Spectator N0 2676 - Itox By Doc

Matakari | 13:16 Fri 18th Oct 2024 | Crosswords

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Good evening, I’m pleased to have got all the clues of Doc’s offering quite early yesterday morning. The red and yellow names fell into place very easily, too. But I’m still not sure about the Unclueds for which I have the following:
ACROSS: 12 HOOPED POT 15 BORNE DOWN 16 BODIES 27 ALE 32 WORTHIES 34 MIDDLE 44 TIME LIMIT
DOWN: 18 CAT LADIES 25 BOROUGHS 36 TO ONE

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Neveracrossword

Matakari, why don't you check Brewer's? I think I got you a link fairly recently. You have two wrong.

Matakari

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Thanks, NACW! I have the link but for some reason I cannot get it to work. I keep trying, resetting password etc, but nothing doing! (https://www.oxfordreference.com/display/10.1093/acref/9780199990009.001.0001/acref-9780199990009 )

Neveracrossword

Thanks, Matakari. If you have the theme and want the satisfaction of finishing this off yourself, why not try ticking off all the correct Unclued entries, using the very helpful/obvious title of the puzzle? That should leave you with only two to resolve, and you'll have the info for that.

Or I could just give you the correct answers!

Matakari

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Thanks again, NACW, I sensed that the title had much to do with the unclueds, but am having difficulty seeing it.

Neveracrossword

Matakari, the title is simply a version of 1/I To Ten... and each of the unclued entries is linked to one of the numbers. The thread you were on yesterday had lots of help. directions, but you might not need that.

Neveracrossword

Matakari,I've just realised that you actually have three incorrect, and also realised that the other six were already confirmed on yesterday's thread! Your 15 A, 44 A and 18 D are the ones to fix...

quinol

15a the second word doesn't begin with d

44 not time

18 fat (no jd vance here)

I've no idea about how many of most of them, I got into brewers with your link but didn't know how to find lists of sayings

Neveracrossword

Thanks, Quinol. Although I have a copy of Brewer's, I didn't look at it until after I'd got most of the unclued entries. Sometimes the trickiest bit with Brewer's is knowing WHERE to look, sometimes you need to track down a particular word before all can be revealed! That wasn't the case here, it was simply a case of looking at the entries listed under the various numbers.

Matakari

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Many thanks, NACW and quinol, I think I’m better off now except for one.
27a ALE
44Aa MILE LIMIT
18d FAT LADIES
I would be happy to be given this one, thanks: 15a ?OR?E?OWN