Spectator 1971

[kayakamina]

This is a link to Spectator 1971 : Song V11 set by Dumpynose

http://thespectator.n...om/epaper/viewer.aspx

It can be found on page 59.
I enjoyed it as there was a bit more to it than the last few weeks.

[toalisi]

Thanks for the link K

[slaney]

Many thanks K - I actually got into this a bit earlier by using your link from last week which I found had automatically refreshed.

Another trip down memory lane - for those of us of a certain age anyway.

[kayakamina]

Hi slaney

Yes I remember it well although I believe there was a dispute about who actually wrote the lyrics.

Cheers

[Bootlebarth]

Good to see my home town cryptically clued. After the indoor exercise I'll stroll to the Indian Ocean and return the colour to my cheeks.

[mintyman99]

http://www.spectator....6112333/crossword.pdf

[Jogler]

Definitely a stroll down memory lane :). We were caught out when we didn't read through properly and confused 'three quartets' with 'three quarters' which caused a slight hiatus! Yes, Slaney, if you just bookmark any of the Spectator links then you can continue to use an old one and it will update on a weekly basis.

Just one query; we are a bit stumped on the bottom right hand corner. We have answers for 35d and 41a but they do not seem to fit with each other and despite double checking everything around I cannot see the error. Are both words in Chambers (I have also looked further afield with no success)?

[kayakamina]

Jogler
Both 35d & 41a are in Chambers, although in the case of 35 it is listed under the full word.

[oldenburg]

Glad it's not just me Jogler - I'm struggling with the same two clues in my otherwise complete grid.

[Ruthrobin]

Yes, those were our last too. I found this fairly challenging but, indeed, a trip down memory lane. These lyrics were in a GCSE set poetry book some years ago.

[Jogler]

Ty, K. We persevered with our thinking having had the confidence to know that the answer was there! Hope you have had the same luck, Oldenburg.

[oldenburg]

Thanks for the good wishes Jogler, I shall persevere to persevere!

[mathsman]

Odd, isn't it? I had no trouble with the theme, or 35d and 41a, misread like others 'quartets' but can't make rhyme nor reason of 19d or 38a, despite having the correct cross-checking letters (or so I believe).
Mathsman

[oldenburg]

Hi Mathsman, for 19d you're looking for two words (5,3) that suggest pela (one of the anagrams) that will give you 38a.

[mathsman]

Just a thought. Should 'Bee' be 'Bet' in 38a?

[mathsman]

Thanks Oldenburg; I can't find 'pela' in any of my dictionaries but I made a reasonable guess and then was confused by 'Bee' in 38a.

[turnerjmw]

It could be, mathsman, and would give the same answer, but the clue works perfectly well as it is, as an alternative diminutive of a name in the Chambers' Appendix

[oldenburg]

I agree both bee & bet can be made to work at 38a. Either way it's a tough solve without the 4th letter.

[mathsman]

Thanks again, Oldenburg, I have it now.

[AHearer]

If we're looking for a misprint in 38a, Bea would work too -- but I'm happy about the clue as it is. As for the song, I always thought it was rather overrated: but I wouldn't have minded the royalties.

[bathtub]

I don't follow the alternative thinking on 38a. 'Bee' and 'Trixie' are both dimunitives of Beatrice; 'stung' is the anagram indicator; and the anagram is REX + I (in) + IT (city's centre) = TRIXIE.
Bet is a diminutive of Elizabeth, and a Bea doesn't sting.