Puzzle at a Glance
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Puzzle number in The Daily Telegraph
DT 29893 | |
Publication date in The Daily Telegraph
Tuesday, January 25, 2022 | |
Setter
Unknown | |
Link to full review
Big Dave's Crossword Blog [DT 29893]
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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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Notes
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This puzzle appears on the Monday Diversions page in the Saturday, May 14, 2022 edition of the National Post. | |
Introduction
The puzzle contains a couple of words which Lexico (Oxford Dictionaries) defines as North American terms. You will find both words mentioned in the first two comments on Big Dave's Crossword Blog, although neither writer twigs to the fact that these are North American terms.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 | Try // hat, scratching head with charm (7) |
| 5a | Weapon // wounded large animal (7) |
" large " = L[5] [clothing size]
| 9a | Deception /from/ German woman with diamonds (5) |
Frau[5] is a title or form of address for a married or widowed German-speaking woman ⇒
Frau Nordern.
" diamonds " = D[2] [card suit]
| 10a | Almost imprisoning female with debts? // Extremely wicked (9) |
| 11a | Utterly // empty cell, criminal has nothing inside (10) |
| 12a | Drink // shark oil regularly (4) |
Saki[5,10] (variant spelling of sake[5,10]) is a Japanese alcoholic drink made from fermented rice, traditionally drunk warm in small porcelain cups.
| 14a | Splitting up, // say, soldiers in depot (12) |
| 18a | Cold hermit saves desperately /for/ when stockings go up? (9,3) |
" cold " = C [c or c.[1]; symbol found on water taps]
| 21a | Bug likes eating // fruit (4) |
The ugli or ugli fruit[7] is a Jamaican form of tangelo, a citrus fruit created by hybridizing a grapefruit (or pomelo), an orange and a tangerine. (show more )
UGLI is a registered trademark of Cabel Hall Citrus Limited, under which it markets the fruit. It was discovered growing wild (possibly having developed in the same way grapefruit was created) in Jamaica, where it is mainly grown today.
The name is a variation of the word "ugly", which refers to the fruit's unsightly appearance, with rough, wrinkled, greenish-yellow rind, wrapped loosely around the orange pulpy citrus inside.
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UGLI is a registered trademark of Cabel Hall Citrus Limited, under which it markets the fruit. It was discovered growing wild (possibly having developed in the same way grapefruit was created) in Jamaica, where it is mainly grown today.
The name is a variation of the word "ugly", which refers to the fruit's unsightly appearance, with rough, wrinkled, greenish-yellow rind, wrapped loosely around the orange pulpy citrus inside.
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| 22a | Foolproof // plan if ill, be converting papa's shed (10) |
" papa " = P[5] [NATO Phonetic Alphabet[7]]
| 25a | Rock // star's first and second sound (9) |
" second " = S [s[2]; measure of time]
| 26a | Be east of old // tree (5) |
" old " = O[12] [linguistics;
OFr(Old French),
OE(Old English)]
| 27a | Prize returned by small // boxers? (7) |
" small " = S[5] [clothing size]
| 28a | Ring new rep about leaving parking // spot (7) |
Down
| 1d | Pretend // European court supports a couple of fines (6) |
" European " = E[2]
" court " = CT [Ct or ct[2]; in street addresses]
" fine " = F[2] [grade of pencil lead]
| 2d | Removing feet from trap, US man /gets/ injury (6) |
| 3d | Turkey is part of this // set meal I'd ordered around beginning of December (6,4) |
| 4d | Belief that goes up and down (5) |
I view this clue as a cryptic definition which consists of a precise definition accompanied by "cryptic elaboration"*.
* The "cryptic elaboration" does not supply a second independent route to the solution but rather provides supplementary information related to the precise definition (namely, that the solution is a palindrome).
| 5d | These go with shirts -- // clobber on golf course (4,5) |
Scratching the Surface
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The surface reading of the clue may be intended to make the solver think of clobber[5] in an informal British sense of clothing, personal belongings, or equipment ⇒ I found all his clobber in the locker. |
| 6d | Some golden retriever picked up // bird (4) |
The tern[5] is a seabird related to the gulls, typically smaller and more slender, with long pointed wings and a forked tail.
| 7d | A note ignored by sentimentalist /is/ perfumed (8) |
| 8d | Nose is broken in ship/'s/ drinking bouts (8) |
" ship " = SS[2] [steamship]
| 13d | Boss // renegotiated overall sum (10) |
From a British perspective, boss[5] is an informal North American term meaning excellent or outstanding ⇒ (i)
that was a real boss move on his part; (ii)
I like that second picture the best; it's a boss shot!.
| 15d | Significant // second Oscar just unveiled? (9) |
" Oscar " = O[5] [NATO Phonetic Alphabet[7]]
| 16d | Defendant maintaining Republican /is/ loathsome (8) |
" Republican " = R[5] [member or supporter of the US Republican Party]
| 17d | Country // is upset about resistance by dull American (3,5) |
" resistance " = R[2] [electrical resistance, symbol used in physics]
" American " = A[1]
| 19d | Make // old boy fib about leader of government (6) |
"old boy " = OB
In Britain, an old boy[5] (abbreviation OB[2]) is:
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In Britain, an old boy[5] (abbreviation OB[2]) is:
- a former male student of a school or college ⇒
an old boy of Banbury County School
- a former male member of a sports team or company ⇒
the White Hart Lane old boy squared the ball to present an easy chance from 12 yards
‘Look here, old boy,’ he said.
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| 20d | Lower // debt -- cut by 50% on average? (6) |
| 23d | What rug might go on // first? (5) |
From a British perspective, rug[5] is an informal, mainly North American, name for a toupee or wig.
| 24d | Man, perhaps, // is left ecstasy (4) |
"ecstasy " = E [the illicit drug Ecstasy]
E[5] is an abbreviation for the drug Ecstasy* or a tablet of Ecstasy ⇒ (i)
* Ecstasy[5] is an illegal amphetamine-based synthetic drug with euphoric effects, originally produced as an appetite suppressant. Also called MDMA (Methylenedioxymethamphetamine).
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E[5] is an abbreviation for the drug Ecstasy* or a tablet of Ecstasy ⇒ (i)
people have died after taking E; (ii)
being busted with three Es can lead to stiff penalties.
* Ecstasy[5] is an illegal amphetamine-based synthetic drug with euphoric effects, originally produced as an appetite suppressant. Also called MDMA (Methylenedioxymethamphetamine).
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The Isle of Man[5]
(abbreviation IOM[5])
is an island in the Irish Sea (show more ).
The island is a British Crown dependency having home rule, with its own legislature (the Tynwald) and judicial system. It was part of the Norse kingdom of the Hebrides in the Middle Ages, passing into Scottish hands in 1266 for a time, until the English gained control in the early 15th century. Its ancient language, Manx, is still occasionally used for ceremonial purposes.
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The island is a British Crown dependency having home rule, with its own legislature (the Tynwald) and judicial system. It was part of the Norse kingdom of the Hebrides in the Middle Ages, passing into Scottish hands in 1266 for a time, until the English gained control in the early 15th century. Its ancient language, Manx, is still occasionally used for ceremonial purposes.
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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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