Radio Times Prize Crossword Tuesday September 22Nd 2015

[bob561941]

15A In the Roman catholic church the last of the seven canonical hours ?o?p?i?e
18a In maths and geometry lines, or planes that are an equal distance apart
????l???

[Baldric]

COMPLINE

[Baldric]

PARALELL

[aelmpvw]

15a compline

[dannyk13]

15a.Compline
18a.Paralels

[fiction-factory]

parallel

[Baldric]

Oops, PARALLEL

[dannyk13]

http://www.thefreedictionary.com/Paralel

[fiction-factory]

The spelling there is parallel though

[dannyk13]

It would appear that it is an alternative.

[fiction-factory]

I think that dictionary site also helpfully includes potential misspellings in its search facilty
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/Parallel

[Baldric]

From the Link

///parallel (redirected from Paralel)///

I wonder why they would do that then?

[Calibax]

para//el

[Baldric]

http://www.chambers.co.uk/search.php?query=PARALEL&title=21st

[dannyk13]

Obviously it is common mispelled word then Balders.

[fiction-factory]

Yes- as is misspelled!

[dannyk13]

Pedant

[fiction-factory]

'Misspelled' is one of the most common misspelled words but PARALEL /PARALLELdoesn't make this top 100
http://grammar.yourdictionary.com/spelling-and-word-lists/misspelled.html

[Baldric]

Er, yes, ;o)

[fiction-factory]

Thank you.

[scorpiojo]

Perhaps Bob missed a ? in his letter count