Strands #263 “You're Getting...
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I'm tempted to give up on this as I can see some answers but have no idea how to enter them - perhaps 1 or 2 suggestions to start me off?
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I started with the across clues. Look at the length of the grid entry compared to the enumeration in the clue and that will tell you what you need to deduct. Note deductions are always same letter. So in 1a for example it seems likely the definition is "preserve" for 9 letters and the wordplay needs to yield 7 letters to fit the grid. "Wild area" looks like wordplay and gives four letters so "youth" needs to be three letters. In general Azed has made the wordplay straightforward. I hope that helps. Don't give up!
quinol.....this might help...
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