Spectator 2117

[djawhufc]

Hi all

Looks interesting- get your Atlas out.

All the best

DJA

[slaney]

Many thanks as ever.
Mmm - as you say interesting.

[barryjbutler]

Thanks Daniel. Certainly food for thought here!

[kayakamina]

Thanks as always Daniel.

My old eyes can barely read the small print & I'm not sure I'm going
to bother as I don't really enjoy this type of puzzle.

[Neveracrossword]

This is great fun. I have a slight problem with 37 Down - is there a superfluous word in that part of the story? (I feel I would be duplicating something if I enter the answer I have in mind).

Sorry - this will make sense only to those who have a copy of this crossword.

[maurice]

I have a solution for 37d which fits:do you also have crossers ?O?AD ???
How about 1d: isn't it TWO words?
And the following Lochs are proving v. hard to find (maybe I've got s'thing wrong):
after 31, down:CRER?N
Column 10 top: CAROY ???
" 11 top: ?CR?SORT
" 3 : C?OLISPORT
Any help appreciated, goes w'out saying!

[Neveracrossword]

For 37 I currently have ?a?a? (and thought the 2 words would be ?a? a?)
Your Crer?n is correct, as is C?olisport. Oh, and ?cresort is correct too.
I agree about 1 D.

[maurice]

Thanks, Nevera...! Now I see yr prob w 37d more clearly!
Do you have a name for the last one across then? If it's E?R?E I can't find one, though the Golf Club is once written EARNE in Google (but that seems to be an error).
If you have s'thing better, can you "betray" the 2nd letter?!

[Neveracrossword]

I have the same for you re the last loch - I don't like 'earne' as I can't confirm the spelling anywhere. Further mulling needed...

[maurice]

Seems a bit unlikely that Doc has made a mistake with 1d AND 37d, but maybe we can enquire s'where on the Speccie site?

[Neveracrossword]

I decided that 1 D should have been listed as two words and that there should be a bar after the 'n' in 'earn'. (I think I was right about 37 D, so maybe Doc or the proofreader was having an off day?)

[maurice]

That's a good idea with the additional bar: didn't think of that when I wrote my comment on the site. Is the comment site meant only for competitors, or does s'one from the paper ever answer qq regarding poss. errors, do you know?

[Ironie]

Doc (Tom Johnson) can be contacted by e-mail on [email protected].

[maurice]

Thanx 4 the tip: didn't know that.

[roslyn251254]

I seem to be missing a loch!? I have 9 across ones and 12 downs. Where am I missing one please?

[Neveracrossword]

I think - from a quick once-over - that I have 13 Down lochs.

[roslyn251254]

Thanks neveracrossword - I missed the one like 39a.
Have you found all 22 in the text?

[flobbo]

If 10D is Caroy as suggested supra, have difficulty with the loch cutting across. I have ET??E. I think Ethoe rather obscure.
And is 9d really a royal castle?

[roslyn251254]

9d yes queen mother spent her childhood there

10d isn't caroy - it's one of those from the text

ETIVE

[maurice]

Doc has confirmed in a mail we were right with all 3 points: it is indeed 2 words in 1d, there should be an additional vertical bar before the bottom right last letter, and 37 d does indeed produce the repetition of a 2-letter word in the clue! Apologies from him to all!

[Neveracrossword]

Maurice, thanks for the update.