Title is Ztoaatoz ACROSS SPO*G* *O*KED YO*KE_ yolked??? _WR*KE ywreke??? DOWN *EG*RT * _OS* _ _ *HOR* CH*NT* chintz???
Spaces designated * instead of_ must be one of BINITGETNOZZLE 8 clues, each of 6 letters with an alphabetical theme any hints??? With help on my earlier post, I am now left with these themed answers. On the occasions I get this far with the Spectator, I could usually finish it. This time stumped.
any help, pointers, red herrings etc gratefully received
Hi augustusH - Just had a doodle at your question but never seen Spectator so not sure what's going on. Presumably you need to insert the given letters plus the underscores (wild). Let me know if I've got this wrong - haven't finished, might come back later. Regardz, ja
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I've used UPPER/lower case for my aide memoire:
BINItgEtnoZzLE
+DAE
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spoNgE
*o*ked
yoLkeD
AwrEke
BegIrt
* _os* _
ENhorT
chIntZ
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leaving:
You are both close, but the letters of these thematic entries must be in either alphabetical or reverse alphabetical order, as per the title. This rules out 'AWREKE' and 'YWREKE' so try a different vowel for the first E. ENHORT is also wrong, otherwise you are spot on !