16a Crown of pelican not moving beak at the top? (9) - could be stillhead but why crown of pelican? 10d Idle ear part's captivated by noise (10, 2 words) I have slo?a??un? 24a This is missing in...
Misprint in definitions in all clues 1.Bill caught object aimed at eight once (6) (starts a/b/c) .. the E in eight is probably the misprint 2 . First class prophet, reportedly is core. (5) starts...
21a Take second district around Bexhill (6) 2nd letter is P/O/L 3rd letter is T/N
5d Drawing by Handel, without assistance (6)
crossers don't help as downs have to be jumbled before entry......
The clues are in alphabetical order and their length is not given 4. Odd figure lost before delayed payment ...starts with A 22. Begin to work after being turned on .... starts with I /J/K/L/M/N/O 23....
From the answer to each across clue one letter must be omitted wherever it occurs (often more than once) before entry. To the answer to each down clue one letter must be added, at any point but not...
This is curious. All done, all seems OK ... and yet I am a letter out in the endgame. I'll assume that I have made a small error. Perversely, I hope that I have and that there isn't a problem here....