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Ray Nolan | 19:03 Fri 26th Jul 2013 | Crosswords
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Can someone please oblige with answers for 21 and 26 Across. Also 14 Down and 22 Down. I know the solution is Martin Luther King - but is his FULL name required? And do "steps" all lead diagonally/same direction? THIS IS MY VERY FIRST 'ANSWER BANK' QUESTION!
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Welcome Ray - we will help if we can! - but we need the clues and the numbers of letters please, and if you have any already. We all like to help, but we don't all have the crosswords in front of us.
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Cheers. 14Down: Removing poor nag in company very loudly (7,3) ----ing off
22 Down: Child, very big, climbing (3) --n (Son?)
26Across: Sailor carrying good gear (4) --gs
21Across: Beginning to serve God (4) m--s (Mass? Mars?)
Ray,

You need to give all the relevant information if you are going to get useful information from this site. You have omitted to mention that the wordplay in some clues leads to the answer with letters that contribute to the key name (as you correctly say, MARTIN LUTHER KING). So, with that name running stepwise downwards, and the final G being below rather than to the right of the N, 26 across contributes a T to the name, and thus the wordplay gives G for good in OS for ordinary seaman, the complete solution being TOGS.

I hope this helps.
Sorry - omitted one word

You need to give all the relevant information if you are going to get useful information from this site. You have omitted to mention that the wordplay in some clues leads to the answer with letters that contribute to the key name (as you correctly say, MARTIN LUTHER KING) omitted. So, with that name running stepwise downwards, and the final G being below rather than to the right of the N, 26 across contributes a T to the name, and thus the wordplay gives G for good in OS for ordinary seaman, the complete solution being TOGS.

I hope this helps.
Hi Ray I am sure I am not alone in saying I am not familiar with this quiz,welcome to answerbank by the way I hope you find it useful and enjpy it,the answerbankers are not usually this slow in answering?
I am also intrigued why it has taken you 8 years for your first question?
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Thanks to everyone. I had managed to decipher the "steps" aspect meanwhile. Just double-checking this would make 14 Down "Carting off".
How nice that we can help one another in his way. I cannot provide an answer as to why it has taken me 8 years to post a question. Silly pride, i suppose! Thank you all once again. If someone could just verify the "carting off" solution, i would be grateful.
The Oldie is one of the most difficult crosswords I've ever come across.
I would love to be unable to help but sorry I can't perhaps Ahearer can assist as they seem to know about this quiz,also I fear you are not off to a very good start but please do not let this put you off as Friday evenings are often very quiet on here.
sorry typo of course I meant ABLE to help,sorry.
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Thank you, Mark. Yes, it's definitely a toughie. I truly admire the skill of such compilers. It makes me feel humble! I'm happy enough with that final clue, so i've managed to finish it. That's always a nice feeling. SLEEP PEACEFULLY.
Well done Ray better luck with help next time,it was way beyond what I'm used to ie crosswords not mind-boggling things Ha Ha.

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