Sunday, February 28, 2010

Sunday, February 28, 2010 (ST 4365)

This puzzle was originally published in The Sunday London Times on January 24, 2010

Introduction

It took a long time and a lot of work to complete this puzzle - of course, I was more than a bit distracted by the Olympic Gold Medal hockey game.

Today's Glossary

Some possibly unfamiliar abbreviations, people, places, words and expressions used in today's puzzle

Beds. - abbreviation English county Bedfordshire.

brolly - noun Brit. informal an umbrella.

finger buffet - noun a buffet meal consisting of food which may be eaten with the fingers, such as small sandwiches, cocktail sausage rolls, canapés, etc (sometimes called finger food), without any need for a knife and fork.

(the) Gents - noun informal 2 Brit. a men’s public toilet.

high tea - noun Brit. a meal eaten in the late afternoon or early evening, typically consisting of a cooked dish and tea.

test - noun 7 a test match: an international cricket or rugby match played between teams representing two different countries

Links to Solutions

A review of today's puzzle by talbinho can be found at Times for the Times [ST 4365].

Signing off for this week - Falcon

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