Inquisitor 1265

[naomirod]

Is this crossword symmetrical?

[slaney]

I've emailed you a scanned copy C.

[boreas]

From the few entries I've filled in, I don't think so

[naomirod]

Thanks- once again it looks trickier than the Listener though :-(

[boreas]

I have the theme. Not sure everyone would agree that it was an atrocity.

[TheBear69]

No symmetry...Other than the place, I do not think the rest of the second group spells anything in particular - and I do not think 'outline' is an accurate description of what gets removed since the interior of the shape is included.

Still it's a worthy Inquisitor - if rather dark...

[boreas]

Just wondering if the place 'removed' is on the bottom row.

[slaney]

Another excellent crossword from Shark - what an achievement to have only real words in the grid after the removal of the words and shape.

[boreas]

I'm stuck around the middle. Any help with 'Good base for hammer. perhaps'?

[Johnjohnw]

bone? (bon + e)

[boreas]

many thanks jaw

[boreas]

sorry, jaw

[boreas]

jjw

[puzzled272]

I've pretty much finished this, and agree with slaney, but have two questions.

(1) If I have the correct letters, it seems to me that we are to remove a
shape, NOT just its outline; or am I missing something?

(2) Do the actual letters removed within this 'shape' have any significance?
Nothing strikes me as obvious?


Many thanks.

[Kobnut]

I too have removed all the letters within a shape , so that the total number of letters removed relates to the date. I didn't see any meaning to the letters removed inside the shape.

[Gregsdad]

Yes, quite a tour de force by Shark.

I have completed the grid and a shape of sorts, can anyone confirm the total no. of letters relates to the last two digits of the year the event took place ? Thanks

[Red Dave]

Yes it does.

I wasted a deal of time looking for a shape coming down from the top, as it were, rather than a shape rising up from the bottom!

[boreas]

still struggling to fill the grid! Any hints on 'cabbage consumed etc' and 'Once cooked etc'?

[Gregsdad]

Thanks Red Dave

Still not convinced by my shape even though all the words remaining are real...

Boreas, haven't worked through the wordplay but in the clue for "Cabbage etc. " the definition is "salt" so ends in "-ate", with the first part a reference to the latin name for cabbage. The solution to the clue "Once cooked..." refers to "back". Not sure where the "mutton" bit comes in, there's probably an old 4-letter word that ends in "-en".

[Begemot]

Think I'm nearly finished, but I can't find the survivor. I'm looking for a six-footer.