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EV 932 - Myth on Pariah by Charybdis
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The clued lights were entered quickly, but because of a silly mistake at 31
the anagram took longer than it should.
the anagram took longer than it should.
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I think the search facility is just working with a long lag (this week's Listener thread took a day or two to appear in AB's search). I predict confusion this week as "historically" (i.e. as long as I've been posting to it) the EV thread is started at about 14:00. This thread's probably on page 7 by now.
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I sped through the grid this morning and thought I'd cracked it - the missing across answers all appeared to follow a theme word - and so did the downs until I looked at 15D. The only word which fits into my grid doesn't seem to link with any other answer. And the 14 letter word? Well, I'm blowed if I can find anything at the moment that starts remotely like my letters. Ah well, back to the drawing board. Perhaps a rest in DC will help.
I sped through the grid this morning and thought I'd cracked it - the missing across answers all appeared to follow a theme word - and so did the downs until I looked at 15D. The only word which fits into my grid doesn't seem to link with any other answer. And the 14 letter word? Well, I'm blowed if I can find anything at the moment that starts remotely like my letters. Ah well, back to the drawing board. Perhaps a rest in DC will help.
Andrew G-S, in my case it was the preprandial 2 pints of Guinness that unlocked the anagram!
Teenieleek - both groups in the unclued entries are related to the theme, the winning group deciding the clashes. But I have a problem here. When I enter the group which I assume prevails, the entry in the light with the asterisked cell is no longer ambiguous, as far as I can see. Am I awarding victory to the wrong side? Or is there a word in the latest Chambers which isn't in my edition?
Teenieleek - both groups in the unclued entries are related to the theme, the winning group deciding the clashes. But I have a problem here. When I enter the group which I assume prevails, the entry in the light with the asterisked cell is no longer ambiguous, as far as I can see. Am I awarding victory to the wrong side? Or is there a word in the latest Chambers which isn't in my edition?
teenieleek, if you have understood the 14-letter word, coupled with the three word anagram, it should be clear which group prevails. You might also consider the general rulke of thumb that where possible, a completed grid should contain real words.
The second point explains why there are only two alternatives for the asterisk, rather than three. Neither hugely obscure, qwerty99, so I'd be very surprised if they weren't in your Chambers edition. They are in 2008, 2003 and my old one from the 80s
The second point explains why there are only two alternatives for the asterisk, rather than three. Neither hugely obscure, qwerty99, so I'd be very surprised if they weren't in your Chambers edition. They are in 2008, 2003 and my old one from the 80s
I too thought there were three alternatives for the asterisk for a while but agree that the resolution of the clashes does reduce this to two. I hadn't fully appreciated the real word position until I re-looked at the grid following turnerjmw's comment, which is quite an elegant feature of the solution.
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