Puzzle at a Glance
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Puzzle number in The Daily Telegraph
DT 29849 | |
Publication date in The Daily Telegraph
Friday, December 3, 2021 | |
Setter
Zandio | |
Link to full review
Big Dave's Crossword Blog [DT 29849]
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Big Dave's Crossword Blog review written by
Deep Threat | |
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 think Stephen L. says it well in the first comment on Big Dave's Crossword Blog when he describes the puzzle as "Good fun with some very imaginative clueing".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 | It makes a man hot and sweet (11) |
The "hot" man in question is baked in the oven.
What did he say?
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In his review on Big Dave's Crossword Blog, Deep Threat refers to the man in the clue as aSweetmeat[5] is an archaic term for an item of confectionery or sweet food.spicy sweetmeat. |
| 7a | Father's herbal // extract? (7)⇒ X. |
When sage is used as a modifier, it could be considered to be a synonym of herbal ⇒
sage tea.
| 8a | Model // girl, one among hundreds (7) |
| 10a | All the same, // many martyrs were asking for it (8) |
| 11a | He painted // it, twice going round article (6) |
Titian[5] (circa 1488–1576) was an Italian painter. The most important painter of the Venetian school, he experimented with vivid colours and often broke conventions of composition. He painted many sensual mythological works, including Bacchus and Ariadne (circa 1518–23).
| 13a | Yankee must follow imperial order /and/ toe the line (4) |
" Yankee " = Y[5] [NATO Phonetic Alphabet[7]]
"imperial order " = OBE [Officer of the Order of the British Empire] (as used here, imperial[5] denotes relating to an empire)
OBE[5] is the abbreviation for Officer of the Order of the British Empire.
The Order of the British Empire[5] is an order of knighthood applicable to the United Kingdom and certain Commonwealth realms which was instituted in 1917 and is divided into five classes, each with military and civilian divisions. The classes are: Knight or Dame Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire (GBE), Knight or Dame Commander (KBE/DBE), Commander (CBE), Officer (OBE), and Member (MBE). The two highest classes entail the awarding of a knighthood.
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OBE[5] is the abbreviation for Officer of the Order of the British Empire.
The Order of the British Empire[5] is an order of knighthood applicable to the United Kingdom and certain Commonwealth realms which was instituted in 1917 and is divided into five classes, each with military and civilian divisions. The classes are: Knight or Dame Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire (GBE), Knight or Dame Commander (KBE/DBE), Commander (CBE), Officer (OBE), and Member (MBE). The two highest classes entail the awarding of a knighthood.
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| 14a | Go with // flattery when conversing (10) |
| 16a | Absurd // tasteless clothing starts to cause ridicule (10) |
| 18a | You // forget 50 per cent of ideas (4) |
| 21a | Serial broadcast /in/ Middle Eastern country (6) |
| 22a | I admit having no piercing /may be/ stupid (8) |
| 24a | More curious to tour Italy -- /it's/ louder (7) |
| 25a | Hang // nudes in new arrangement over small piano (7) |
" small " = S[5] [clothing size]
| 26a | Family // take a dip, busy creatures (11) |
Down
| 1d | Sign /of/ trail-bike ruts Egyptologist's covered over (7) |
| 2d | Conveniently taking time out for run? // Not quite (6) |
" time " = T [t[1]]
"run " = R [cricket notation]
| 3d | What's represented by the fifth letter in email? (10) |
| 4d | Dough, // not doe! (4) |
| 5d | Researched // old quarry used in commercial (8) |
| 6d | Daughter is, y'know, /showing/ hostility (7) |
" daughter " = D [d[2]; genealogy]
| 7d | Pie portions mixed // up, for instance (11) |
| 9d | Brief written up after scams Edward // put together (11) |
Ted[7] is a diminutive form of the given names Edmund, Edward, Edwin, Edwina, Thaddeus, Theodora, and Theodore.
| 12d | Expressed regret, /seeing/ Goa spoiled when travelling (10) |
Scratching the Surface
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| 15d | Case of rogue compiler -- passes on // solutions (8) |
"compiler " = ME
It is a common cryptic crossword convention for the creator of the puzzle to use terms such as (the or this) compiler, (the or this) setter, (the or this) speaker, (this) author, (this) writer, or this person to refer to himself or herself. To solve such a clue, one must generally substitute a first person pronoun (I or ME) for whichever of these terms has been used in the clue.
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It is a common cryptic crossword convention for the creator of the puzzle to use terms such as (the or this) compiler, (the or this) setter, (the or this) speaker, (this) author, (this) writer, or this person to refer to himself or herself. To solve such a clue, one must generally substitute a first person pronoun (I or ME) for whichever of these terms has been used in the clue.
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| 17d | Bore // shed tears about a Republican (7) |
" Republican " = R[5] [member or supporter of the US Republican Party]
| 19d | Gosh! // Harbour's invaded by Spain (7) |
| 20d | Fiasco, using grasping // member of family (6) |
| 23d | Going north from here, craft regularly // vacant (4) |
References
Key to Reference Sources:
[1] - The Chambers Dictionary, 11th Edition
[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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