Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 25876
Selected hints by Big Dave
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment **
A full review of this puzzle, by crossword blogging veteran Peter Biddlecombe, will be published at 12.00 on Thursday, 19th March.
Across
1a Break off and attend to faulty wiring (4,5)
This double definition means that you should prevent a new and unwanted path of comparatively low resistance being accidentally created between two points of a circuit, often causing damage to components – don’t you just love some of the definitions in Chambers
9a Coming from galleon with attachment to bill of exchange (7)
An anagram (coming from) of GALLEON gives a little-known word for an attachment to a bill of exchange
10a Second present (7)
This is a double definition – a very brief period of time (second); the present moment of time
27a Notable burden (7)
A burden is an old-fashioned word for the part of a song that is repeated at the end of every stanza
28a Look out heard near Minehead (7)
This harbour town near Minehead sounds like (heard) a request to look out
Down
2d Made sure of a good reception (5,2)
… by having done this to the radio
3d President’s one association with Ruth (7)
The use here of P as an abbreviation for President is arguable, as it is not in Chambers; ruth is an old-fashioned word meaning remorse or sorrow
7d In French class, music that ís uncoded (2,5)
The French for “in” is followed by an abbreviation of class and a piece of music that could possibly be played on a G-string to give a phrase that literally means in clear, i.e. uncoded, not in cipher
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