Puzzle at a Glance
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Puzzle number in The Daily Telegraph
DT 29888 | |
Publication date in The Daily Telegraph
Wednesday, January 19, 2022 | |
Setter
Jay (Jeremy Mutch) | |
Link to full review
Big Dave's Crossword Blog [DT 29888]
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Big Dave's Crossword Blog review written by
2Kiwis | |
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 7, 2022 edition of the National Post. | |
Introduction
Jay is as entertaining as ever, if perhaps a tad trickier than usual.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 | The orator's planned delivery may be affected by this (4,6) |
The entire clue can be viewed as the definition in which the wordplay is embedded.
However, before settling on this interpretation, a solver does have to consider the possibility that the definition might only be the latter part of the clue:
- The orator's planned // delivery may be affected by this (4,6)
| 6a | Part of church // article intuition rejected (4) |
An apse[5] is a large semicircular or polygonal recess in a church, arched or with a domed roof and typically at the church's eastern end.
| 9a | Fears spread about party // hats (7) |
"party " = DO
Do[5,12] is an informal British[5] or chiefly British[12] term* for a party or other social event ⇒
* Although one US dictionary (Webster’s New World College Dictionary[12]) supports the contention by Lexico (Oxford Dictionary of English)[5] that this usage is at least chiefly British, two other US dictionaries[3,11] do not.
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Do[5,12] is an informal British[5] or chiefly British[12] term* for a party or other social event ⇒
the soccer club Christmas do.
* Although one US dictionary (Webster’s New World College Dictionary[12]) supports the contention by Lexico (Oxford Dictionary of English)[5] that this usage is at least chiefly British, two other US dictionaries[3,11] do not.
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| 10a | Home study task oddly // impresses (7) |
| 12a | Cold residue shows // places where money is kept (4,9) |
| 14a | Global warming will affect this // -- it is full of processed cheese (3,5) |
| 15a | What might come from mash /being/ cold? (6) |
In brewing, mash[5] is a mixture of powdered malt and hot water, which is left to stand until the sugars dissolve to form the wort.
Bitter[5] is a British name for beer that is strongly flavoured with hops and has a bitter taste ⇒ (i)
a pint of bitter; (ii)
the company brews a range of bitters.
| 17a | Cut out // training with no sign of hesitation (6) |
| 19a | Rock the French after the Spanish one /gets/ qualified (8) |
Gib[5] is a British short form for Gibraltar[5], a British overseas territory near the southern tip of the Iberian peninsula, at the eastern end of the Strait of Gibraltar ⇒
Occupying a site of great strategic importance, Gibraltar consists of a fortified town and military base at the foot of a rocky headland, the Rock of Gibraltar. Britain captured it during the War of the Spanish Succession in 1704 and is responsible for its defence, external affairs, and internal security.
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we reached Gib in August and docked at Oran [a port on the Mediterranean coast of Algeria](show more ).
Occupying a site of great strategic importance, Gibraltar consists of a fortified town and military base at the foot of a rocky headland, the Rock of Gibraltar. Britain captured it during the War of the Spanish Succession in 1704 and is responsible for its defence, external affairs, and internal security.
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"the French " = LE [French definite article]
"the Spanish " = EL [Spanish definite article]
| 21a | Unwilling to bend, /seeing/ a second fix on a London building succeeded (2,4,2,5) |
" second " = S [s[2]; measure of time]The Shard[7] is a 72-storey skyscraper, designed by the Italian architect Renzo Piano, in Southwark, London. Standing 309.6 metres (1,016 feet) high, the Shard is the tallest building in the United Kingdom.
| 24a | Send back green oranges perhaps not one /for/ fighting over ground (4,3) |
| 25a | One without faith /or/ time during a robbery (7) |
" time " = T [t[1]; symbol used in physics]
| 26a | Not a quiet // dish (4) |
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In Britain, nosh[5,10] is an informal term for food or a meal ⇒ It's not posh nosh, just slightly more upmarket pub grub, so anyone after a real culinary experience should perhaps steer clearwhereas in North America the word denotes a snack or small item of food ⇒ have plenty of noshes and nibbles conveniently placed. |
| 27a | Parasite /from/ death row condemned by Royal Marines (10) |
"Royal Marines " = RM
[Royal Marines]
A threadworm[5] is a very slender parasitic nematode worm, especially a pinworm.
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| 1d | Gentle, // like this paper (4) |
So[2] means in that [or this] state or condition [i.e., ‛like that’ or ‛like this’] ⇒ (i)
promised to be faithful, and has remained so; (ii)
She told him ‛I am single, and I plan to remain so.’.
The Financial Times[7] (abbreviation FT) is a British international business newspaper that is printed on conspicuous salmon pink newsprint.
| 2d | Criminal clear about detective /getting/ origin of root (7) |
"detective " = DI [detective inspector]
A detective inspector (abbrevation DI[5]) is a senior police officer in the UK. Within the British police, inspector[7] is the second supervisory rank. It is senior to that of sergeant, but junior to that of chief inspector. Plain-clothes detective inspectors are equal in rank to their uniformed counterparts, the prefix 'detective' identifying them as having been trained in criminal investigation and being part of or attached to their force's Criminal Investigation Department (CID).
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A detective inspector (abbrevation DI[5]) is a senior police officer in the UK. Within the British police, inspector[7] is the second supervisory rank. It is senior to that of sergeant, but junior to that of chief inspector. Plain-clothes detective inspectors are equal in rank to their uniformed counterparts, the prefix 'detective' identifying them as having been trained in criminal investigation and being part of or attached to their force's Criminal Investigation Department (CID).
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The radicle[5] is the part of a plant embryo that develops into the primary root.
| 3d | Puts pressure on // staff underpinning rents thus adjusted (5,3,5) |
| 4d | Forces on standby /may get/ books (8) |
| 5d | A contact from Test and Trace // taking off? (5) |
NHS* Test and Trace[7] is a government-funded service in England, established in 2020 to track and help prevent the spread of COVID-19.
* National Health Service[5], the system of national medical care in the UK paid for mainly by taxation
An alert sent by the Test and Trace system is called a "ping". The operation of the service is explained as follows on the BBC News website[b]:
"If you have the app, and you spend enough time close to another person
using it, you will receive a "ping" alert if they later test positive
for Covid... If you are "pinged" you're advised – but not legally obliged – to self-isolate for 10 days."
[b] "Coronavirus: How does the NHS test-and-trace system and app work?", BBC News
Delving Deeper
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| I am very familiar with the use of the term ping[10]
in computer networking where it means to send a test message to (a computer or
server) in order to check whether it is responding or how long it takes
it to respond. However, as in the case of many technical terms, ping[5] seems to have slipped into common parlance – at least in the UK – with a less technical meaning, namely to send an electronic message to (someone) ⇒ at least a dozen people have pinged me or called to tell me this. |
| 7d | Strong // chap depressed by witticism (7) |
"chap " = GENT
Chap[3,4,11] is an informal British[5] or chiefly British[3] term for a man or boy – although a term that is certainly not uncommon in Canada. It is a shortened form of chapman[3,4,11], an archaic term for a trader, especially an itinerant pedlar[a,b].
[a] Pedlar is the modern British spelling of peddler[14] which, in most senses, is considered by the Brits to be a US or old-fashioned British spelling. The exception is in the sense of a dealer in illegal drugs which the Brits spell as drug peddler.
[b] The current meaning of chap[2] dates from the 18th century. In the 16th century, chap meant 'a customer'. The dictionaries do not explain how a shortened form of 'chapman' (pedlar) came to mean 'customer'.
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Chap[3,4,11] is an informal British[5] or chiefly British[3] term for a man or boy – although a term that is certainly not uncommon in Canada. It is a shortened form of chapman[3,4,11], an archaic term for a trader, especially an itinerant pedlar[a,b].
[a] Pedlar is the modern British spelling of peddler[14] which, in most senses, is considered by the Brits to be a US or old-fashioned British spelling. The exception is in the sense of a dealer in illegal drugs which the Brits spell as drug peddler.
[b] The current meaning of chap[2] dates from the 18th century. In the 16th century, chap meant 'a customer'. The dictionaries do not explain how a shortened form of 'chapman' (pedlar) came to mean 'customer'.
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| 8d | Simple setter adjusted /to/ such a lifestyle? (4,6) |
| 11d | Marked /as/ famous (13) |
| 13d | Animal/'s/ popular tamer panicked, trapped by cage (4,6) |
The pine marten[5] is an arboreal weasel-like mammal that has a dark brown coat with a yellowish throat and a bushy tail, native to northern Eurasia.
| 16d | Entrepreneurs Musk and Bill mostly // stretch out (8) |
Elon Musk[7] is a South African born American entrepreneur who is CEO of Tesla and founder of Space-X. He is deemed to be the world's wealthiest person by both Bloomberg and Forbes.
Bill Gates[7] is an American entrepreneur who co-founded Microsoft. As of May 2022, Forbes estimates Gates to have a net worth of US$125 billion, making him the fourth-richest person in the world.
| 18d | Divisions /from/ company on spirits with leader gone (7) |
Short[5] is a British term for a drink of spirits served in a small measure* or, as Collins English Dictionary puts it, a short[10] is a drink of spirits as opposed to a long drink such as beer.
| 20d | I'd love to support president/'s/ code of chivalry (7) |
" love " = O [love[5]; nil score in tennis]
The reference here could relate to either of two American presidents – George Bush or his son, George W. Bush (show more ).
George Bush[5] is an American Republican statesman, 41st President of the US 1989–93; full name George Herbert Walker Bush. He negotiated further arms reductions with the Soviet Union and organized international action to expel the Iraqis from Kuwait in 1990.
George W. Bush[5] is an American Republican statesman, 43rd President of the US 2001–09; full name George Walker Bush. He is the son of George Bush. One of his first acts as President was to launch a ‘War on Terror’ against the Taliban regime in Afghanistan following the September 11 attacks on the World Trade Center and Pentagon; he also ordered the invasion of Iraq in March 2003, maintaining that Saddam Hussein was developing chemical, biological, and nuclear weapons.
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George Bush[5] is an American Republican statesman, 41st President of the US 1989–93; full name George Herbert Walker Bush. He negotiated further arms reductions with the Soviet Union and organized international action to expel the Iraqis from Kuwait in 1990.
George W. Bush[5] is an American Republican statesman, 43rd President of the US 2001–09; full name George Walker Bush. He is the son of George Bush. One of his first acts as President was to launch a ‘War on Terror’ against the Taliban regime in Afghanistan following the September 11 attacks on the World Trade Center and Pentagon; he also ordered the invasion of Iraq in March 2003, maintaining that Saddam Hussein was developing chemical, biological, and nuclear weapons.
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Bushido[5] is the code of honour and morals developed by the Japanese samurai.
| 22d | A run in a good hotel // that hurt? (5) |
"run " = R [cricket notation]
" good " = G [g or g.[1]; a grade of numismatic coin perhaps]
" hotel " = H[5] [NATO Phonetic Alphabet[7]]
| 23d | Staunch // supporters finally satisfied, given a lift (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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