the generalist September 2008

[ventpeg]

this crossword is now available

[Aquagility]

Thanks, ventpeg.

[slaney]

Thanks ventpeg, and here is a link..
http://www.prospect-magazine.co.uk/usr/issues_ crossword/629.pdf

[ventpeg]

oh dear!

The clue for 25a) gives the answer as 10 letters .... the grid shows 11 letters!!

[Aquagility]

Oh, dear! indeed, ventpeg. And my preferred solution has 10 letters!

[ventpeg]

my solution has 11 letters as per the grid :-)

(11 letters keeps the symmetry of the grid)

[08012006]

i've put campestrian, but am stuck as follows
35a In Scotland, the end of a taper (6-4)
CANDLE ?O?P
39a Tin-plate (6)
L??T??
41a A fool (6)
N?D?E?
46a A columnar US cactus growing to 30 feet (6)
C??E??
21d Translation of the Bible into Latin, made in
Augustine�s era (5)
I?A?A
36d Relating to coloration which disguises or
protects an animal (8)
A?????IC
40d Of plant movements, not related to the
direction of the stimulus (8)
????IC

[shannee]

answers posted above :-)

[shannee]

http://www.theanswerbank.co.uk/Quizzes-and-Puz zles/Question616659.html

[Aquagility]

This from Prospect magazine:-

Thank you for your query -- yes, the solution is 11 letters long.
I am amused to learn that you should expect the competition to be void because of this minor blemish! Why should it be?

Didymus

That's alright, then. Aq.