Iq 1467

[pomona]

10d Vigorously attack dirty old man (4)
17d Singer fellow attacked on board (5)
Sorry no letters for these as they have to be changed on entry to the grid


Single letter misprint in these clues:
8d Move past edges - nothing - I swept superlatively (7) G??I??T
12a Creep's request to Turk to stop cup match (6) TI???? .... cup match might be tie??

[pomona]

got 10d now - it's goat

[Lie-in King]

17d Finch (bird; singer) - 'f(ellow)' + 'in ch(eck)' (attacked on board)

8a Gooiest (sweEt, superlatively) - 'go' (move) + 'est(ablished)' (past) (edges; round) 'o + I' (?)

12a Tiptoe (creep) - 'PTO' (request to turN, in) 'tie'

[pomona]

Thanks Lie-in .... i had all those answers from crossers in my grid and was just trying to parse them.

[Lie-in King]

You're welcome & sorry about the delay - I had the thread open, looked at another tab before submitting & forgot it was there :-(

[hankir]

I have the message from extra letters as
5,5,3,6,3,6

Is this correct?

Last word begins with U and does not make sense.

Help appreciated.

[Neveracrossword]

Hankir, the message is 5,6,3,3,2,3,7.

[hankir]

Thanks, NAC.
Let me revisit.

[roslyn251254]

hankir ... you only really need the last few words of the message to solve the clue which you will need for its "partner" to highlight in the grid .....i bet you've seen it already.

[hankir]

OK. Now I have written down the extra letters and I have the last word as 7.
It begins with B or S?

Also extra letters from 3,4,5 D form a three letter word that seems like abbreviation of a country. (Skints, Grabs and Why having misprints).

Help appreciated.

[Neveracrossword]

The last word starts with S.

[Neveracrossword]

Hankir, my 3,4 and 5 lead to an animal (or a US body part!)

[hankir]

Thanks NAC.

I had Grubs for 4.

[Neveracrossword]

You're very welcome.