The Generalist

[LaneyB]

Hi Sarumite,
Struggling with this crossword as you said very challenging!
This is my first attempt and am having trouble finding 36a , can you help please?
Have you finished it?

[seekeerz]

Please share, before you head off S

[Aquagility]

Finally got 45a, using Chambers Word Wizard. I had been using A2Z - which does not include foreign words.
"And then there were three".

[Aquagility]

Can't think of a clue for 45a, Steff. Do you want the word?

[seekeerz]

pretty please, I have rotten head cold and in very bad mood
so sooner I stop playing with Xquiz the better !!!

[sarumite]

I should still be around for about 30-40 mins Steff, but as Aqua said it is difficult to give a pointer for 45a.

Final pattern is ?E?S?E?O?O which you could enter into th chambers on-line word search.

I will post link in a moment.

[sarumite]

Here's the link Steff .. http://www.chambersharrap.co.uk/chambers/wordg ames/word_wizards/wwizards.py/main

[slaney]

Morning all .
Clue for 45 a
Think of Miltons famous poem on melancholy which has an Italian title , and insert an 'i' into second word.
Took me ages yesterday to get this one.

[sarumite]

Morning slaney .. hope you are well, as I said above should be shopping, but can't tear myself away. Good clue by the way! :0)

[seekeerz]

ok got that, thank you. am now going to bed with hot toddy to be ready for Fr/Sat etc good link, that - have made notes !!

bye for now, xx to all Steff

[seekeerz]

ps hope you're clock watching, sarumite !!

[sarumite]

Hope you feel better soon Steff .. remember not TOO much water with it !! And yes, I must go easy on that submit button or will be sent to the tower again !!

[Aquagility]

Yes, "Gentle wools", Steff.
I've finished now, except that Chambers gives D instead of T as an alternative for 31d. I'm sure sarumite will sort me out when he gets back from K's super-store.

[sarumite]

Hi Aqua ... back from the dreaded shopping .. for 31d I have Emboscata as in Chambers .. as you say the alternative is (Sp) Emboscada. Cheers (S).

Freedom for the People !! ;0)

[Aquagility]

OK,sarumite, thats me done, I'll stick with Emboscata. Should have been working on the boat today but it's pi$$ing with rain, so no great harm done.

One strange thing - I've just noticed that my score of answers removed has gone up one! Of course I've no idea what it might have been. Am I getting paranoid?

[sarumite]

Aqua .. since Aug 2006 when I joined AB my profile shows 3861 answers given with 18 removed. No idea why so many have been removed, and I hope that none of them were seen as abusive!!

[LaneyB]

Its me again Sarumite, 37a, the genus according to my biologist husband is Sitta where do I find the rest, please.
Have hunted high and low, you obviously have a secret site to find all these obscure words!!
Not much work done today I am determined to finish this wretched crossword if it takes me until the weekend when I'll start all over again with the Daily Telegraph GK!!

[Ont-ice]

Hi LaneyB
I had finished the crossword but when you mentioned Sitta I tried to find a way to get you to the correct word. I tried typing sitta and got:
Noun 1. Sitta - type genus of the Sittidae
That has 8 letters and doesn't fit so you must look for a variation on the word Sittidae.
Hope that helps.

[LaneyB]

Hi Ont-ice, thanks so much this is my last one thank goodness, I'm off my head today! Will be glad when its done, so will try and do as you say.

[LaneyB]

Hi again Ont-ice, I have found it at last! Many thanks, off for a quiet evening - G'night