rowid,clue,answer,definition,clue_number,puzzle_date,puzzle_name,source_url,source
659370,Boa perhaps meeting wicked gangster (8),SCARFACE,gangster,23a,2023-07-12,Sunday Telegraph 3219,http://bigdave44.com/2023/07/12/st-3219-full-review/,bigdave44
659371,Bureau no longer slipping? (6),OFFICE,Bureau,25a,2023-07-12,Sunday Telegraph 3219,http://bigdave44.com/2023/07/12/st-3219-full-review/,bigdave44
659372,Content of tube fills European river (6),DANUBE,river,27a,2023-07-12,Sunday Telegraph 3219,http://bigdave44.com/2023/07/12/st-3219-full-review/,bigdave44
659373,"Paintings beat film noir? (3,5)",OIL SLICK,film noir,28a,2023-07-12,Sunday Telegraph 3219,http://bigdave44.com/2023/07/12/st-3219-full-review/,bigdave44
659374,Poor show (4),MEAN,Poor/show,1d,2023-07-12,Sunday Telegraph 3219,http://bigdave44.com/2023/07/12/st-3219-full-review/,bigdave44
659375,Problem hosting cricket game — element likely to react? (6),SODIUM,element likely to react,2d,2023-07-12,Sunday Telegraph 3219,http://bigdave44.com/2023/07/12/st-3219-full-review/,bigdave44
659376,Neat cut (4),TRIM,Neat/cut,3d,2023-07-12,Sunday Telegraph 3219,http://bigdave44.com/2023/07/12/st-3219-full-review/,bigdave44
659377,Revolutionary cares about a dictator (6),CAESAR,dictator,4d,2023-07-12,Sunday Telegraph 3219,http://bigdave44.com/2023/07/12/st-3219-full-review/,bigdave44
659378,"Sardinian, say, vilified by me? (8)",ISLANDER,"Sardinian, say",5d,2023-07-12,Sunday Telegraph 3219,http://bigdave44.com/2023/07/12/st-3219-full-review/,bigdave44
659379,"Lower chamber in building new, I recall (4,6)",WINE CELLAR,Lower chamber,6d,2023-07-12,Sunday Telegraph 3219,http://bigdave44.com/2023/07/12/st-3219-full-review/,bigdave44
659380,Annoying editor promises to pay after end of August (7),TEDIOUS,Annoying,8d,2023-07-12,Sunday Telegraph 3219,http://bigdave44.com/2023/07/12/st-3219-full-review/,bigdave44
659381,"Deal with predicament, stoppage on the way? (7,3)",TRAFFIC JAM,stoppage on the way,13d,2023-07-12,Sunday Telegraph 3219,http://bigdave44.com/2023/07/12/st-3219-full-review/,bigdave44
659382,"General meaning, might that be flaky? (5)",DRIFT,General meaning/might that be flaky,14d,2023-07-12,Sunday Telegraph 3219,http://bigdave44.com/2023/07/12/st-3219-full-review/,bigdave44
659383,"Level, then winning — prepare to fight (6,2)",SQUARE UP,prepare to fight,16d,2023-07-12,Sunday Telegraph 3219,http://bigdave44.com/2023/07/12/st-3219-full-review/,bigdave44
659384,Plant where whistler comes into work (7),TREFOIL,Plant,18d,2023-07-12,Sunday Telegraph 3219,http://bigdave44.com/2023/07/12/st-3219-full-review/,bigdave44
659385,Grey retreat south of meadow (6),LEADEN,Grey,21d,2023-07-12,Sunday Telegraph 3219,http://bigdave44.com/2023/07/12/st-3219-full-review/,bigdave44
659386,Possible breakfast chatter (6),WAFFLE,Possible breakfast/chatter,22d,2023-07-12,Sunday Telegraph 3219,http://bigdave44.com/2023/07/12/st-3219-full-review/,bigdave44
659387,"God in lover, ostensibly (4)",EROS,God,24d,2023-07-12,Sunday Telegraph 3219,http://bigdave44.com/2023/07/12/st-3219-full-review/,bigdave44
659388,Valve left out of timer (4),COCK,Valve,26d,2023-07-12,Sunday Telegraph 3219,http://bigdave44.com/2023/07/12/st-3219-full-review/,bigdave44
658060,Wild confusion in industry importing special rum (7),TURMOIL,Wild confusion,1a,2023-07-10,Daily Telegraph 30348,http://bigdave44.com/2023/07/10/dt-30348/,bigdave44
658061,Document showing achievement of consul? Not completely (7),DIPLOMA,Document showing achievement,5a,2023-07-10,Daily Telegraph 30348,http://bigdave44.com/2023/07/10/dt-30348/,bigdave44
658062,Actual capital of Minoan domain (5),REALM,domain,9a,2023-07-10,Daily Telegraph 30348,http://bigdave44.com/2023/07/10/dt-30348/,bigdave44
658063,"Character kind one to emulate (4,5)",ROLE MODEL,one to emulate,10a,2023-07-10,Daily Telegraph 30348,http://bigdave44.com/2023/07/10/dt-30348/,bigdave44
658064,"What can clear the streets immediately, parking in Berkshire town? (10)",SNOWPLOUGH,What can clear the streets,11a,2023-07-10,Daily Telegraph 30348,http://bigdave44.com/2023/07/10/dt-30348/,bigdave44
658065,Record find? Not half! (4),DISC,Record,12a,2023-07-10,Daily Telegraph 30348,http://bigdave44.com/2023/07/10/dt-30348/,bigdave44
658066,Foreboding now I’m approaching hospital department (12),PRESENTIMENT,Foreboding,14a,2023-07-10,Daily Telegraph 30348,http://bigdave44.com/2023/07/10/dt-30348/,bigdave44
658067,"Comic character, reckless and wild (9,3)",DESPERATE DAN,Comic character,18a,2023-07-10,Daily Telegraph 30348,http://bigdave44.com/2023/07/10/dt-30348/,bigdave44
658068,Former English county star making comeback (4),AVON,Former English county,21a,2023-07-10,Daily Telegraph 30348,http://bigdave44.com/2023/07/10/dt-30348/,bigdave44
658069,"Details of a day’s play at Lord’s? (3,3,4)",INS AND OUTS,Details,22a,2023-07-10,Daily Telegraph 30348,http://bigdave44.com/2023/07/10/dt-30348/,bigdave44
658070,Prompt choking at a note in book (9),CATALOGUE,book,25a,2023-07-10,Daily Telegraph 30348,http://bigdave44.com/2023/07/10/dt-30348/,bigdave44
658071,"Wise person, following university, gets employment (5)",USAGE,employment,26a,2023-07-10,Daily Telegraph 30348,http://bigdave44.com/2023/07/10/dt-30348/,bigdave44
658072,"Philosopher‘s daughter rioted, out of order (7)",DIDEROT,Philosopher,27a,2023-07-10,Daily Telegraph 30348,http://bigdave44.com/2023/07/10/dt-30348/,bigdave44
658073,Uncomfortable week stuck in a room in hospital (7),AWKWARD,Uncomfortable,28a,2023-07-10,Daily Telegraph 30348,http://bigdave44.com/2023/07/10/dt-30348/,bigdave44
658074,Push one’s way through American street (6),THRUST,Push one’s way,1d,2023-07-10,Daily Telegraph 30348,http://bigdave44.com/2023/07/10/dt-30348/,bigdave44
658075,Think logically about a male child (6),REASON,Think logically,2d,2023-07-10,Daily Telegraph 30348,http://bigdave44.com/2023/07/10/dt-30348/,bigdave44
658076,"Temp reacting with horror in comedy film (2,2,6)",OH MR PORTER,comedy film,3d,2023-07-10,Daily Telegraph 30348,http://bigdave44.com/2023/07/10/dt-30348/,bigdave44
658077,Slow learner on Jason’s ship (5),LARGO,Slow,4d,2023-07-10,Daily Telegraph 30348,http://bigdave44.com/2023/07/10/dt-30348/,bigdave44
658078,Coach showing proper attention (9),DILIGENCE,Coach,5d,2023-07-10,Daily Telegraph 30348,http://bigdave44.com/2023/07/10/dt-30348/,bigdave44
658079,Mass held by father in ceremonial splendour (4),POMP,ceremonial splendour,6d,2023-07-10,Daily Telegraph 30348,http://bigdave44.com/2023/07/10/dt-30348/,bigdave44
658080,"Veteran‘s antique watch, for example (3-5)",OLD TIMER,Veteran,7d,2023-07-10,Daily Telegraph 30348,http://bigdave44.com/2023/07/10/dt-30348/,bigdave44
658081,Place local renovated at end of lane (8),ALLOCATE,Place,8d,2023-07-10,Daily Telegraph 30348,http://bigdave44.com/2023/07/10/dt-30348/,bigdave44
658082,"Cosmetic surgery, inconclusive as to outcome (3,3,4)",NIP AND TUCK,inconclusive as to outcome,13d,2023-07-10,Daily Telegraph 30348,http://bigdave44.com/2023/07/10/dt-30348/,bigdave44
658083,"Seeing about ticket and note for bachelor party (4,5)",STAG NIGHT,bachelor party,15d,2023-07-10,Daily Telegraph 30348,http://bigdave44.com/2023/07/10/dt-30348/,bigdave44
658084,Progressed  at a high academic level (8),ADVANCED,Progressed/at a high academic level,16d,2023-07-10,Daily Telegraph 30348,http://bigdave44.com/2023/07/10/dt-30348/,bigdave44
658085,"Consisting of various kinds of arsenic, classified (8)",ASSORTED,Consisting of various kinds,17d,2023-07-10,Daily Telegraph 30348,http://bigdave44.com/2023/07/10/dt-30348/,bigdave44
658086,Man overlooking article on a South American country (6),GUYANA,South American country,19d,2023-07-10,Daily Telegraph 30348,http://bigdave44.com/2023/07/10/dt-30348/,bigdave44
658087,Rise when clubs finish (6),ASCEND,Rise,20d,2023-07-10,Daily Telegraph 30348,http://bigdave44.com/2023/07/10/dt-30348/,bigdave44
658088,Region surrounding new stadium (5),ARENA,stadium,23d,2023-07-10,Daily Telegraph 30348,http://bigdave44.com/2023/07/10/dt-30348/,bigdave44
658089,"Slight temptation, briefly, after beginning to slim (4)",SLUR,Slight,24d,2023-07-10,Daily Telegraph 30348,http://bigdave44.com/2023/07/10/dt-30348/,bigdave44
658090,"podium today is 14a, 22a and Id with 22a on the top step.",Q,,Myd,2023-07-10,Daily Telegraph 30348,http://bigdave44.com/2023/07/10/dt-30348/,bigdave44
658091,line:         BLING     +     CURD     =     BLINKERED,B,,Topd,2023-07-10,Daily Telegraph 30348,http://bigdave44.com/2023/07/10/dt-30348/,bigdave44
662187,Coast of island’s within flood area (7),RIVIERA,,6a,2023-07-10,Rookie Corner 483,http://bigdave44.com/2023/07/10/rookie-corner-483/,bigdave44
662188,"Writer touched by gift (4,3)",FELT TIP,,7a,2023-07-10,Rookie Corner 483,http://bigdave44.com/2023/07/10/rookie-corner-483/,bigdave44
662189,Bloke in charge is crazy (5),MANIC,,9a,2023-07-10,Rookie Corner 483,http://bigdave44.com/2023/07/10/rookie-corner-483/,bigdave44
662190,"Change direction on time (5,4)",ABOUT TURN,,10a,2023-07-10,Rookie Corner 483,http://bigdave44.com/2023/07/10/rookie-corner-483/,bigdave44
662191,Strange and stupid? (7),UNCANNY,,11a,2023-07-10,Rookie Corner 483,http://bigdave44.com/2023/07/10/rookie-corner-483/,bigdave44
662192,Money made from tailless breed (6),SPECIE,,13a,2023-07-10,Rookie Corner 483,http://bigdave44.com/2023/07/10/rookie-corner-483/,bigdave44
662193,Empire-building militia prices bombs (13),IMPERIALISTIC,,15a,2023-07-10,Rookie Corner 483,http://bigdave44.com/2023/07/10/rookie-corner-483/,bigdave44
662194,Scales from gecko’s belly and legs (6),CLIMBS,,19a,2023-07-10,Rookie Corner 483,http://bigdave44.com/2023/07/10/rookie-corner-483/,bigdave44
662195,Punished those responsible for counterfeit Geneva diamonds (7),AVENGED,,20a,2023-07-10,Rookie Corner 483,http://bigdave44.com/2023/07/10/rookie-corner-483/,bigdave44
662196,Reports of M&A gripping City retracted (9),MEMORANDA,,23a,2023-07-10,Rookie Corner 483,http://bigdave44.com/2023/07/10/rookie-corner-483/,bigdave44
662197,"Joey Nicks, my cockney lover (5)",ROMEO,,24a,2023-07-10,Rookie Corner 483,http://bigdave44.com/2023/07/10/rookie-corner-483/,bigdave44
662198,"Last scrap of muslin, a fine fabric (7)",NANKEEN,,26a,2023-07-10,Rookie Corner 483,http://bigdave44.com/2023/07/10/rookie-corner-483/,bigdave44
662199,Old man buried Gotti’s latest stiff (7),EXIGENT,,27a,2023-07-10,Rookie Corner 483,http://bigdave44.com/2023/07/10/rookie-corner-483/,bigdave44
662200,Rising star becomes banker (4),AVON,,1d,2023-07-10,Rookie Corner 483,http://bigdave44.com/2023/07/10/rookie-corner-483/,bigdave44
662201,Maybe a conspirator showed a signal (6),BEACON,,2d,2023-07-10,Rookie Corner 483,http://bigdave44.com/2023/07/10/rookie-corner-483/,bigdave44
662202,"Very drunk soldier’s emotional, surrendering leader of Rhodes to Troy (9)",PARALYTIC,,3d,2023-07-10,Rookie Corner 483,http://bigdave44.com/2023/07/10/rookie-corner-483/,bigdave44
662203,"Pap lusty, cavorting Australian (8)",PLATYPUS,,4d,2023-07-10,Rookie Corner 483,http://bigdave44.com/2023/07/10/rookie-corner-483/,bigdave44
662204,Stopping cheat taking in a group that’s lost its head (10),STAUNCHING,,5d,2023-07-10,Rookie Corner 483,http://bigdave44.com/2023/07/10/rookie-corner-483/,bigdave44
662205,"Raise sheep dog (4,2)",RAMP UP,,6d,2023-07-10,Rookie Corner 483,http://bigdave44.com/2023/07/10/rookie-corner-483/,bigdave44
662206,Infantrymen‘s pay (4),FOOT,,7d,2023-07-10,Rookie Corner 483,http://bigdave44.com/2023/07/10/rookie-corner-483/,bigdave44
662207,Better boatman (6),PUNTER,,8d,2023-07-10,Rookie Corner 483,http://bigdave44.com/2023/07/10/rookie-corner-483/,bigdave44
662208,Gossip crushes German with dedication (10),COMMITMENT,,12d,2023-07-10,Rookie Corner 483,http://bigdave44.com/2023/07/10/rookie-corner-483/,bigdave44
662209,"Parent overwhelmed by change in old school (4,5)",ALMA MATER,,14d,2023-07-10,Rookie Corner 483,http://bigdave44.com/2023/07/10/rookie-corner-483/,bigdave44
662210,"Set off to space base, cloaking ship (8)",EMBARKED,,16d,2023-07-10,Rookie Corner 483,http://bigdave44.com/2023/07/10/rookie-corner-483/,bigdave44
662211,Copper has the last word about judgement (6),ACUMEN,,17d,2023-07-10,Rookie Corner 483,http://bigdave44.com/2023/07/10/rookie-corner-483/,bigdave44
662212,Expert at Dior is affected (6),ADROIT,,18d,2023-07-10,Rookie Corner 483,http://bigdave44.com/2023/07/10/rookie-corner-483/,bigdave44
662213,Bug bug (6),EARWIG,,21d,2023-07-10,Rookie Corner 483,http://bigdave44.com/2023/07/10/rookie-corner-483/,bigdave44
662214,"Familiar with home working (2,2)",IN ON,,22d,2023-07-10,Rookie Corner 483,http://bigdave44.com/2023/07/10/rookie-corner-483/,bigdave44
662215,Encounter many equally enthusiastic trainees initially (4),MEET,,25d,2023-07-10,Rookie Corner 483,http://bigdave44.com/2023/07/10/rookie-corner-483/,bigdave44
658979,"part of the wordplay to the clue of 20d, prompted me to take a trip down memory lane. I reminisced about my days when I was in my late teens and studying English literature as one of the subjects for graduation. I came across words like spoonerism, malapropism, hamartia, nemesis etc for the first time and found them absolutely enthralling! Other than spoonerism, I would like to discuss malapropism, too. A spoonerism is a verbal error in which a speaker accidentally transposes the initial sounds or letters of two or more words, often to humorous effect. It is named after the Oxford don and ordained master, William Archibald Spooner, who was notoriously prone to this mistake. I now learnt from the net that The Oxford English Dictionary recorded ‘spoonerism’ in 1900 and the word was well established by 1921, both well before Spooner’s death in 1930. Although Spooner got the credit, spoonerisms of a different variety were already in use as early as the sixteenth century in France. At that time, there lived in France a writer by the name François Rabelais. In his novel Pantagruel, he wrote, “Il n’y a qu’une antistrophe entre femme folle à la messe et femme molle à la fesse” in which one can clearly see the transposition of the words “femme folle à la messe et femme molle à la fesse“. These are known as contrepèteries. There are a lot many contrepèteries as there are a lot many spoonerisms. However, the best of the spoonerisms according to me is “You have hissed all my mystery lectures. You have tasted a whole worm. Please leave Oxford on the next town drain.” Well, one can easily decode the transpositions. On the other hand, a malapropism is the blundering use of a word that rhymes with, or sounds like, the original word. ‘The Rivals’ of Sheridan was one of the plays that I had to study for the bachelor degree course. A fictional character, Mrs. Malaprop is in that comedy of manners. Mrs. Malaprop frequently misspeaks by using words which do not have the meaning that she intends but which sound similar to words that do. Sheridan chose her name in humorous reference to the word ‘malapropos’, an adjective or adverb meaning ‘inappropriate’ or ‘inappropriately’, derived from the French phrase mal à propos, which literally means ‘poorly placed’. The first person known to have used the word ‘malaprop’ specifically in the sense of a ‘speech error’ is Lord Byron in 1814. Some of the celebrated malapropisms spoken by Mrs. Malaprop are “Illiterate him quite from your memory”, “She’s as headstrong as an allegory on the banks of the Nile”, “He is the very pineapple of politeness” and “Sure, if I reprehend anything in this world, it is the use of my oracular tongue, and a nice derangement of epitaphs!” If not malapropisms, the sentences would have had the actual words like obliterate, alligator, pinnacle, apprehend, vernacular and epithets respectively.",P,,Spooner,2023-07-07,Daily Telegraph 30341,http://bigdave44.com/2023/07/07/dt-30341-full-review/,bigdave44
658980,"Convenient for the audience, cover what a golfer might have (8)",HANDICAP,what a golfer might have,1a,2023-07-07,Daily Telegraph 30341,http://bigdave44.com/2023/07/07/dt-30341-full-review/,bigdave44
658981,Way out from wind tunnel (8),LOOPHOLE,Way out,9a,2023-07-07,Daily Telegraph 30341,http://bigdave44.com/2023/07/07/dt-30341-full-review/,bigdave44
658982,Drawer containing a corny novel? (6),CRAYON,Drawer,10a,2023-07-07,Daily Telegraph 30341,http://bigdave44.com/2023/07/07/dt-30341-full-review/,bigdave44
658983,Countenance economising and avoiding climb-down (4-6),FACE,avoiding climb-down,11a,2023-07-07,Daily Telegraph 30341,http://bigdave44.com/2023/07/07/dt-30341-full-review/,bigdave44
658984,A bishop features amount owing (7),ARREARS,amount owing,12a,2023-07-07,Daily Telegraph 30341,http://bigdave44.com/2023/07/07/dt-30341-full-review/,bigdave44
658985,Rush to include revolutionary instructor (7),TEACHER,instructor,14a,2023-07-07,Daily Telegraph 30341,http://bigdave44.com/2023/07/07/dt-30341-full-review/,bigdave44
658986,Cried as the compiler got married (5),MEWED,Cried,16a,2023-07-07,Daily Telegraph 30341,http://bigdave44.com/2023/07/07/dt-30341-full-review/,bigdave44
658987,"Unpleasant, like some bowlers? (5)",SEAMY,Unpleasant,17a,2023-07-07,Daily Telegraph 30341,http://bigdave44.com/2023/07/07/dt-30341-full-review/,bigdave44
658988,Parrot beginning to mimic a different bird sound (5),MACAW,Parrot,18a,2023-07-07,Daily Telegraph 30341,http://bigdave44.com/2023/07/07/dt-30341-full-review/,bigdave44
658989,Final blow by 28 with a marsupial (5),KOALA,marsupial,20a,2023-07-07,Daily Telegraph 30341,http://bigdave44.com/2023/07/07/dt-30341-full-review/,bigdave44
658990,Scottish author with the ultimate in writer’s block? (7),BARRIER,block,22a,2023-07-07,Daily Telegraph 30341,http://bigdave44.com/2023/07/07/dt-30341-full-review/,bigdave44
658991,Similarity of nearly everyone in agony suffering (7),ANALOGY,Similarity,24a,2023-07-07,Daily Telegraph 30341,http://bigdave44.com/2023/07/07/dt-30341-full-review/,bigdave44
658992,Delightful spelling (10),ENCHANTING,Delightful/spelling,26a,2023-07-07,Daily Telegraph 30341,http://bigdave44.com/2023/07/07/dt-30341-full-review/,bigdave44
658993,City teenager took part in wild revelry (6),RIOTED,took part in wild revelry,27a,2023-07-07,Daily Telegraph 30341,http://bigdave44.com/2023/07/07/dt-30341-full-review/,bigdave44
658994,Thug gets gran fighting (8),GANGSTER,Thug,28a,2023-07-07,Daily Telegraph 30341,http://bigdave44.com/2023/07/07/dt-30341-full-review/,bigdave44
658995,Murray perhaps may finally play great (8),ALMIGHTY,great,29a,2023-07-07,Daily Telegraph 30341,http://bigdave44.com/2023/07/07/dt-30341-full-review/,bigdave44
658996,Beneficiary delivered broadcast in flight (8),AIRBORNE,in flight,2d,2023-07-07,Daily Telegraph 30341,http://bigdave44.com/2023/07/07/dt-30341-full-review/,bigdave44
658997,Does one not enjoy night vision? (10),DAYDREAMER,Does one not enjoy night vision,3d,2023-07-07,Daily Telegraph 30341,http://bigdave44.com/2023/07/07/dt-30341-full-review/,bigdave44
658998,Agree with clubs playing well (7),CONFORM,Agree,4d,2023-07-07,Daily Telegraph 30341,http://bigdave44.com/2023/07/07/dt-30341-full-review/,bigdave44
658999,Courage to play a string instrument? (5),PLUCK,Courage/to play a string instrument,5d,2023-07-07,Daily Telegraph 30341,http://bigdave44.com/2023/07/07/dt-30341-full-review/,bigdave44