if applied to the bare bottom—with a form of punishment more suited to contemporary sensibilities, once it had been discovered that a flexible rattan cane can provide the offender with a substantial degree of pain even when delivered through a layer of clothing.
Caning as a school punishment is strongly associated in the English-speaking world with England, but it was also used in other European countries in earlier times, notably Scandinavia, Germany and the countries of the former Austrian empire.
In some schools corporal punishment was administered solely by the headmaster, while in others the task was delegated to other teachers. In many English and Commonwealth private schools, authority to punish was also traditionally given to certain senior students (often called prefects). In the early 20th century, such permission for prefects to cane other boys was widespread in British public schools*.
* In the UK, a public school[5] is a private fee-paying secondary school, especially one for boarders — what North Americans would call public schools are referred to in Britain as state (funded) schools.
In many state secondary schools in England and Wales caning was in use, mostly for boys, until 1987, while elsewhere other implements prevailed, such as the Scottish tawse*. The cane was generally administered in a formal ceremony to the seat of the trousers, typically with the student bending over a desk or chair. Usually there was a maximum of six strokes (known as "six of the best").
* a strip of leather, with one end split into a number of tails
Schoolgirls were caned much more rarely than boys, and if the punishment was given by a male teacher, nearly always on the palm of the hand. Rarely, girls were caned on the clothed bottom, in which case the punishment would probably be applied by a female teacher.
In the UK, all corporal punishment in private schools was finally banned in 1999 for England and Wales, 2000 in Scotland, and 2003 in Northern Ireland.
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24d He wrote music /for/ half of band and part of orchestra (4)
Johann Sebastian Bach[5] (1685–1750)
was a German composer. An exceptional and prolific baroque composer, he
produced a massive body of work — not to mention twenty children. (show more )
Bach produced works ranging from violin concertos, suites, and the six Brandenburg Concertos (1720–1) to clavier works and sacred cantatas. Large-scale choral works include The Passion according to St John (1723), The Passion according to St Matthew (1729), and the Mass in B minor (1733–8). He had twenty children: Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (1714–88) wrote church music, keyboard sonatas, and a celebrated treatise on clavier playing, and Johann Christian Bach (1735–82) became music master to the British royal family and composed thirteen operas.
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Bach produced works ranging from violin concertos, suites, and the six Brandenburg Concertos (1720–1) to clavier works and sacred cantatas. Large-scale choral works include The Passion according to St John (1723), The Passion according to St Matthew (1729), and the Mass in B minor (1733–8). He had twenty children: Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (1714–88) wrote church music, keyboard sonatas, and a celebrated treatise on clavier playing, and Johann Christian Bach (1735–82) became music master to the British royal family and composed thirteen operas.
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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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