![]() We have curated a small selection of books that we have in the Uni High Library by trans authors and about trans experiences. In 2021, Joe Biden officially proclaimed March 31st as the Transgender Day of Visibility: “I call upon all Americans to join in the fight for full equality for all transgender people.” Biden was the first American president to issue a formal presidential proclamation recognizing the event.Įven though March 31st isn’t a normal school day at Uni, the library staff wanted to make sure we recognized TDoV 2023. TALENT (2 defs) – luckily I knew the second meaning here (an old coin) so solved this and then ‘tenace’ quickly which got me going after a slow start.ĬARD (2 defs) – spent too long here on the wrong types of pack (lies? wolves? fags?) and even once I’d thought of cards I nearly wrote in ‘suit’ (having already solved BY HEART at 4dn).The Trans Day of Visibility (TDoV) was first conceptualized in 2009 by Michigan activist Rachel Crandall-Crocker as a way to celebrate moments of joy within the trans* and non-binary communities. KNAVES – I think ‘refained’ is supposed to suggest ‘refined’ with a preposterous accent which is then mirrored in the wordplay, hence ‘knives’ pronounced ‘knaves’. SKIMMIA SKIM + M1 + A – made up from the wordplay, but the alternatives ‘skimaia’, ‘skimrda’ and ‘skimsta’ looked unlikely, although I rather like the last – a type of gangsta, maybe? NECK + LINE – as in ‘plunging neckline’, Chambers suggests. I think the definition (‘no regrets then?’) is an allusion to writing to accept/decline an invitation.ĭIAMONDS – another I solved by scanning the grid to see where it would fit, and I’d never have solved this from the second definition (‘intimate with young female?’) without the checking letters. another name for the three of a suit, equivalent to ‘deuce’ for the two.īISQUE BIS (= ‘repeat’, used in musical notation and to mean ‘encore!’) + QUEīLACKTHORN LACK THOR in BN (= ‘billion’)ĪCCEPTANCE “SEP TAN” in ACE – but I can’t quite make this work the wordplay seems to be short of one instance of the letter C (although ‘Septic tank mostly’ = CEPTAN is dubious anyway). of YE (= ‘solvers’) – clever use of the phrase ‘3 card trick’ whereas in fact the definition is just ‘3 card’, i.e. A lovely clue, although a clichéd treatment of this word.ĬALL A SPADE A SPADE – ‘bid’ = CALL as in bridge.ĪTOMISER A MISER (= ‘skinflint’) around TO – nice clue. ![]() TENACE TEN, ACE &lit – which means a pair of cards separated by one (e.g. SKIPJACK SKIP + JACK – solved by scanning for somewhere to put JACK in the grid. QUEEN’S CLUB QUEEN‘S + CLUB – where tennis is played, hence the homophone reference to 22ac (“TENACE”).īROCADE BRO (= ‘Comrade’) + CADE (= ‘rebel’) – is the definition here just ‘stuff’ (which even for Araucaria is astonishingly loose) or is there some meaning of ‘doing’ of which I’m unaware? I hope there is, and that it rhymes with ‘boing’ rather than ‘going’. ![]() AcrossĮTERNITY (ENTIRETY)* – this doesn’t really make sense as there’s no anagram indicator, but it’s a nice anagram. If that’s too mellow for you, try Ace of Spades by Motorhead instead. Music of the day: House of Cards by Radiohead. Still, at least we’re not as bad as France. Even less forgivable, though, was the way they killed the game by the corner flag instead of looking for a second goal against Slovenia – a USA winner was inevitable and as a result the route to the semi-final is ten times harder. As it happens I wasn’t drowning my sorrows because of the football, although I could have been – the performance against Algeria was the worst I’ve seen (in a meaningful match) in 20 years of watching England. Many thanks to Gaufrid for having deputised for me last week owing to a ‘computer error’ at my end (i.e. I found this a pleasant enough puzzle with few significant quibbles but nothing really standing out either. Another themed puzzle from Araucaria with lots of references to playing cards, both in clue answers and wordplay.
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