Guardian Genius 241

[LeenaH]

This is a jigsaw crossword. Need to remove atleast a 2 letter word from the clue before solving.

I have all answers and fit them correctly.
But cannot figure out the theme.
In some cases I don't know which word to remove
E.g.
Like play about author ? (8)
And. Recreate?

Please help . Thanks in advance

[bobbinwales]

Not sure whether your 'and is a typo but recreate works OK if to recreate as in recreation means to play???

[JJ109]

Recreate is correct
For the theme - look not at the perimeter, but the next rows and columns in. Start at Column3 row 13 and move clockwise around the grid, so your next cell to look at is Column 2 row 13. Going clockwise will sell the name of a very famous album (3,4,4,2,3,4). Then google that album and you will find that all the surplus words arethe names of the trackson it, and in order, provided that you have the correct answers in the correct saces.

[JJ109]

^^ Like is the word to be removed

[JJ109]

oops start at C3R14

then C2R13
then C2R11, then C2R9, then C2R5, then C2R3 then C3R2 andso on

[bobbinwales]

Its only a matter of Time before it clicks

[LeenaH]

Thanks a lot. I got the theme from your detailed explanation.
I feel I will never be able to crack Genius crossword without help from this forum
I still don't know how you realised where to start to get the Album
Thanks once again

[JJ109]

Hi Leena - just persevere, people will always be here to help if required. In my case, I am a big fan of that group, and when I saw some of the surplus words - "time, money, gig, great, sky etc, I put 2 and 2 together very quickly, and I was then looking for similar words in evey clue! I just happened to see the last word of the album along the bottom of the grid and followed it round to get the album title. So in my case I knew the theme before I saw it. Very lucky!