Inquisitor 1653

[tedsgran]

Help please positioning Andy Lemon in the grid + the 2 word phrase. ( I have a full grid, and the message)

[ProfessorMaisie]

The phrase ends (thanks to andY) with the relevant foreign currency.

[ProfessorMaisie]

...ignore his surname.

[hankir]

Any hints on 9d, 28d, 35d?

Thanks.

[Aldhelm]

9d is thematic. Woman "and also known as"

28d is an anagram, about = c

I have filled the grid but I cannot find Andy or the phrase.

[ProfessorMaisie]

You must insert ANDY.

[ProfessorMaisie]

35d - 'GO(b)' + '(b)AD'

[Aldhelm]

Thanks, Prof M. Got it now!

[ProfessorMaisie]

...sorry, hankir - I missed 'hint'!

[ProfessorMaisie]

...what I mean by 'insert' is overwrite 4 letters (making new words). It's on the horizontal.

[tedsgran]

AH..... i see what you mean now ...thank you very much professorMaisie

[hankir]

Thanks Aldhelm and ProfessorM.
I probably would have asked for more hints anyway, ProfessorM.

9d is a vehicle if I interpreted the hint correctly. How is it a thematic answer. (eat, drink etc.)

I am missing a couple of non-def clues. 15,16, 3d,9d,19d.

[ProfessorMaisie]

There are 2 entries, hankir - the 1st a river 'vehicle', the 2nd poetry.

[ProfessorMaisie]

15 - take 'pun' from Indian servants that fan/or just the 'fans' (leaving 3 letters) + reverse them [+ 'the newspaper' = 'i'].

[ProfessorMaisie]

16 'repair' = proceed from (2 letters) inside the seagoing vessel (minus 'p').

[ProfessorMaisie]

3d 6 letters for 'pointless' minus 'hat'/small part of a roof + 'before' = TO + Nato alphabet for last letter.

[ProfessorMaisie]

19d remove 'me' and (later on in the word) 't' from an 8 letter word for interval/interim - the thematic is viewed for entertainment.

[hankir]

Thanks Professor M.

My bad. I have those 5. Missing not listed in that group.

BTW, No one in India would spell the fan without H.
It would be ????HA.

[ProfessorMaisie]

One last thing - don't guess the food at 38a (there are 2 spellings for an obvious candidate but they're both wrong). The 'townsman' is specific to Cambridge Uni - the 4 letter word is common enough ('posh' connotations). Sorry if you've already got it, but thought I'd better mention it.

[ProfessorMaisie]

OK hankir, and thanks for the spelling tip (I've seen it the proper way, and I agree - the other way just looks wrong).

It looks like you're just missing 38 (see above for that) and the thing to wear 42a - what is the shortest possible 1 letter abbrev for 'answer' (therefore, what do you do - '??? ?').

[hankir]

ProfessorM.
I put down Y as the third letter in 38a.
Tried to google areas in Cambridge to no avail.