Puzzle at a Glance
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Puzzle number in The Daily Telegraph
DT 29344 | |
Publication date in The Daily Telegraph
Wednesday, April 22, 2020 | |
Setter
Jay (Jeremy Mutch) | |
Link to full review
Big Dave's Crossword Blog [DT 29344]
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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
I would say that Jay has jacked up the difficulty level a notch 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.
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Across
| 1a | Fair trade // agreement that's negotiated by Times, perhaps (6,4) |
Times Square[5] is an intersection in New York City formed by the juncture of Broadway, Seventh Avenue, and 42nd Street in midtown Manhattan. Long noted as a center of the city's entertainment district, it is the site of annual New Year's Eve celebrations.
| 6a | Check // pace, needing oxygen to replace energy (4) |
The symbol for the chemical element oxygen is O[5].
| 10a | Practitioner // employed by extreme dictators (5) |
| 11a | My doctor managed, with time /for/ flier (9) |
Cor[5] is an informal British exclamation expressing surprise, excitement, admiration, or alarm ⇒
Cor! That‘s a beautiful black eye you’ve got!.
"doctor " = MO [medical officer]
A medical officer[5] (abbreviation MO[5]) is a doctor in charge of the health services of a civilian or military authority or other organization.
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A medical officer[5] (abbreviation MO[5]) is a doctor in charge of the health services of a civilian or military authority or other organization.
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| 12a | Black /may be/ so, pocketing a brown (7) |
Sic[5] is an adverb used in brackets after a copied or quoted word that appears odd or erroneous to show that the word is quoted exactly as it stands in the original, as in a story must hold a child's interest and ‘enrich his (sic) life’.
Origin: Latin, literally ‘so, thus’.
| 13a | Gas clouds, // unable to be dispersed, rose at last (7) |
| 14a | Fare /provided by/ a blind date arranged outside church (8,4) |
"church " = CE [Church of England]
The Church of England[10] (abbreviation CE[10]) is the reformed established state Church in England, Catholic in order and basic doctrine, with the Sovereign as its temporal head.
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The Church of England[10] (abbreviation CE[10]) is the reformed established state Church in England, Catholic in order and basic doctrine, with the Sovereign as its temporal head.
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| 18a | Lad beginning to grow emphasises // such performers (12) |
| 21a | Shows up // when hosting member of the Lords on the radio (7) |
The Lords[10] is short for the House of Lords[5,10], the upper chamber of the British Parliament, composed of the peers* and bishops.
* A peer[5] is a member of the nobility in Britain or Ireland, comprising the ranks of duke, marquess, earl, viscount, and baron.
You Be The Judge
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| There were lots of complaints on Big Dave's Crossword Blog concerning this clue. Most of them involved comments along the lines of "PPEAR is not a word". I think those who have trouble with the clue are concentrating almost entirely on what things "look like" and not taking into account what things "sound like". I admit this is difficult in the case of this clue as it is not a pure homophone, but only a partial homophone — so it requires one to simultaneously involve both senses. As I see it, the solution to the clue is a homophone (of PEER) inside a container (AS). Were this combination of letters "A(PEER)S" a real word, it would be pronounced exactly like the word "APPEARS". |
| 23a | Bids by Conservative /for/ supply of funds (7) |
"Conservative " = C [member of British political party]
The abbreviation for Conservative may be either C.[10] or Con.[10].
The Conservative Party[5] is a major right of centre British political party promoting free enterprise and private ownership that emerged from the old Tory Party* under Sir Robert Peel in the 1830s and 1840s.
* 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.
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The abbreviation for Conservative may be either C.[10] or Con.[10].
The Conservative Party[5] is a major right of centre British political party promoting free enterprise and private ownership that emerged from the old Tory Party* under Sir Robert Peel in the 1830s and 1840s.
* 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.
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| 24a | Take a rich criminal /for/ such a punishment (1,5,3) |
Get a thick ear[5] is an informal British expression denoting to be punished with a blow on the ear or head.
| 25a | Inappropriate // aspects of Freud nudes rejected (5) |
Scratching the Surface
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Austrian neurologist and psychotherapist Sigmund Freud[5] (1856–1939) was the founder of psychoanalysis
as both a theory of personality and a therapeutic practice. (show more )
He was the first to emphasize the significance of unconscious processes in normal and neurotic behaviour. He proposed the existence of an unconscious element in the mind which influences consciousness, and of conflicts in it between various sets of forces. Freud also stated the importance of a child's semi-consciousness of sex as a factor in mental development; his theory of the sexual origin of neuroses aroused great controversy. hide |
| 26a | Breaks fast /seeing/ tenant is oddly missing (4) |
| 27a | Black dog moods ultimately /creating/ such high-flyers (3-7) |
Scratching the Surface
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Black dog[5]
is a metaphorical representation of melancholy or depression ⇒I may still have a black dog in me, but I manage to keep him corralled. |
Down
| 1d | Turnover /produced by/ prophet in South America (6) |
Amos[5] was a Hebrew minor prophet (c.760 BC), a shepherd of Tekoa, near Jerusalem.
In Indian cookery, a samosa[5] is a triangular savoury pastry fried in ghee or oil, containing spiced vegetables or meat.
| 2d | Appearing in court appointment /for/ latest news (6) |
| 3d | Survey // fraud found in the revival of culture (14) |
| 4d | Garnish daily covering one // folding recliner (9) |
Daily[5] (noun) is a dated British term for a woman who is employed to clean someone else’s house each day.
Char[5] is an informal British term for charwoman[5] (or charlady[5]), a dated British name for a woman employed as a cleaner in a house or office.
| 5d | Measure of interest concerned with // part of stage (5) |
APR[5] is the abbreviation for annual or annualized percentage rate (used typically of interest on loans or credit).
| 7d | Spooner's macho schemes /for/ sustenance when walking (5,3) |
The Rev. W. A. Spooner has bequeathed to us the name for a slip of the tongue that is oft-encountered in cryptic crosswords. (show more )
William Archibald Spooner[7] (1844–1930) was a long-serving Oxford don, notable for absent-mindedness, and supposedly liable to transpose the initial sounds or letters of two or more words, with unintentionally comic effect, as in the sentence
Spooner held a Doctor of Divinity degree and thus was entitled to be called Dr. Spooner. Therefore, in crossword clues, you may often find him referred to as either "Rev. Spooner" or "Dr. Spooner".
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William Archibald Spooner[7] (1844–1930) was a long-serving Oxford don, notable for absent-mindedness, and supposedly liable to transpose the initial sounds or letters of two or more words, with unintentionally comic effect, as in the sentence
you have hissed the mystery lectures. Such phrases became known as spoonerisms[5], and are often used humorously. Many spoonerisms have been invented by others and falsely attributed to Spooner.
Spooner held a Doctor of Divinity degree and thus was entitled to be called Dr. Spooner. Therefore, in crossword clues, you may often find him referred to as either "Rev. Spooner" or "Dr. Spooner".
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Most Brits were unfamiliar with this delicacy. According to Collins English Dictionary, trail mix[5] is a mainly US and Canadian term for a high-energy snack food consisting of dried fruit, nuts, and seeds, eaten especially by hikers.
| 8d | Source of infection in obvious singular // cases (8) |
| 9d | Adam's apple? (9,5) |
| 15d | How to get money /from/ cold grey vehicles across Germany? (4,5) |
| 16d | Key article delayed /getting/ rocket (8) |
| 17d | Crack marksman /gets/ the picture (8) |
| 19d | Held department up showing // offer for sale (6) |
| 20d | Drug addicts surrounding hotel guides (6) |
"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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| 22d | European // dessert mostly filled with last of bread (5) |
Sweet[5] is a British term for a sweet dish forming a course of a meal; in other words, a dessert.
Key to Reference Sources:
[1] - The Chambers Dictionary, 11th Edition
[2] - Search Chambers - (Chambers 21st Century Dictionary)
[3] - TheFreeDictionary.com (American Heritage Dictionary)
[4] - TheFreeDictionarycom (Collins English Dictionary)
[5] - Lexico (formerly Oxford Dictionaries Online) (Oxford Dictionary of English)
[6] - Lexico (formerly Oxford Dictionaries Online) (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)
Signing off for today — Falcon
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