Listener crossword 4009

[cluelessJoe]

Will this one get us going round in circles I woneder?

.. Three rings by Franc

[midazolam]

never thought of looking in the back of chambers to identify the conversion factor

true about "Latin" - but that crossword was all about etymological cluing

change of thought processing this Friday for the quarterly numerical (i think)

[jamesah]

I like these circular crosswords-they often appear in the Spectator. I'd have finished this quicker if I hadn't spent some time trying to fit 'juggler' into the second ring.

[perseverer]

Living up to my user name, got there in the end. Seemed to me the 7/8 names was more an intellectual exercise for the setter, rather than a worthwhile challenge for the solver.

[overlack]

i am missing outmost letter of clue 40. can anyone help

[Patch49]

If you go to Things Cruciverbal and the word matcher, it will allow you to work out anagrams where you know five of the six letters.
I myself would like a hint towards 43 as neither of my possible answers seem to fit the clue.

[overlack]

thankyou patch. 43 is an unusual spelling of a simple word for partition

[spiderFreak]

I reckon that tomorrow is when the next number puzzle appears. Isn't that right?
Something to look forward to, eh?

[andrewvc12]

Can anyone help, please? Does the inventor start in the first cell of the sixth ring? If it does I'm stuck.
Thanks, Andrew

[midazolam]

yes. depending on what letters you have, try and think of a first name that might fit. google it with the theme and you should get his surname. that is how i proceeded

good luck

[perseverer]

Andrew, you will know the person's name, but maybe for something connected with what the puzzle is all about rather than the actual invention.

[andrewvc12]

I'm confused now! Are his initials not P A?
Thanks, Andrew

[perseverer]

If you are thinking of Philip Astley, then while you are in the right general area, you need to be in a different century and country and think more specifically! Sorry

[andrewvc12]

Thanks Perseverer (and Midazolam), Back to the drawing board then! Andrew

[spiderFreak]

Can anyone give me a hint on 40? I'm assuming that "not" is removed, but I can't make the clue fit any of the 3 possibilities I've got for entries:
1. the word given by "word matcher" with an accent on the 3rd letter
2. plural of the heavenly stuff
3. word given by Chambers when you factor in a U.
Am I on the right lines at all? Thanks

[Clamzy]

Spiderfreak
Yes NOT is removed. The word is not jumbled and reads outwards. I presume you already have checking letters at 1,3,and 5 giving you A?N?M?

[spiderFreak]

Clamzy, many thanks, got it sorted now. I was assuming that 39 was the unaltered one, reading inwards. Doh!