Puzzle at a Glance | |
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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.]
[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).
*ER - abbreviation Queen Elizabeth. [from Latin Elizabetha Regina]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.
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 (A. terrestris) and the (M. richardsoni)].
Signing off for this week - Falcon
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