Spectator 2082

[djawhufc]

Hi all

It should be with you.

Kind regards

DJA

[mallyh]

peace

[oldenburg]

Solvers be aware the numbering is out for the last few clues both across & down & there are also a couple of misplaced bars to look out for - extra fun?!!

[kayakamina]

Yes I have picked that up. Very annoying.

Sloppy editing again which is odd as it is set by Doc who is also the editor!

[whatsthat]

I've just noticed as well.
For 14d I have a three-letter answer, but no cross-checking letters yet. Is this one where the bar is wrong?
Do some of the clues show the wrong letter length, or is it always a case of the numbering being out?

[Neveracrossword]

14 D. Yes, the bar is out - there should be one after the three-letter word/answer.

33 A. (actally 34 A) Card opponents with date in cottage room (3) se?

[oldenburg]

Yes 14d has the bar missing after 3 letters; same problem 22a & 34a begins in the next square (ie with the last letter of 7d

[Neveracrossword]

Thanks, oldenburg - that really helped, have sorted my answer.

[kayakamina]

The last 7 across clues and the last 4 down clues are all incorrectly numbered.

I bet the people in the grid are having a laugh at Doc's expense!

[kayakamina]

On second thoughts they are probably sympathetic.

[angus]

It's actually the numbers in the diagram which are wrong, because there should be four extra bars. The clues are correctly numbered

[roslyn251254]

Nice quiet stroll through this today leaving plenty of time for gardening now that the sun has made one of its rare appearances!!

[JagoBean]

Isn't there one name missing from the final grid? (I.e. the one who might be referencing a 70s "comedy".) Is this deliberate or have I missed something myself?

[whatsthat]

Maybe this is Doc's revenge for crossword 2076 six weeks ago, when most of the bars which were supposed to be missing were actually there!

[bakajiji]

Thanks again, Daniel!

[JULIEWOOLIE]

Thanks again Daniel
Thought the mistakes made it more of a challenge
Slightly disappointed i didnt win this week lol !
Julie

[barryjbutler]

Belated thanks from me too Daniel. I've been out all day but took the grid with me. A serious puzzler I thought with all the "issues" but actually easy enough with a bit of critical thinking!

[shaneystar2]

Thanks DJA ,
Once I'd sussed out the mistakes it was pretty easy this week ,however I'm stuck on one last little'un at 33a in the clues ( 34a) on the grid
Card opponents with date in cottage room (3)
Se?

[roslyn251254]

shaneystar - that's where one of the mistakes is in the grid. This clue should start at the bottom of 7d i.e. with an "E" making it END (east & north for the card players + d(date) . It's there under defn of end in Chambers as a cottage room.

[shaneystar2]

ah yes .. I can see it now !
I was slightly confused because of the missing bars .
Many thanks roslyn .Good luck .

[decarabas]

Have I missed something? If we're going back to number 1, or even to numbers 1-400 or so, there's a three letter solution that has to be there. Nor is another and in recent years better-known three-letter to be found, which has been similarly prolific. I haven't finished yet, but I can't see where they would go.