Guardian

[Jozeph]

Rods for fish rather fashionable before transaction 7,7

[mallyh]

do you have any letters ?

[donny48]

I keep thinking of perches (rods for fishes) but can get no further.

[mallyh]

I see sel ling but that's as far as I get

[JJ109]

I don't understand the instruction about first part for one grid and the second paart for the other

Rods for fish = Perches
But what the second paart is all about - I don't understand

[roslyn251254]

Each clue consists of two parts, the first providing the solution for the left-hand grid and the second for the right-hand grid. However, a letter must be added to one of each pair of solutions before entry in its grid. All 26 letters of the alphabet are used once and the new words thus formed are not defined in the clues. The word lengths indicated refer to their respective pair of grid entries.

[donny48]

insider dealing ?

[Tilly2]

Are the two answers (before adding a letter) related at all, Roslyn?

[mallyh]

oh well I got the ling bit right lol x

[donny48]

Mally, with no puzzle in front of me and these extra instruction, I am at a loss. My answer is a guess becauseI cannot fully parse it but thanks for the ling.

[roslyn251254]

Sorry Tilly don't know if the 2 answers are related... haven't started this one yet...just finishing off the 3 from the Times. They are not usually related although one set of answers in the past has been birds or trees or similar. I will make a start soon!

[JJ109]

@ Donny - I have looked at the puzzle that many times and it is still gibberish - I haven't a clue what you need to do - and it is a great shame as I thought I would enjoy today's.

[Tilly2]

Perhaps Roslyn can come back a bit later and sort us out. She'll know what she's doing. :-)

[Jozeph]

Insider dealing sounds right but where does it go on the grid?

[Tilly2]

6 down? but another letter needs to be added to one of the words...?

[iminoz]

Jozeph, there are 2 grids. PERCHES goes in one, and I have INDE(X)ED for the other.
INDEED= rather
IN=fashionable + DEED, transaction, with an extra letter.

[Jozeph]

If insider is 6d, where does dealing go?

[Jozeph]

Where does indexed go please?

[roslyn251254]

6d perches goes in the left hand grid ..indeXed goes in the right grid.

11a is split as .....Write one's name at church for redemption...answer penance ...then add another letter possibly Z to give penzance which goes in left grid
other bit of clue ...and relaxation- rode around and got better ...anagran of rest + rode = restored ...enter in right grid.

[roslyn251254]

25a clue is split as ...Composer to sit back , absorbing all ... answer Tallis...another letter will need to be added to form a new undefined word which will go in the left grid
for the right grid clue is ...ready to change from the very start ..answer is anagram of ready to = year dot ...enter in the right grid

Hope things are a bit clearer now Tilly

[Tilly2]

Thank you, Roslyn. I get it now. :-)