Ev 1494

[professorplum13]

there is an extra letter in the wordplay..
42a Want negotiable operation without German company (6) ...looks like EGENCY from crossers..

The "extra" was "N" ....how would the answer parse please?

[ProfessorMaisie]

('n)EG' ('neg' is the abbrev. for 'negotiable') + [ag]ENCY = 'operation' [minus ag = German company] and, as you say - the first 'n' is extra.

[professorplum13]

Many thanks for the parse

[Brownbelle]

Thanks for the parse! I have completed whole thing but can't parse my answer to 33a. As I understand it the letters AC appear to stand for before meal but I may have misparsed the letters that follow. Help appreciated.

[bambi123]

AC stands for Ante Cibum ... Latin for before food