Graun prize 04.11,

[humbersloop]

Help with 24 ac & dn please?
ac is: In Paris who's first to devalue our cash? 4. ??i?
dn is: Treat this serpentine to make quartzite grill. 4. ??i?
Grid has same first letter for both answers.
Thank you

[bibblebub]

24a) qui d

[bibblebub]

24d quiz - because treat+quiz is an anagram of 'quartzite'

[humbersloop]

Thank you Bibbl, I got quiz from grill immediately once you'd given me quid, but didn't understand why. Truly TAB is mighty!
I'll never understand though, why Graun Pize usually done here in a couple of hours, Everyman about the same. Rufus on a Monday, not a snowball's, ever.

[bibblebub]

erm...whilst I've heard of the Everyman crossword I have no idea where the Graun or Rufus are printed (assuming that they are crosswords too)

[humbersloop]

Sorry, Graun is The Guardian - used to be famous for its spectacular typos, so known as Grauniad. The theory/urban myth is the crosswords there begin easy on a Monday and get harder through the week, leading to the Saturday Prize. Rufus is a Monday regular, regarded as a "fair" setter who sticks to the rules.

[bibblebub]

Oh right, I didn't want to assume that Graun was the Grauniad so pleaded ignorance but I definitely don't know any of the setters' names.