Puzzle at a Glance
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Puzzle number in The Daily Telegraph
DT 29670 | |
Publication date in The Daily Telegraph
Saturday, May 8, 2021 | |
Setter
Unknown | |
Link to full review
Big Dave's Crossword Blog [DT 29670 – Hints]Big Dave's Crossword Blog [DT 29670 – Review] | |
Big Dave's Crossword Blog review written by
Tilsit (Hints)Rahmat Ali (Review) | |
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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As this was a Saturday "Prize Puzzle" in Britain, there are two entries related to it on Big Dave's Crossword Blog — the first, posted on the date of publication, contains hints for selected clues while the second is a full review issued following the entry deadline for the contest. The vast majority of reader comments will generally be found attached to the "hints" posting with a minimal number — if any — accompanying the full review.
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Introduction
Our "hump day" puzzle this week was a Saturday offering in the UK.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 | Disturbance in medical // lecture (7) |
| 5a | Look at // what's on envelope (7) |
| 9a | Start // removing lid (7) |
| 10a | Women bent on // heavenly body being seen afresh (3,4) |
| 11a | 9 Across // character on strike (9) |
The
numeral and directional indicator "9 Across" is a cross
reference indicator pointing to clue 9a (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.
* light-coloured cell in the grid
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| 12a | Motionless // to this day (5) |
| 13a | Exhausted -- // as is American car? (5) |
The setter specifies an "American car" because the automobile component to which the clue refers is spelled tyre[5] in Britain.
| 15a | Subject matter to cover in // huge area (9) |
| 17a | Person buying // drink welcomed by ship's finance officer (9) |
Cha (also chai) is a variant spelling of char[5], an informal British name for tea [in the sense of a drink].
| 19a | Nation // probing Afghan affairs (5) |
| 22a | Somewhat obsolete, // went out (5) |
| 23a | Produce notes, pocketing cool // money in Austria once (9) |
Until the introduction of the euro in 2002, the schilling[5] was the basic monetary unit of Austria, equal to 100 groschen.
| 25a | Take off // one, then divide other half by it (7) |
| 26a | Resting across // raised switches, bolt finally secured (7) |
| 27a | Bloke protecting appendage // that's worn (7) |
| 28a | Feverish, so slept // with pyjama bottoms only? (7) |
Down
| 1d | Little tear perhaps // left in tatty red top (7) |
| 2d | Listened to cat, // shark? (7) |
The word "cheater" , when pronounced in a non-rhotic accent (show explanation ) typical of dialects found in many parts of Britain (especially southeastern England), sounds like "cheetah" .
Non-rhotic accents omit the sound < r > in certain situations, while rhotic accents generally pronounce < r > in all contexts. Among the several dozen British English accents which exist, many are non-rhotic while American English (US and Canadian) is mainly rhotic. This is, however, a generalisation, as there are areas of Britain that are rhotic, and areas of America that are non-rhotic. For more information, see this guide to pronouncing < r > in British English.
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Non-rhotic accents omit the sound < r > in certain situations, while rhotic accents generally pronounce < r > in all contexts. Among the several dozen British English accents which exist, many are non-rhotic while American English (US and Canadian) is mainly rhotic. This is, however, a generalisation, as there are areas of Britain that are rhotic, and areas of America that are non-rhotic. For more information, see this guide to pronouncing < r > in British English.
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| 3d | A plane /is/ out of the way (5) |
| 4d | Much money // mother hoards say, somewhere north of Greater London (9) |
Bucks.[5] is the abbreviation for Buckinghamshire[5], a county of central England. Buckinghamshire borders on and lies northwest of Greater London.
| 5d | Appropriate // queen given kiss (5) |
Anne[7] (1665–1714) was Queen of England, Scotland and Ireland from 1702 to
1707 and Queen of Great
Britain and Ireland from 1707 until her death. (show more )
She became Queen of England, Scotland and Ireland on 8 March 1702. On 1 May 1707, under the Acts of Union, two of her realms, the kingdoms of England and Scotland, united as a single sovereign state, the United Kingdom of Great Britain. She continued to reign as Queen of Great Britain and Ireland until her death.
Anne was plagued by ill health throughout her life, and from her thirties, she grew increasingly ill and obese. Despite seventeen pregnancies she died without surviving issue and was the last monarch of the House of Stuart.
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She became Queen of England, Scotland and Ireland on 8 March 1702. On 1 May 1707, under the Acts of Union, two of her realms, the kingdoms of England and Scotland, united as a single sovereign state, the United Kingdom of Great Britain. She continued to reign as Queen of Great Britain and Ireland until her death.
Anne was plagued by ill health throughout her life, and from her thirties, she grew increasingly ill and obese. Despite seventeen pregnancies she died without surviving issue and was the last monarch of the House of Stuart.
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| 6d | Movement on course, // swallows fly (9) |
| 7d | Stodge at the bottom, reason /for/ stirring (7) |
Stodge[2,5] is an informal British term for food that is heavy, filling, high in carbohydrates and, usually, fairly tasteless ⇒
she ate her way through a plateful of stodge.
| 8d | Vest /in/ record time! (7) |
In Britain, a vest[5] is an undergarment worn on the upper part of the body, typically having no sleeves. The garment that North Americans (as well as Australians) call a vest[5] is known in the UK as a waistcoat.
Singlet[5] is a chiefly British term for a sleeveless garment worn under or instead of a shirt; another name for a vest (in the British sense of the word).
| 14d | After downpour initially, day three surprisingly // dry (9) |
| 16d | Point // assimilated by shaman or the astrologer (5-4) |
| 17d | Page including // surplus material (7) |
| 18d | Sailor upset with bank /gets/ more irritable (7) |
Ratty[5] is an informal British term meaning bad-tempered and irritable ⇒
I was a bit ratty with the children.
| 20d | Stupid, // in gatecrashing a function (7) |
In mathematics, the term sine[5] denotes the trigonometric function that is equal to the ratio of the side opposite a given angle (in a right-angled triangle) to the hypotenuse.
| 21d | Compound is large /in/ African capital (7) |
Algiers[5] is the capital of Algeria and one of the leading Mediterranean ports of North Africa.
| 23d | Perfume // delivered, it's said (5) |
| 24d | Lease at an end // -- relief! (3-2) |
"lease " = LET
Let[5] is a British* term meaning to allow someone to have the use of (a room or property) in return for regular payments ⇒ (i)
* However, based on its appearance in US dictionaries[3,11], I seriously doubt this word is as exclusively British as Lexico (Oxford Dictionaries) would have us believe.
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Let[5] is a British* term meaning to allow someone to have the use of (a room or property) in return for regular payments ⇒ (i)
she let the flat [apartment] to a tenant; (ii)
they’ve let out their house.
* However, based on its appearance in US dictionaries[3,11], I seriously doubt this word is as exclusively British as Lexico (Oxford Dictionaries) would have us believe.
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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)
[15] - CollinsDictionary.com (Penguin Random House LLC/HarperCollins Publishers Ltd )
Signing off for today — Falcon
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