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FleshpotsOfDevon | 13:28 Thu 02nd Jan 2025 | Crosswords
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Happy New Year ABers! 
 

Not a clue question, just requiring confirmation that we only have to shade (choosing words carefully) a "representation" of the five first words, and not all instances. Thanks for any and all thoughts.
 

P.S. No money anymore, John Lewis vouchers up for grabs now from the Speccy. 

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I shaded all instances.

I'm trying to get this crossword, but the paywall is different. I can't get in. 
 

...there are five in all.

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Professor Maisie, are you including those in diagonal & reverse? 

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Oh probably not diagonal 

Fleshpots, I didn't do diagonal or in reverse - I simply highlighted the 'first five words hidden in the grid (across or down)'! I felt as if I had the correct number in the correct places.

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I've gone wrong somewhere then...

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Ah I got it! 

Thanks, Fleshpots.

Stuck on a clue.

32D Equivalent of getting on for three marathons, the third one torture (6) D?G?E?

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DEGREE (third degree)

No wonder I had trouble! Thanks.

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No probs, I have a moment like this every week haha 

Me too! That was a fun one. Missed having the Spectator last week. How very dare they!

Parsing on 1D Acquaintance with variant animals makes for bruising encounters (7,6)

Contact Sports

Acquaintance = contact. How does "with variant animals" = Sports?

I have only four instances of the first word and they are all acrosses

 

Meantime annoyingly i am stuck on 34D

Ram and goat oddly go for tree fern (5)

I have ?U?GA

not sure what the answer is?

 

PiffPoff, check Sport in Chambers. I had to do that earlier, can't give you the exact wording now.

There is one down version of the first word (and it starts from an across version).

Pun is given as 'ram'/batter in Chambers.

JohnP, have a look in the bottom corner for a vertical one ...

Wording for 'sport' is something like; a plant or animal that varies spontaneouslyfrom the norm.

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