Puzzle at a Glance
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Puzzle number in The Daily Telegraph
DT 29873 | |
Publication date in The Daily Telegraph
Saturday, January 1, 2022 | |
Setter
Chalicea (Shirley Curran) | |
Link to full review
Big Dave's Crossword Blog [DT 29873 – Hints]Big Dave's Crossword Blog [DT 29873 – 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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This puzzle appears on the Monday Diversions page in the Saturday, April 16, 2022 edition of the National Post. 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. | |
Introduction
As this puzzle was published in the UK on January 1, maybe I should wish you Happy New Year instead of Happy Easter.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 | Technocrat ordered // military garment (6,4) |
| 6a | Reportedly study // grass (4) |
| 8a | Unusually heartless, collecting proof of debts // in a horrible manner (8) |
| 9a | Some manure I'm against turning over /is/ more tainted (6) |
| 10a | Press cold youth // resistant to change (8) |
" cold " = C [c or c.[1]; symbol found on water taps]
| 11a | Fragile // revolutionary trap backfiring (6) |
| 12a | Oscar accepted by that woman /in/ Oxford? (4) |
" Oscar " = O[5] [NATO Phonetic Alphabet[7]]
| 14a | Distinct /when/ surprisingly revised (7) |
| 18a | Examine and analyse // ordinary copyright in newspapers (7) |
"ordinary " = O [British academic qualification]
Historically, in the UK (with the exception of Scotland), O level[5] (short for ordinary level[5]) was a qualification in a specific subject formerly taken by school students aged 14-16, at a level below A (advanced) level. It was replaced in 1988 by the GCSE[5] (General Certificate of Secondary Education).
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Historically, in the UK (with the exception of Scotland), O level[5] (short for ordinary level[5]) was a qualification in a specific subject formerly taken by school students aged 14-16, at a level below A (advanced) level. It was replaced in 1988 by the GCSE[5] (General Certificate of Secondary Education).
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C[5] (also ©) is the abbreviation for copyright.
| 20a | Bitterness /of/ topped golf stroke (4) |
A wedge[5] is:
- a golf club with a low, angled face for maximum loft
- a shot made with a wedge ⇒
Davies hit a wedge to within a yard of the hole
| 23a | Thoroughgoing // street half cut off regularly in city (6) |
| 24a | Important deal announced /for/ part of propulsion system (8) |
A mainsail[5] is the principal sail of a ship, especially the lowest sail on the mainmast in a square-rigged vessel.
| 25a | Start fighting // recruit (6) |
| 26a | Publicise skilled trade /for/ plane, say (8) |
| 27a | Plain // water (4) |
Mere[5] is a literary British term for a lake or pond* ⇒
the stream widens into a mere where hundreds of geese gather.
* Those of us in Ottawa should be familiar with this word as the Mackenzie King Estate (the country estate of Canada’s 10th and longest-serving prime minister, William Lyon Mackenzie King) is located just across the Ottawa River in Kingsmere, Quebec, on the shores of Kingsmere Lake (a name which surely amounts to Kingslake Lake).
| 28a | Resort to guessing /for/ this hint (10) |
Down
| 1d | Sadly dowdiest // having multiple aspects (3-5) |
| 2d | Journalist // travelled up to collect computers etc (6) |
IT[5] is the abbreviation for information technology.
| 3d | Grasp // chickens? (6) |
| 4d | Broken-down // company line no longer valid (9) |
" line " = L [l.[5]; in textual references ⇒
l. 648]
| 5d | Stable /and/ occasionally strong anaesthetic (8) |
| 6d | Loving // upright type getting endless credit (8) |
Roman[5] is type of of a plain upright kind used in ordinary print, especially as distinguished from italic and Gothic.
Tick[5] (used in the phrase on tick) is an informal British term meaning credit ⇒
the printer agreed to send the brochures out on tick.
Origin: The term apparently originates as a short form for ticket in the phrase on the ticket, referring to an IOU or promise to pay.
| 7d | Chooses for office fellows replacing Conservative // constituents (8) |
" Conservative " = C[5] [member of a British political party]
| 13d | An ego trip surprisingly // producing an effect (9) |
| 15d | Example // within adopted attitude (8) |
| 16d | Reckon // I'm in landed property (8) |
| 17d | Dogs receiving large // decisive blows (8) |
I would think the definition here is whimsical.
" large " = L[5] [clothing size]
| 19d | Framework /that's/ kind of key (8) |
| 21d | Bags holding northern // nibbles (6) |
| 22d | Speak hesitantly ahead of answer I repeatedly // state (6) |
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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