Puzzle at a Glance
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Puzzle number in The Daily Telegraph
DT 29695 | |
Publication date in The Daily Telegraph
Monday, June 7, 2021 | |
Setter
Campbell (Allan Scott) | |
Link to full review
Big Dave's Crossword Blog [DT 29695]
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Big Dave's Crossword Blog review written by
Falcon | |
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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The National Post has skipped DT 29690 through DT 29694 which were published in The Daily Telegraph from Tuesday, June 1, 2021 through Saturday, June 5, 2021 respectively.
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Introduction
The National Post was jumpy today, leaping over five puzzles to get to DT 29695. As a result, readers are served up a Campbell creation for the second day running.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 | Ready for action, // wife carrying weapons on horseback (6,2) |
| 5a | Whirling dervish, no doubt initially, /could make one/ shudder (6) |
| 10a | Seafood // in pub brawny lads demolished (6,3,6) |
Dublin Bay prawn[5] is another name for Norway lobster[5], a small, slender commercially important European lobster.
| 11a | A President // Ford car (7) |
Abraham Lincoln[5] (1809–1865) was an American Republican statesman, 16th president of the US 1861–5. (show more )
His election as president on an anti-slavery platform helped precipitate the American Civil War; he was assassinated shortly after the war ended. Lincoln was noted for his succinct, eloquent speeches, including the Gettysburg Address of 1863.
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His election as president on an anti-slavery platform helped precipitate the American Civil War; he was assassinated shortly after the war ended. Lincoln was noted for his succinct, eloquent speeches, including the Gettysburg Address of 1863.
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Lincoln[7] (formally the Lincoln Motor Company) is the luxury vehicle division of American automobile manufacturer Ford.
| 12a | Advertisement /for/ American's caravan (7) |
From a British perspective, trailer[5] is the American name for a caravan[5], a vehicle equipped for living in, typically towed by a car and used for holidays [vacation] ⇒ (i)
they spent a fishing holiday in a caravan; (ii)
a caravan holiday.
| 13a | Further // extra to the other side (8) |
Scratching the Surface
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| I interpret the surface reading to be referring to a situation in cricket in which the umpire awards yet another extra to the opposing side [team]. In cricket, an extra[5] is a run scored other than from a hit with the bat, credited (in most cases) to the batting side rather than to a batsman. The types of extra[7] are no ball, wide, bye, leg-bye, and penalty runs. |
| 15a | Two // infer second of daughters should be ignored (5) |
| 18a | Stall // close to Welsh border (5) |
| 20a | Fabric /of/ church beam a male bishop installed (8) |
Chambray[5] is a cloth with a white weft and a coloured warp.
| 23a | Having a hard time making a decision, a party /in/ destructive wind (7) |
"party " = DO
Do[5,12] is an informal British[5] or chiefly British[12] term* for a party or other social event ⇒
* Although one US dictionary (Webster’s New World College Dictionary[12]) supports the contention by Lexico (Oxford Dictionary of English)[5] that this usage is at least chiefly British, two other US dictionaries[3,11] do not.
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Do[5,12] is an informal British[5] or chiefly British[12] term* for a party or other social event ⇒
the soccer club Christmas do.
* Although one US dictionary (Webster’s New World College Dictionary[12]) supports the contention by Lexico (Oxford Dictionary of English)[5] that this usage is at least chiefly British, two other US dictionaries[3,11] do not.
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| 25a | Financial backer admitting love /for/ architect (7) |
"love " = O [nil score in tennis]
In tennis, squash, and some other sports, love[5] is a score of zero or nil ⇒
Although folk etymology has connected the word with French l'oeuf 'egg', from the resemblance in shape between an egg and a zero, the term apparently comes from the phrase play for love (i.e. the love of the game, not for money).
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In tennis, squash, and some other sports, love[5] is a score of zero or nil ⇒
love fifteen. The resemblance of a zero written as a numeral (0) to the letter O leads to the cryptic crossword convention of the word "love" being used to clue this letter.
Although folk etymology has connected the word with French l'oeuf 'egg', from the resemblance in shape between an egg and a zero, the term apparently comes from the phrase play for love (i.e. the love of the game, not for money).
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| 26a | Teaching establishment // getting rid of coach (9,6) |
A finishing school[5] is a private college where girls are prepared for entry into fashionable society.
| 27a | Attempt to cover object // with it (6) |
| 28a | New canteen about right /for/ opening (8) |
Down
| 1d | Go off, following women's // swaying gait (6) |
Off[10] (said of food or drink) means having gone bad, sour, etc. ⇒
this milk is off.
Addle[5] (with reference to an egg) means to become rotten, producing no chick ⇒
the extremely hot and dry weather had caused the eggs to addle.
| 2d | Much associated with this legendary outlaw (5,4) |
Much, the Miller's Son[7] is one of the Merry Men in the tales of Robin Hood.
| 3d | Record poem about island, // part of series (7) |
| 4d | Belonging to a city, // one in South Africa, not the capital (5) |
Durban[5] is a seaport and resort in South Africa, on the coast of KwaZulu-Natal. Former name (until 1835) Port Natal.
| 6d | Difficult securing first in Richmond (Virginia) // university (7) |
Harvard University[5] is the oldest American university, founded in 1636 at Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Scratching the Surface
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| Richmond[5] is the state capital of Virginia, a port on the James River. During the American Civil War it was the Confederate capital from July 1861 until its capture in 1865. |
| 7d | I, for example, // have unpaid bill that five pounds should cover? (5) |
"pounds " = L [British monetary unit]
The pound[5] (also pound sterling) is the basic monetary unit of the UK, equal to 100 pence. While the symbol for pound is £, it is often written as L[10].
The Chambers Dictionary defines the upper case L[1] as the abbreviation for pound sterling (usually written £) and the lower case l[1] as the abbreviation for pound weight (usually written lb) — both deriving from the Latin word libra* .
* In ancient Rome, the libra[5] was a unit of weight, equivalent to 12 ounces (0.34 kg). It was the forerunner of the pound.
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The pound[5] (also pound sterling) is the basic monetary unit of the UK, equal to 100 pence. While the symbol for pound is £, it is often written as L[10].
The Chambers Dictionary defines the upper case L[1] as the abbreviation for pound sterling (usually written £) and the lower case l[1] as the abbreviation for pound weight (usually written lb) — both deriving from the Latin word libra* .
* In ancient Rome, the libra[5] was a unit of weight, equivalent to 12 ounces (0.34 kg). It was the forerunner of the pound.
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| 8d | Kept back, /being/ shy (8) |
| 9d | Panic // this year in resort (8) |
As an anagram indicator, resort[1] (or re-sort[5]) is used in the sense of to sort (something) again or differently ⇒
children find pleasure in sorting and re-sorting boxes of buttons.
| 14d | Mostly win one with a // queen (8) |
Victoria[5]
(1819–1901) was queen of Great Britain and Ireland 1837–1901 and
empress of India 1876–1901. (show more )
She succeeded to the throne on the death of her uncle, William IV, and married her cousin Prince Albert in 1840. She took an active interest in the policies of her ministers, but largely retired from public life after Prince Albert's death in 1861. Her reign was the longest in British history until it was surpassed by that of Elizabeth II in 2015.
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She succeeded to the throne on the death of her uncle, William IV, and married her cousin Prince Albert in 1840. She took an active interest in the policies of her ministers, but largely retired from public life after Prince Albert's death in 1861. Her reign was the longest in British history until it was surpassed by that of Elizabeth II in 2015.
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| 16d | Fluctuating, // with NI county ahead at first (2-3-4) |
NI[5] is the abbreviation for Northern Ireland[5], a province of the United Kingdom occupying the northeast part of Ireland.
Down[5] is one of the Six Counties of Northern Ireland, since 1973 an administrative district.
| 17d | Comedian suppressing nasty oath over female -- // why should that be considered significant? (4,2,2) |
| 19d | Went by // end of terrace, outdated (7) |
Scratching the Surface
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| Terrace[5] is a British term for a row of houses built in one block in a uniform style or an individual house in such a block. North American term: row house or town house |
| 21d | Delivery /for/ doorman (7) |
A delivery[5] is an act of throwing, bowling, or kicking a ball, especially a cricket ball.
In cricket, a bouncer[5] is a ball bowled [delivered] fast and short so as to rise high after pitching*.
* In cricket and golf, pitch (said in reference to the ball) means to strike the ground in a particular spot ⇒
the ball pitched, began to spin back, and rolled towards the hole.
Delving Deeper
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| In cricket, most deliveries bounce although only a ball bowled in the specific manner described above is called a bouncer. As the website Cricket Explained puts it "When the ball is bowled to the batsman, it's okay for the ball to bounce off the ground before it reaches the batsman. In fact, this is preferred. A ball that doesn't bounce on the ground before reaching the batsman (called a "full-toss") is too easy to hit." |
| 22d | Screen /in/ restaurant on base (6) |
In mathematics, e[5] is the transcendental* number that is the base of Napierian or natural logarithms, approximately equal to 2.71828.
* A transcendental number[5] is a number such as e or π that is real but not a root of an algebraic equation with rational coefficients.
| 24d | Citrus fruit -- not round // variety (5) |
| 25d | Cigarette all the rage /for/ Dickensian villain (5) |
Fag[5] is an informal British term for a cigarette.
Fagin[7] is a fictional character who appears as an antagonist of the novel Oliver Twist (1838) authored by English writer Charles Dickens (1812–1870). He is the leader of a group of children, the Artful Dodger and Charley Bates among them, whom he teaches to make their livings by pickpocketing and other criminal activities, in exchange for a roof over their heads.
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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