Ev 1419

[saladdodger]

help please... i have everything but the centre letter....can't see what it is or why???

[emmie]

clue?

[emmie]

or is that the clue, sorry if so.

[saladdodger]

sorry there isn't a clue .....the centre cell is blank and after completing everything i am supposed to know what letter to put in it ....

[bookbinder]

emmie, we're all expected to be mind readers.

[emmie]

BB, obviously..

[dannyk13]

Is it not referred to in the instructions?

[dannyk13]

The
perimeter cells, reading clockwise from top left, spell out (with
reference to one unclued answer) what must be entered in the
central cell. Chambers Dictionary (2016) is recommended;
I copied that from the instructions.

[bookbinder]

Give us a link so that we can see the puzzle.

[dannyk13]

Bookie:-
https://puzzles.telegraph.co.uk/_admin/printing/tmp/1580059241.pdf

[bookbinder]

dannyk13, thanks for the link. Very informative.

[saladdodger]

poosibly a J then

[DocHH]

Unless you have the crossword and the rather unusual grid in front of you it will be impossible to give saladdodger the slightest of hints!

I do, and even then have only just twigged that the message around the perimeter cells, which consist of letters removed from answers within the main section of the grid is a biblical reference!

The three shaded cells confirm the source.

[ProfessorMaisie]

You need to go to the text (chapter and verse is given by the perimeter dropped letters) and take first part of the instruction literally - luckily, it's a very short text.

[ProfessorMaisie]

...sorry, saladdodger - I've just spotted your later comment (I've given a hint for something you already know!).

[saladdodger]

Thanks all for your attention. Checked the text now and i was on the right lines after all!

[hankir]

Letters in two of the shaded cells provide a hint on what the center cell could be. Three letters indicate what Version of the Bible is used.

4d shaded letter, Center cell, 35a shaded letter.
At least that's how I confirmed my guess.