Puzzle at a Glance
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Puzzle Number in The Daily Telegraph
DT 29225 | |
Publication Date in The Daily Telegraph
Wednesday, December 4, 2019 | |
Setter
Jay (Jeremy Mutch) | |
Link to Full Review
Big Dave's Crossword Blog [DT 29225] | |
Big Dave's Crossword Blog Review Written By
2Kiwis | |
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
Jay always seems to hit the right note with just about everybody. One rarely sees a complaint about his puzzles.If you have been following the comments on Big Dave's Crossword Blog lately, you will know that the England cricket team had been touring New Zealand at the time this puzzle was published in the UK. In fact, the tour concluded on December 3 (the day before this puzzle appeared in The Daily Telegraph) with the Kiwis emerging victorious. Thus the congratulations directed to today's reviewers.
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.
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Across
| 1a | Shed tears /seeing/ power grabbed by 4 (4) |
The
numeral "4" is a cross
reference indicator to clue 4d (show more ).
To complete the clue, a solver must replace the cross reference indicator with the solution to the clue starting in the light* identified by the cross reference indicator.
The cross reference indicator may include a directional indicator but this is customarily done only in situations where there are both Across and Down clues originating in the light that is being referenced.
* light-coloured cell in the grid
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To complete the clue, a solver must replace the cross reference indicator with the solution to the clue starting in the light* identified by the cross reference indicator.
The cross reference indicator may include a directional indicator but this is customarily done only in situations where there are both Across and Down clues originating in the light that is being referenced.
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| 3a | A bit of blue // as sunset mist dispersed (10) |
| 9a | Condition /to be/ rejected in kitchen cabinet? (4) |
| 10a | Impressions will include second team // rebels (10) |
A dint[5] is a dent or hollow in a surface ⇒
the soft dints at the top of a coconut.
"team " = SIDE
Side[5] is a British term for a sports team ⇒
* Note that, in Britain, a player is said to be "in a side" or "in a team" rather than "on a team" as one would say in North America.
In North America, the term side[3] is used in a very general fashion that can denote one of two or more opposing individuals, groups, teams, or sets of opinions. While this same general usage is also found in the UK, the term side[5] is also used there in a much more specific sense to mean a sports team, as we can clearly see from the following usage examples ⇒ (i)
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Side[5] is a British term for a sports team ⇒
there was a mixture of old and young players in* their side.
* Note that, in Britain, a player is said to be "in a side" or "in a team" rather than "on a team" as one would say in North America.
In North America, the term side[3] is used in a very general fashion that can denote one of two or more opposing individuals, groups, teams, or sets of opinions. While this same general usage is also found in the UK, the term side[5] is also used there in a much more specific sense to mean a sports team, as we can clearly see from the following usage examples ⇒ (i)
Previous England rugby sides, and England teams in many other sports, would have crumbled under the weight of such errors.; (ii)
They'll face better sides than this Monaco team, but you can only beat what's put in front of you.
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Scratching the Surface
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| Second side may be referring to the reserve team[7] of a sports club, a team composed of players under contract to a specific team but who do
not normally appear on the team's roster during matches. Reserve teams
are usually composed of young players who need playing time in order to
improve their skills, as well as members of the first team recovering
from injury.* In England reserve teams of league clubs play in completely separate
leagues and competitions from their parent club. However, in other
countries, reserve teams sometimes play in the same football league as
their senior team. * A reserve team would appear to fulfill roughly the same function as a farm team[5] in North American sports. |
| 11a | Sick calf found in bothy maybe // suffering from too much drink (4-3) |
In Scotland, a bothy[5] (also bothie) is a small hut or cottage, especially one for housing farm labourers or for use as a mountain refuge.
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In their review on Big Dave's Crossword Blog, the 2Kiwis describe a bothy as aIn Britain, an outhouse[5] is a building such as a shed or barn that is built on to or in the grounds of a house rather than — as in North America — an outside toilet.simple outhouse. |
| 13a | Innocent girl // at home needing information before backing European Union (7) |
Gen[5] is an informal British term for information ⇒
you’ve got more gen on him than we have.
| 14a | Scamps // tease when pinching cake (11) |
| 18a | Trace lost post /to find/ vehicle using tracks (11) |
| 21a | Thanks hotel after endless comfort /for/ animal (7) |
The truncated word cheer[5] is used in the sense of to give comfort or support to (someone).
Ta[5] is an informal British exclamation signifying thank you ⇒
‘Ta,’ said Willie gratefully.
"Hotel " = H [NATO Phonetic Alphabet]
In what is commonly known as the NATO Phonetic Alphabet[7]*, Hotel[5] is a code word representing the letter H.
* officially the International Radiotelephony Spelling Alphabet
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In what is commonly known as the NATO Phonetic Alphabet[7]*, Hotel[5] is a code word representing the letter H.
* officially the International Radiotelephony Spelling Alphabet
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| 22a | Be inclined to follow Tory // challenge (7) |
"Tory " = CON
A Tory[10] is a member or supporter of the Conservative Party in Great Britain [or, for that matter, in Canada].
The abbreviation for Conservative may be either C.[10] or Con.[10].
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.
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A Tory[10] is a member or supporter of the Conservative Party in Great Britain [or, for that matter, in Canada].
The abbreviation for Conservative may be either C.[10] or Con.[10].
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.
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| 23a | Origin of neuralgia found in moving dry fuel /in/ cold (10) |
| 24a | Cousin must ignore American // strike (4) |
Strike[5] is used in the sense of to make (a coin or medal) by stamping metal ⇒
they struck similar medals on behalf of the Normandy veterans.
Coin[5] (verb) means to make (coins) by stamping metal ⇒
guineas and half-guineas were coined.
| 25a | Two regulars covering street // level (4-6) |
| 26a | Rumour of one willing to purchase // shed for stock? (4) |
Byre[5] is a British term for a cowshed.
Down
| 1d | Survives // war, and these must be repaired (8) |
| 2d | Write on science /and/ the study of 'Crime and Punishment' (8) |
Ology[5] is an informal or humorous term for a subject of study or a branch of knowledge ⇒
Pathology is the study of diseases but, like many ologies (ideology, biology, epistemology etc), it has come to refer to the object of study itself..
Penology[5] is the study of the punishment of crime and of prison management.
Scratching the Surface
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| Crime and Punishment[7] is a novel by Russian author Fyodor Dostoevsky (1821–1881), first published in 1866. |
| 4d | The majority must accept one /gets/ damp (5) |
| 5d | Witness /may be/ more irritable about Formula 1 (9) |
"Formula 1 " = FI [F1]
Formula One[7] (also Formula 1 or F1 and officially the FIA Formula One World Championship) is the highest class of single-seat auto racing that is sanctioned by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA). The "formula", designated in the name, refers to a set of rules, to which all participants' cars must conform. The F1 season consists of a series of races, known as Grands Prix (from French, meaning grand prizes), held worldwide on purpose-built circuits and public roads.
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Formula One[7] (also Formula 1 or F1 and officially the FIA Formula One World Championship) is the highest class of single-seat auto racing that is sanctioned by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA). The "formula", designated in the name, refers to a set of rules, to which all participants' cars must conform. The F1 season consists of a series of races, known as Grands Prix (from French, meaning grand prizes), held worldwide on purpose-built circuits and public roads.
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| 6d | Stomach upset? // Dieting is no different (11) |
| 7d | Newly developed online // meteorological feature (2,4) |
El Niño[5] is an irregularly occurring and complex series of climatic changes affecting the equatorial Pacific region and beyond every few years, characterized by the appearance of unusually warm, nutrient-poor water off northern Peru and Ecuador, typically in late December. The effects of El Niño include reversal of wind patterns across the Pacific, drought in Australasia, and unseasonal heavy rain in South America.
| 8d | Investigate European vote /in/ county (6) |
"European " = E [as in E-number]
E[1,2] is the abbreviation for European (as in E number*).
* An E number[1,4,10,14] (or E-number[2,5]) is any of various identification codes required by EU law, consisting of the letter E (for European) followed by a number, that are used to denote food additives such as colourings and preservatives (but excluding flavourings) that have been approved by the European Union.
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E[1,2] is the abbreviation for European (as in E number*).
* An E number[1,4,10,14] (or E-number[2,5]) is any of various identification codes required by EU law, consisting of the letter E (for European) followed by a number, that are used to denote food additives such as colourings and preservatives (but excluding flavourings) that have been approved by the European Union.
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Sussex[5] is a former county of southern England. It was divided in 1974 into the counties of East Sussex and West Sussex.
| 12d | Such reading matter /may see/ stoic scrimp desperately (5,6) |
| 15d | Far from slender odds? // Definitely not! (3,6) |
| 16d | Really upset about travel // metaphor, perhaps (8) |
| 17d | Study source of ceremonies in native American // belief (8) |
The Cree[3] are a Native American people inhabiting a large area from eastern Canada west to Alberta and the Great Slave Lake. Formerly located in central Canada, the Cree expanded westward and eastward in the 17th and 18th centuries, the western Cree adopting the Plains Indian life and the eastern Cree retaining their woodland culture.
| 19d | Southern firm exploit // northern dish (6) |
Liverpool[5] is a city and seaport in northwest England, situated at
the east side of the mouth of the River Mersey. (show more )
Liverpool developed as a port in the 17th century with the import of cotton from America and the export of textiles produced in Lancashire and Yorkshire, and in the 18th century became an important centre of shipbuilding and engineering.
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Liverpool developed as a port in the 17th century with the import of cotton from America and the export of textiles produced in Lancashire and Yorkshire, and in the 18th century became an important centre of shipbuilding and engineering.
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In Liverpool dialect, scouse[10] is a stew made from left-over meat.
Origin: Shortered form of lobscouse[10], a sailor's stew of meat, vegetables, and hardtack.
| 20d | Picture // framed by police if less turned up? (6) |
| 22d | Left in chamber // to produce young whales (5) |
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 Advanced 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)
[14] - CollinsDictionary.com (COBUILD Advanced English Dictionary)
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