Inquisitor 1655

[tedsgran]

Grid filled and instruction found ( is the punctuation mark an apostrophe?)
Can't see which cells to change / shade ??

[hankir]

I am in the same boat.

Can you parse 33a and 12a, please? They both move.

[tedsgran]

12d tag is a refrain then reverse and add H
33a double defn i think. You say it when you finish the puzzle and you might say it when somethings gone wrong ??

[tedsgran]

What do you mean by "they both move"??

[hankir]

OOps. Wrong puzzle.
Problem with working on Listener and IQ at the same time.

My apologies.

[ProfessorMaisie]

Google -'10 longest words in English' for the theme.
Yes - 's.

[ProfessorMaisie]

If you're still around, hankir - Listener 33a + 12a -

The rain tree is ZAMA(n) + 2 letters for 'forth' = a kind of parrot.

It's a double def - the Northern English dialect won't help you much so, 'mere' could be an alternative def.

[professorplum13]

Do those 29 cells get erased?

[ProfessorMaisie]

Blacked out ('shaded') I think.

[hankir]

Thank you ProfessorM.

For Listener answers.

I had entered dancing girl for 11a, not tree. So Zaman did not work for me until I changed it.
I have LA?E for 12a. Not sure what is the def.

[hankir]

As far as IQ is concerned I googled the longest words.
Found one that starts with F and is 29 letters long.

There are three F in the grid. But nothing is obvious.
Will stare some more hoping I have found the Long word.

[ProfessorMaisie]

It's a K in the gap, hankir ('Lake' in N.England is sport/fun - and it's a red colour).

You're right with the very long F word - you'll find it in alternate rows with a gap between each letter in most lines (the rows between them have just one of the letters forming a diagonal - this gives the grid rotational symmetry).

[hankir]

Thanks ProfessorM.

Figured it out.

Quite a puzzle.
Thanks to Xanthippe.