![]() TELEVISE: TEE (support on course) as a small plastic or wooden peg with a concave head as a support for a ball on a golf course, used for the first stroke of each hole to embrace (cover) LEVI (Matthew) as another name for Matthew the Apostle and S (son) as the genealogical abbreviation for son, taking to the definition of a verb meaning to transmit by televisionġ3a Article with yours truly as subject (5) POTPOURRI: A homophone to the ears of the audience (picked up) as POPERY (something from Rome) as the derogatory term for Roman Catholicism or the doctrines, practices and ceremonies associated with the papal system, leading to the definition of a fragrant mixture of dried petals, leaves and spices used to scent a roomġ2a Air support on course to cover Matthew and son (8) PERU: Part of or hidden inside (screened by) pictURE Palace going backwards from the right or east side (East End) as a reversal, revealing the name of the country from which Paddington, the fictional bear, originally cameġ0a Nuts quite like what a cricketer might hold (5)īATTY: A cryptic way of arriving at the definition meaning mad or insane from the somewhat or reasonably-derived adjective (quite like) of BAT (what a cricketer might hold) by adding the suffix TYġ1a Picked up something from Rome that smells nice (9) Please leave a comment telling us what you thought.ĭECORATION: 50% or half the letters (half) of DEC followed by ORATION (speech) as a loud, aggressive speech addressed to a crowd or a formal speech, especially one given on a ceremonial occasion take to the definition of a medal or the badge of an order conferred as an honourĦa ‘ Paddington’s Home‘ screened by picture palace from the East End (4) It is so heartening to see that machine has finally taken over man. On the third day, when I used to glance through the Financial Times, which highlighted the opening, closing and the intermediary figures of the shares of the previous day, I used to always find that my shares were sold at the lowest possible quote and purchased at the highest possible quote. ![]() On the next day, after the transactions had taken place, they used to inform me over phone at my office. In those days, there were no online trading of shares and I remember I used to sometimes visit the stock brokers of the Calcutta Stock Exchange in the evening after office hours with share certificates with instructions to them to sell my shares at the highest possible quote or to buy certain shares at the lowest possible quote. Therein, I came across the Latin phrase Dictum meum pactum meaning ‘My word is my bond’ which had been serving since 1801 as the motto of the London Stock Exchange, where bargains were made with no exchange of documents and no written pledges being given. ‘Word’ as the answer to the clue of 26d got me nostalgic and I took a trip down memory lane to the mid-eighties when I was involved, inter alia, with the study of Foreign Exchange as one of the courses of the Certified Associate of the Indian Institute of Bankers. I further learnt that ‘Sligo’ as the answer to the clue of 28a is the anglicisation of the Irish name Sligeach, which means ‘abounding in shells’ or ‘shelly place’, since it refers to the abundance of shellfish found in the river and its estuary and from the extensive shell middens or shell mounds in the surrounding areas. ![]() I also learnt that Michael Bond, the author of the Paddington books, originally wanted Paddington to have travelled from “darkest Africa”, but upon the advice of his agent that no bears existed in Africa, he replaced the continent’s name with that of the South American country. Several stories followed Paddington’s adventures and mishaps in England along with certain brief extracts of information about his Peruvian past. The Browns decided to take him to their home. He was found at Paddington railway station in London by the Brown family, sitting on his suitcase with a note “Please look after this bear. He was sent by his aunt, who herself had gone to live in the Home for Retired Bears in Lima. Paddington, whose original name was Pastuso, arrived as a stowaway from “darkest Peru”, where he used to live with Aunt Lucy and Uncle Pastuzo after his parents died in an earthquake when he was very young. I learnt that the fictional bear in children’s literature first appeared in ‘A Bear Called Paddington’ in 1958. I wanted to know more about Paddington, which served as part of the clue of 6a and so accessed and viewed the net. A nice Saturday puzzle from the setter that I rejoiced in solving insofar as in writing thereafter a review of the same for your kind perusal and precious feedback. ![]() This puzzle was published on 23 rd Oct 2021īD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment *** Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 29814 A full review by Rahmat Ali
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