Sunday, July 10, 2011

Sunday, July 10, 2011 - ST 4436

Puzzle at a Glance
Puzzle Number in The Sunday Times
ST 4436
Date of Publication in The Sunday Times
Sunday, June 5, 2011
Link to Full Review
Times for the Times [ST 4436]
Times for the Times Review Written By
Dave Perry
Date of Publication in the Toronto Star
Saturday, July 2, 2011

Introduction

It is a rather challenging puzzle today. As I had lots of time, I was able to solve most of it - with some help from my Tool Chest on the last few clues. However, even with my electronic aids, I failed to find the solution to 11d and needed to get the solution from Dave Perry's review.

Today's Glossary

Selected abbreviations, people, places, words and expressions appearing in today's puzzle.

[An asterisk beside an entry merely indicates that it has been taken it from a Cumulative Glossary of entries which have previously appeared, in either this blog or its companion blog, the National Post Cryptic Crossword Forum.]

Appearing in Clues

Meanings listed in this section may reflect how the word is used in the surface reading of the clue. Of course, that meaning may be contributing to the misdirection that the setter is attempting to create.

abstract - verb 2 (usually abstract something from) [a] extract or remove (something): applications to abstract more water from streams [b] used euphemistically to indicate that someone has stolen something: his pockets contained all he had been able to abstract from the flat

Francis Bacon (1909 – 1992) - Anglo-Irish figurative painter known for his bold, austere, graphic and emotionally raw imagery.

wind someone up - 1 British informal tease or irritate someone: she's only winding me up

Appearing in Solutions

Tracey Emin - an English artist and part of the group known as Britartists or YBAs (Young British Artists).
Highlights of her work include Everyone I Have Ever Slept With 1963–1995, a tent appliquéd with names, exhibited at the Royal Academy in London and My Bed (shown at right), an installation at the Tate Gallery consisting of her own unmade dirty bed with used condoms and blood-stained underwear.
*ER - abbreviation Queen Elizabeth. [from Latin Elizabetha Regina]

keel2 - noun British a flat-bottomed boat of a kind formerly used on the Rivers Tyne and Wear for loading ships carrying coal.

Frederic William Maitland (1850 – 1906) - English jurist and historian, generally regarded as the modern father of English legal history.

pint - noun [2nd entry] British informal a pint of beer: we'll probably go for a pint on the way home

roulade - noun 2 a florid passage of runs in classical music for a solo virtuoso, especially one sung to one syllable.

water rat - noun British another term for water vole, a large semiaquatic vole which excavates burrows in the banks of rivers [Genera Arvicola and Microtus, family Muridae: three species, in particular the European water vole (A. terrestris) and the American water vole (M. richardsoni)].

Signing off for this week - Falcon

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