Puzzle at a Glance
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Puzzle number in The Daily Telegraph
DT 29883 | |
Publication date in The Daily Telegraph
Thursday, January 13, 2022 | |
Setter
Giovanni (Don Manley) | |
Link to full review
Big Dave's Crossword Blog [DT 29883]
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Big Dave's Crossword Blog review written by
Miffypops | |
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 30, 2022 edition of the National Post. * The BD Rating may have little significance as Miffypops has often stated that he never changes the setting from its default value (***/***). In cases where the BD Rating on his reviews is other than the default value, it has likely been set by someone else. | |
Introduction
I am almost ashamed to admit how much electronic help I used to complete this puzzle.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 | Person puts fancy decoration on // tops of garments (7) |
Here and There
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On both sides of the Atlantic, bod[3,4,11] is slang for the physical human body or build ⇒ likes brainy men who maintain a good bod(Catherine Breslin). However, in Britain, bod[3,4,11] is also slang for a person ⇒ he's a queer bod. |
A bodice[5] is the close-fitting upper part of a dress, covering the chest and back above the waist.
| 5a | Prime piece of beef brought up /to be/ cooked (7) |
| 9a | A huge // word of warning to sailors (5) |
Avast[5] is a nautical exclamation directing (someone) to stop or cease ⇒
a sailor is expected to keep hauling until the mate hollers ‘Avast!.
| 10a | Abandon lots of rubbish? // Waiter would like you to do that! (5,1,3) |
Tip[10] is a British term for a dump for refuse, etc.; that is, a place with "lots of rubbish".
| 11a | An indication of American wealth? (6,4) |
| 12a | Something hot // left to be grasped by family (4) |
| 14a | Theatre brought back organised groups with introduction of male // shows (12) |
Rep[2,5] is an informal short form for repertory theatre (also simply repertory). It can refer either to the performance of various plays, operas, or ballets by a company at regular short intervals ⇒
once, when I was in rep, I learned Iago in three days) or to a repertory theatre or company ⇒
the Birmingham Rep*.
* Birmingham Repertory Theatre[7], commonly called Birmingham Rep or just The Rep, is a theatre located in Birmingham, England.
| 18a | Something that has made Brits lose pounds? (6,6) |
| 21a | Foreign title // given in foolish error (4) |
Herr[5] (plural Herren) is a title or form of address used of or to a German-speaking man, corresponding to Mr and also used before a rank or occupation ⇒ (i)
good morning, Herr Weber; (ii)
my trip with the Herr Doktor was postponed.
| 22a | Senior teacher /takes/ top stream after reorganisation (10) |
Headmaster[5] is a British term for a man who is the head teacher in a school*.
Scratching the Surface
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Stream[5] is a British term* for a group in which schoolchildren of the same age and ability are taught ⇒ children in the top streams. * A term I believe may also be used in Canada although perhaps not in quite the same respect. |
| 25a | Drunk has set out /for/ relatively prosperous region (5-4) |
The regions[7]—of which there are nine—are the highest tier of sub-national division in England. While they have lost many of their former government functions, they continue to be used for statistical and some administrative purposes.
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| Regions of England |
In 2019, the South East (which comprises areas south and west of London) had the second highest median gross annual earnings among the regions (behind only London)[7].
| 26a | Fairly large // piece of learner's embroidery without edges (5) |
A sampler[5] is a piece of embroidery worked in various stitches as a specimen of skill, typically containing the alphabet and some mottoes.
| 27a | Place // to squat alongside university troublemaker (7) |
" university " = U [U or U.[1]]
In Greek mythology, Ate[10] is a goddess who makes people blind so that they will blunder into guilty acts [i.e, she gets them into trouble].
| 28a | The lass going out // without a bonnet? (7) |
Down
| 1d | Confronts // hairy things (6) |
As a verb, beard[5] means to boldly confront or challenge (someone formidable) ⇒
he was afraid to beard the sultan himself.
| 2d | How someone may be loved // with much suffering? (6) |
In the first definition, dearly[5] means very much ⇒
he loved his parents dearly.
In the second definition, dearly[5] means with much loss or suffering or at great cost ⇒
freedom to worship our religion has been bought dearly.
| 3d | Hot dish /in/ bed -- I get pea rolling round (7,3) |
Cottage pie[5] is a British term for a dish of minced [ground] meat topped with browned mashed potato.
* This dish would appear to be similar to shepherd's pie[5], a British term for a dish of minced [ground] meat under a layer of mashed potato.
What did he say?
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In his review on Big Dave's Crossword Blog, Miffypops describes the first element in the charade asCot[5] is the British name for a crib[5]—a small bed with high barred sides for a baby or very young child.A word for a small child’s bed. |
| 4d | Missionary // has upset more than half the characters in Salisbury (5) |
Silas[7] or Silvanus (fl. 1st century AD) was a leading member of the Early Christian community, who first accompanied Paul the Apostle on his second missionary journey.
| 5d | Boastful types /with/ Lord Melvyn introducing creative activities (9) |
Melvyn Bragg, Baron Bragg[7], (thus Lord Melvyn Bragg*) is an English broadcaster, author and parliamentarian.
* Lord[5] is a title given formally to a baron, and less formally to a marquess, earl, or viscount (prefixed to a family or territorial name).
| 6d | Wild animals // a nuisance for the most part (4) |
| 7d | King or Queen maybe /in/ well-practised move (3,5) |
The first part of the clue is a definition by example.
| 8d | Sleepy state? // Lie down outside wood (8) |
Doss[5] is an informal British term meaning to sleep in rough accommodation or on an improvised bed ⇒
he dossed down on a friend’s floor.
| 13d | Accepted a role // as one severely criticised (5,5) |
To take (someone or something) apart[5] means to attack, criticize, or defeat (someone or something) in a vigorous or forceful way ⇒
she was relishing the sight of me being verbally taken apart.
I Beg to Differ
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| In this review on Big Dave's Crossword Blog, Miffypops classifies this clue as a double definition. However, this cannot be the case as the numeration of the first so-called definition is (5,1,4) which does not match that given in the clue. The first part of the clue must therefore be wordplay. |
| 15d | Nurture // offered by wet doctor over time (9) |
"Wet doctor" alludes to the title character in the English nursery rhyme "Doctor Foster"[7].
Doctor Foster went to Gloucester,
In a shower of rain;
He stepped in a puddle,
Right up to his middle,
And never went there again.
In a shower of rain;
He stepped in a puddle,
Right up to his middle,
And never went there again.
| 16d | Stress // that could produce misshape (8) |
| 17d | Magical quality /of/ little daughter with us in the beginning (8) |
" little daughter (abbreviation for daughter) " = D [d[2]; genealogy]
Stardust[5] is a magical or charismatic quality or feeling ⇒
he slipped past four defenders as though stardust had been sprinkled in his boots.
| 19d | Main // alternative to paper clip? (6) |
As the solution to the first definition, staple[5] is used in the sense of main or important, especially in terms of consumption ⇒
the staple foods of the poor.
| 20d | Colours /for/ party people (6) |
A Green party[7]
is a formally organized political party based on the principles of
Green politics, such as social justice, grassroots democracy,
nonviolence, and environmentalism. (show more )
Green parties exist in nearly 90 countries around the world; many are members of Global Greens, an international network of Green parties and political movements that works to implement the Global Green Charter. In the UK, there are separate Green parties for Scotland, Northern Ireland, and England and Wales.
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Green parties exist in nearly 90 countries around the world; many are members of Global Greens, an international network of Green parties and political movements that works to implement the Global Green Charter. In the UK, there are separate Green parties for Scotland, Northern Ireland, and England and Wales.
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| 23d | Get rid of // drainage facility (5) |
| 24d | Bird // within our hearing (4) |
The rhea[5] is a large flightless bird of South American grasslands, resembling a small ostrich with greyish-brown plumage.
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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