Spectator 1962

[kayakamina]

Here is a link to Queries set by Dumpynose

http://thespectator.n...om/epaper/viewer.aspx

My copy of the grid was very faint and it was necessary to number some of the clues
and re-emphasise the bars.

An enjoyable puzzle which is very topical.

[zita-green]

Thank you, K. Mine very faint, too.

[roslyn251254]

This seemed to work with copy and paste
www.spectator.co.uk/article_assets/articledir
_11862/5931183/crossword.pdf

[mintyman99]

http://www.spectator....5950983/crossword.pdf

[zita-green]

Thanks, Mintyman but the link won't work. When I click on, nothing happens.

[roslyn251254]

Works for me - thanks

[slaney]

Many thanks K and mintyman.
Zeta, the link works fine for me.

[Christiana]

Thanks both and, Zeta, worked for me too, but took longer than usual to come up.

[Helveticus]

Thanks to kayakamina and Mintyman. According to the rubric: "Two unclued lights (one a proper name) combine to suggest an answer to one of the queries." Not to me, they don't! Only the first letter of the shorter unclued light is missing in my solution, but despite much head-scratching and a bit of research, the penny stubbornly refuses to drop. Could anyone kindly give me a nudge without giving the game away for other solvers?

[zita-green]

Have you made any progress, Helveticus? My problem is similar

[roslyn251254]

And me - got everything, highlighted the diagonal answer, just need the one letter. Can't make any sense of it!

[dr b]

This may be a stretch, but if you take the 4 letter name beginning at 3a, and the name at 30d, they are connected. Thus if you consider one of the queries to be (5,4) beginning at 11, this suggests a possibility for the letter at 16.

That's weak enough that I'm happy to consider alternative explanations.

[dr b]

that of course assumes I have the right name at 30d!

[oldenburg]

Very inventive dr b & I have nothing better to offer - but I'm not convinced.

[slaney]

I took the question far too literally, and trawled unsuccessfully around notable figures of the 18thC and their doings.
I think it may be as simple as "think nationality" .

[novalis]

Many thanks for the links. An enjoyable puzzle.

[mathsman]

Sorry dr b, I can't buy that. The missing word location answers the first question. We have to answer the second and I don't see where the proper name or the word above it fit in. No word which fits the spaces of 16d seems to link with 30d at all. What does 'combine' mean?

[novalis]

To those struggling with 16d, assuming you have the right name at 30 down you have the second part of the perimeter word. The first part, when looked up in Chambers, will lead you to 16 down. It is an archaic definition. Hope that makes sense without giving the game away too much.

[mathsman]

Brilliant, novalis. Thank you.

[Jogler]

I am beginning to think we are doing a different puzzle to you!

[Helveticus]

Thanks, novalis! Lord David Cecil accused Charlotte Bronte of "stretching the long arm of coincidence until it dislocated". What *would* he have made of Dumpynose's offering this week?