Happy Canada Day
Puzzle at a Glance
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Puzzle Number in The Daily Telegraph
DT 29219 | |
Publication Date in The Daily Telegraph
Wednesday, November 27, 2019 | |
Setter
Jay (Jeremy Mutch) | |
Link to Full Review
Big Dave's Crossword Blog [DT 29219] | |
Big Dave's Crossword Blog Review Written By
KiwiColin | |
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 second Diversions page in the Tuesday, June 30, 2020 edition of the National Post.
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Introduction
Today Jay offers up a serving of his always enjoyable fare to get Canada Day off to a good start.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 | Distinguishing feature /of/ hotel brand accommodating everybody (8) |
"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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| 5a | Clever clogs losing shoe, // feels pain (6) |
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Clever clogs[5] (also clever dick*) is an informal British term for a person who is irritatingly and ostentatiously knowledgeable or intelligent ⇒ Grissom is an all-knowing clever clogs, who has answers for everything. * the latter version used by Jose in a comment on Big Dave's Crossword Blog |
| 9a | Mental aberration dismissing start of balmy // weather event (9) |
Here and There
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In Britain, brainstorm[5] has almost the opposite meaning to what it has here in North America.
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| 11a | Pair of mothers welcoming good soft rock (5) |
| 12a | Job facing a student // of letters (6) |
"student " = L [driver under instruction]
The cryptic crossword convention of L meaning learner or student arises from the L-plate[7], a square plate bearing a sans-serif letter L, for learner, which must be affixed to the front and back of a vehicle in various jurisdictions (including the UK) if its driver is a learner under instruction.
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The cryptic crossword convention of L meaning learner or student arises from the L-plate[7], a square plate bearing a sans-serif letter L, for learner, which must be affixed to the front and back of a vehicle in various jurisdictions (including the UK) if its driver is a learner under instruction.
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| Automobile displaying an L-plate |
| 13a | Suffers /from/ a case of gas, stifling horrible noise (8) |
| 15a | First go red /and/ blue for example (7,6) |
| 18a | Liable to steal // clear and end grief, possibly (5-8) |
| 22a | Isolated appearances // reveal cuts (8) |
| 23a | Military display // work on body (6) |
| 26a | Conscious /of/ a revolutionary green source of energy (5) |
| 27a | Designer /needing/ skill to incorporate hectic working (9) |
| 28a | Works hard /to see/ constituencies adopting women (6) |
| 29a | Scientific study encompassing many branches (8) |
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| 1d | Sailors paid, oddly, in anticipation /for/ dance (8) |
"sailors " = RN [Royal Navy]
The Royal Navy[5] (abbreviation RN) is the British navy. It was the most powerful navy in the world from the 17th century until the Second World War.
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The Royal Navy[5] (abbreviation RN) is the British navy. It was the most powerful navy in the world from the 17th century until the Second World War.
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The hornpipe[5] is a lively dance associated with sailors, typically performed by one person.
| 2d | Diamonds stolen from landowner's // hiding places (5) |
In Scotland, a laird[5] is a person who owns a large estate.
| 3d | Cosmetic /used by/ nameless man covering a sign of injury (7) |
| 4d | Decay surrounding old // part of tooth (4) |
"old " = O [linguistics]
In linguistics, O[12] is the abbreviation for Old ⇒ (i)
However, a second entry from this same source shows o (lower case) meaning old (not capitalized) suggesting that the use of this abbreviation may not necessarily be confined to the field of linguistics.
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In linguistics, O[12] is the abbreviation for Old ⇒ (i)
OFr[Old French]; (ii)
OE[Old English].
However, a second entry from this same source shows o (lower case) meaning old (not capitalized) suggesting that the use of this abbreviation may not necessarily be confined to the field of linguistics.
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| 6d | Souvenir // pieces impounded by London police ring (7) |
A piece[5] is a figure or token used to make moves in a board game ⇒
a chess piece.
A man[5] is a figure or token used in playing a board game.
The Met[5] denotes the Metropolitan Police in London — otherwise known as Scotland Yard (show more ).
The Metropolitan Police Service[7] (widely known informally as the Met[5]) is the territorial police force responsible for law enforcement in Greater London, excluding the "square mile" of the City of London which is the responsibility of the City of London Police. The Met also has significant national responsibilities such as co-ordinating and leading on counter-terrorism matters and protection of the British Royal Family and senior figures of Her Majesty's Government. The Met is also referred to by the metonym Scotland Yard after the location of its original headquarters in a road called Great Scotland Yard in Whitehall. The Met's current headquarters is New Scotland Yard, in Victoria.
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The Metropolitan Police Service[7] (widely known informally as the Met[5]) is the territorial police force responsible for law enforcement in Greater London, excluding the "square mile" of the City of London which is the responsibility of the City of London Police. The Met also has significant national responsibilities such as co-ordinating and leading on counter-terrorism matters and protection of the British Royal Family and senior figures of Her Majesty's Government. The Met is also referred to by the metonym Scotland Yard after the location of its original headquarters in a road called Great Scotland Yard in Whitehall. The Met's current headquarters is New Scotland Yard, in Victoria.
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| 7d | Doctor // ordering triages between runs (9) |
"run " = R [cricket notation]
In Britain and New Zealand, a registrar[10] is a hospital doctor senior to a houseman[5] [hospital intern] but junior to a consultant[5] [hospital doctor of senior rank within a specific field], specializing in either medicine (medical registrar) or surgery (surgical registrar).
| 8d | Thin // European crushed by boxes (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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| 10d | Colour // in detail on game having been given a lift (8) |
Magnolia[5] is a pale creamy-white colour like that of magnolia blossom.
| 14d | Unfortunately it's a dopy // state that's as far from perfection as possible (8) |
| 16d | Trouble with a kid /being/ uncomfortable (3,2,4) |
| 17d | Cleverly // laid Tory off (8) |
| 19d | Chap concealing weapon /must get/ something to wear (7) |
| 20d | Stone /from/ Ulster incorporated into fireplace (7) |
Ulster[10] is a widely-used [albeit by many considered inaccurate*] informal name for the UK province of Northern Ireland (NI) (show more ).
Historically Ulster was a province and former kingdom of northern Ireland which passed to the English Crown in 1461. In the 17th century, confiscated land was given to English and Scottish Protestant settlers giving rise to serious long-term conflict. Ulster was partitioned in 1921, with six counties [Antrim, Down, Armagh, Londonderry, Tyrone, and Fermanagh] forming Northern Ireland (a province within the United Kingdom) and three counties [Cavan, Donegal, and Monaghan] joining the Republic of Ireland.
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Historically Ulster was a province and former kingdom of northern Ireland which passed to the English Crown in 1461. In the 17th century, confiscated land was given to English and Scottish Protestant settlers giving rise to serious long-term conflict. Ulster was partitioned in 1921, with six counties [Antrim, Down, Armagh, Londonderry, Tyrone, and Fermanagh] forming Northern Ireland (a province within the United Kingdom) and three counties [Cavan, Donegal, and Monaghan] joining the Republic of Ireland.
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* as evidenced by Rabbit Dave in Comment #2 on Big Dave's Crossword Blog
| 21d | Confused situation /resulting from/ gold found in abundance (6) |
| 24d | What doctor will do /for/ delicacy? (5) |
| 25d | Parrot/'s/ speech offensive to some extent (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 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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