Inquisitor 1290

[boreas]

Any help with 11D?
I have all the letters apart from the unchecked, but can't make sense of it.

[elliemay1]

clue??

[slaney]

11d Job comes up in provincial town (4)
I wondered if that should be "Jab comes up..."

[boreas]

The clue is "Job comes up in provincial town"

[boreas]

Hi Slaney - still don't get it if it's "Jab"

[slaney]

...because if it were "jab" then my answer and wordplay would work.
Reverse a word meaning jab to get a provincial town.

[boreas]

Yes, you are right about the answer.
But I've just looked up "Job" in Chambers and there is a second definition:
To prod or peck suddenly. (So Job is the same as Jab.)

[slaney]

Ahh - thanks - I could have sworn I'd looked it up, but obviously not!

[boreas]

I'd never have looked it up if you hadn't raised the possibility - so many thanks

[Neveracrossword]

Could someone tell me if I'm on the right track with this? My possible answer to the quotation and author is 8 (letters), 4 and 10 - this is what I've come up with after solving three-quarters of the clues(but with lots of clashes that I haven't yet sorted!). It would be great to know if I have -or haven't - lead myself astray.

[boreas]

Hi Never,

The quotation is two words 8 and 4 letters, the author is two words 6 and 4 letters

[Neveracrossword]

Thanks, Boreas - that sounds as if I have half right and half wrong! I will carry on.

[boreas]

Glad to help

[Neveracrossword]

My quote was correct, but I'd attributed it to the wrong person. Am off to make a start on the clashes now. Thanks again.

[boreas]

Hi Never,

Once you have the quote it all comes together

[Neveracrossword]

I THINK I know what I've to do - I never like crosswords where I can't write in my answers as I go along. Are all the answers real words?

[boreas]

The answers are all real words - but they have to be treated. So, the actual entries are not real words.

[boreas]

The quotation tells us how to treat the words before entry.

[Neveracrossword]

Thanks - I should have been clearer (I DID mean, were the entries all real words?). That should help a lot - my other problem is that everything is in very light pencil so I have to peer to see what the answers (before treatment) are.

[boreas]

My printer can photocopy A4, which is very handy for these types of crossword

[boreas]

I would find it confusing to pencil the answers in before treatment. I just make list on a separate piece of paper.