Puzzle at a Glance
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Puzzle number in The Daily Telegraph
DT 29708 | |
Publication date in The Daily Telegraph
Tuesday, June 22, 2021 | |
Setter
Unknown | |
Link to full review
Big Dave's Crossword Blog [DT 29708]
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Big Dave's Crossword Blog review written by
Mr K | |
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
For a second day in a row, we get a fairly gentle mental workout.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 | Happy // puppy initially let out (7) |
"let out " = LEASED [questionably British]
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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| 5a | Reduces // classes for auditors (7) |
| 9a | King in fit // state (5) |
"king " = R [Rex]
In the United Kingdom and the other Commonwealth realms*, Rex[5] (abbreviation R[5]) [Latin for king] denotes the reigning king, used following a name (e.g. Georgius Rex, King George — often shortened to GR) or in the titles of lawsuits (e.g. Rex v. Jones, the Crown versus Jones — often shortened to R. v. Jones).
* A Commonwealth realm[7] is a sovereign state that is a member of the Commonwealth of Nations and shares the same person, currently Elizabeth II, as its head of state and reigning constitutional monarch, but retains a crown legally distinct from the other realms. There are currently sixteen Commonwealth realms, the largest being Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom with the remainder being smaller Caribbean and Pacific island nations.
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In the United Kingdom and the other Commonwealth realms*, Rex[5] (abbreviation R[5]) [Latin for king] denotes the reigning king, used following a name (e.g. Georgius Rex, King George — often shortened to GR) or in the titles of lawsuits (e.g. Rex v. Jones, the Crown versus Jones — often shortened to R. v. Jones).
* A Commonwealth realm[7] is a sovereign state that is a member of the Commonwealth of Nations and shares the same person, currently Elizabeth II, as its head of state and reigning constitutional monarch, but retains a crown legally distinct from the other realms. There are currently sixteen Commonwealth realms, the largest being Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom with the remainder being smaller Caribbean and Pacific island nations.
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| 10a | Explain // recent trip at sea without Charlie (9) |
| 11a | Meeting // prisoner to receive stolen goods, hiding sign of hesitation (10) |
| 12a | Papa poorly? This may help (4) |
The entire clue is a cryptic definition cryptic definition in which the wordplay is embedded.
| 14a | Show boss maybe // a strange game, foolishly (5,7) |
The stage manager[5] is the person responsible for the lighting and other technical arrangements for a stage play.
| 18a | Missing cord // that's useful for a jumper? (8-4) |
| 21a | Whoppers // covered in cheese I like sent back (4) |
Scratching the Surface
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| The Whopper[7] is the signature hamburger and an associated product line sold by international fast food restaurant chain Burger King and its Australian franchise Hungry Jack's. |
| 22a | Genuine couple's // qualities (10) |
| 25a | Toured // Beethoven's Fourth, and French composer conducted (9) |
Maurice Ravel[5] (1875–1937) was a French composer. His works are somewhat impressionistic in style, employing colourful orchestration and unresolved dissonances. Notable works: the ballets Daphnis and Chloë (1912) and Boléro (1928) and the orchestral work La Valse (1920).
Scratching the Surface
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| Beethoven's Fourth[7] or Symphony No. 4 in B♭ major, Op. 60, is the fourth-published symphony by Ludwig van Beethoven—and apparently one of his lesser known works outside of Crosswordland where it seems to be a favourite among setters. |
| 26a | Look around university /for/ thin fabric (5) |
| 27a | Reveal // lips changing within 24 hours (7) |
| 28a | Most stretched out // legs, not painfully (7) |
Down
| 1d | Responsibility to catch one // fish (6) |
The plaice[5] is a North Atlantic flatfish which is a commercially important food fish.
| 2d | Machine // broken, gin escaped bottles (6) |
| 3d | Record player with brand // label (10) |
| 4d | Rubbish student lacking // ambition (5) |
"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 |
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| 5d | Ordered ace Merlot -- // one will turn up eventually (9) |
Scratching the Surface
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| Merlot[5] is a red wine made from the Merlot grape, a variety of black wine grape originally from the Bordeaux region of France. |
| 6d | Uttered profanities, leaving wife // angry (4) |
| 7d | Wants to cut head/'s/ pay (8) |
| 8d | Colonists // left, protected by dogs (8) |
| 13d | Photograph fierce person/'s/ flower (10) |
| 15d | Army officer with 50 yen // on average (9) |
| 16d | Remote // island sold tea to be drunk (8) |
| 17d | Swimmer stuck between rocks // laterally (8) |
Ide[5] is another name for the orfe[5], a silvery freshwater fish of the carp family, which is fished commercially in eastern Europe.
| 19d | Tiny // amount of time (6) |
| 20d | Launch // a perfume (6) |
| 23d | Daughter interrupting sound of a bell -- // it could come from a bike (5) |
| 24d | Prime minister // exercises and belly's regularly trimmed (4) |
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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