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[Woodside187]

Could someone advise me if there is a mix-up over 16d Burl Ives' burly patriarch (3,5) which i assume should be Big Daddy, but my grid in the print edition has nine spaces. The third, fifth and seventh are G, A and D (so that fits) but the first letter is H!. Confused. Tks any help.

[scorpiojo]

What gives the H?

[Mamyalynne]

Oh dear - the answer is - Big Daddy.

My grid has only eight spaces which give spaces...

?I? D?D?Y

[Mamyalynne]

Are you looking at 14down in error?

[Woodside187]

14a "Altogether ---- vast/Herds of reindeer move across/ Miles and miles of golden moss" (W H Auden, 9) which gives the word elsewhere with the H as first letter to the Burl Ives clue.

[Mamyalynne]

14 Haggardly

[Mamyalynne]

apologies

15 down is - Haggardly

16 down Big Daddy

[Woodside187]

oops sorry really am confused am looking at 15d which looks just like 16 in print. tks.

[Woodside187]

multitks to all. am a bit bleary-eyed after long drive. must go to Specsavers.

[elliemay1]

BA for mamyalynne for sorting this out so promptly!

[Mamyalynne]

I would have been quicker had I put the light on.