Guardian 25394

[gullman]

20d 9's heart lifted , I gathered, over 7's opener. (9 is Beethoven, 7 is Albion)
E?I??? EROICA would fit the clue but not my letters - the "I" came from 22a John breaking joints, back for vegetable - I have SPINACH for this
Anyhelp please?

[kayakamina]

They both look correct!

HIPS (joints) CAN (john) < = spinach

EROC (heart) <lifted around I over A = Ero i c a

[AHearer]

I agree -- and can only justify the entry as an Eroica variation.

[geo0939]

Totally agree K, and assuming 24a is cache I can only assume that this is a mistake by the Guardian (a rare occurrence).

[owdippi]

I also agree after spending two hours looking at the two clues (and nearly going cross eyed) I can't see that it can be anything else.

[mullingar]

I'm having this problem too. Did you get SACK for 22 down? Bootcamp's first to cut benefit not entirely (4)

[roslyn251254]

Yes sack and cache for the across clue.

[catsrcool]

20d is a Granuad FUBAR as the theme is clear the correct answer for the clue can only be EROICA http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eroica_Symphony hope this doesn't mean it is going to be SNAFU from now on

[turast]

Thanks for diverting me to this Kayakamina. Searched Guardian 25,394 (with comma), and nothing came up, so I opened a new thread. I really should have known that the Answerbank regulars would have been on this like a shot, and you were! I must get up earlier on Saturdays.

[Telescoper]

Yes, it looks wrong to me but I can't find any comments on the Guardian website about it at:

http://www.guardian.c...rosswords/prize/25394

Does anyone have a link to the comments?

[clog2]

Having gotten into the same problem, I would very much like to be able to access the comments on the Guardian website. However, I can't find them from the link provided by Telescoper.

Would be grateful for further advice on how to do so.

Many thanks

[factor-fiction]

Some discussion here. One poster suggests the answer is Erioca.
http://www.crosswords...orum/168054/offset/10

[factor-fiction]

^Looks like a mistake to me, though.

[hwfa]

Please, why CACHE for 24ac?

[plautus]

Sounds like cash.

[Lie-in King]

If I had any, I'd put money on it being an error - what's 'Erioca'?..

I can't find a "Guardian crossword website", so can't help with a link to it - is it a subscription thing?

[hwfa]

Ahh. I was thinking CA is State (CAlifornia) and the whole thing means reserve but I couldn't see CHE as money. Now I see State means Soundls like. Thanks.

[factor-fiction]

* What's Erioca?

It seems it's nothing more than a fairly common misspelling of Eroica. If you Google 'Erioca' you get over 40000 hits

[bathtub]

From the Grauniad website:

Special instructions: There is an error in the grid where the solutions to 22 across and 20 down intersect. Entries will be accepted which show either one of these solutions correctly.