Independent 8910 / Dac

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1. Thank you, Bertandjoyce, for confirming my suspicion that “logan” was unusual in this sense. That was the only novelty for me too. I stuck, for no clear reason, on the crossing pair “testate” and “easterner”, but worked them out after a few minutes of frustration. Even the pop song is one whose name is actually familiar!

   Thanks too to Dac, of whom it will long be said.

2. As Bertandjoyce truly say, another delightful offering from Dac.

   7D I thought the word that was mostly free was more likely to be “liberal” (adj), needing a reduction of only one letter.

   8D is an old point of contention for pedants, with disinterested meaning impartial and uninterested meaning couldn’t care less, of no concern to me etc. I can see that in the sentence in 8D “concern” could just about, at a stretch, designate a lack of “concern” in the sense of no interest in the outcome, though not convincingly.

   Thanks to Dac and Bertandjoyce.

3. As has already been said, the usual excellent Dac puzzle. I’ve probably heard of Mount Logan before, especially as it is the second-highest peak in North America. As I couldn’t remember it I still entered the correct LOGAN because it was much more likely than “lagon”. I also don’t think that I have ever seen or used ROCKS UP and I needed to rely on the wordplay for it.

4. I’m assuming that in 11, given that the word is supposed to be shortened, the plane company must be airways. I found the bottom right corner tricky – wouldn’t have guessed my for motor yacht and only got it from the nest part.

5. Thanks, both, for the blog. As always, and as others have said, good stuff from Dac. The last few were tricky, though. Couldn’t see how AMNESTY worked, and CHINCHILLA also held me up. The surface for ROCKS UP was very good (and it’s certainly a phrase I know and use, Andy – perhaps it’s a regional thing).

   I’m going to give Dac the benefit of the doubt about the definition of DISINTERESTEDLY, but he’s entering deep water, where pedants like me and gwep will circle menacingly below the surface and suddenly emerge to sink teeth into lower limbs and perhaps even what’s hanging between them. gwep has explained it perfectly: if I hear one more footie commentator saying of a player who doesn’t seem to be bothered about whether his team wins or loses that he’s ‘disinterested’ I will surely lose the will to live.

   Thank you to the setter too.

6. Disinterested is one of those things pedants love to jump on, it has meant uninterested longer than it’s meant unbiased by personal interest though.

7. I love jumping on it, sidey, certainly. Language changes, but for me it’s a distinction worth keeping. And I know, dictionaries give both definitions. So the battle is being lost, but I’ll carry on being a pedant about it for a bit longer until the white flag is raised.

8. Absolutely, K’s D. A distinction worth keeping. Yes I know, but.

9. ROCKS UP was new to me (but easily worked out). Didn’t know the mountain at 21dn either, but thought LOGAN might be a breed of horse (= mount) – it isn’t, of course.

   K’sD @7: Perhaps we should start a Pedants’ Revolt. To disinterested I would add hopefully and (very) approximate among other words that need rescuing from misuse.

   But thanks, Dac and B&J

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