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saladdodger | 22:15 Sun 17th Dec 2023 | Crosswords
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There is an extra word in the clue which needs to be removed before solving...

How do these parse/extra words?

6. Upright like anchor cutting a tense disturbed at sea.  ATRIP

11. Opening of note making Pretorias point.   DOORN

15. Soft texture enshrining God on old altar decoration. GRADINO

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11 Door, opening, N, note. Doorn, a point, thorn in South Africa, so Pretoria,

15 Gradino, altar decoration. Grain, texture,materrial, with D, Latin for God inside + O, old.

A+T(ense)+ RIP = a disturbed sea current ['cutting' is extra] def an anchor having been hoisted is ATRIP.

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Thank you.

11 is "of" the extra?

15  soft?

Yes, 'of' + 'soft' are extras.

I have crossed off the 14  2x2 s, but can't see the 3 possible names or the one to highlight? Help please

I can now see the 3  names for the game down a diagonal,  in a  row and in a column. Which to highlight?

1. Add the letters in each 2x2 "box" and mark the total in that 2x2 box

2. In clue order look at the surplus words. Clues 1& 2 are "merry" and "wrong", 5 and 5 letters gives the number 55

3 Play bingo and cross off the 2x2 box where you have written 55

4. Do this for all the clues, 3 &4 together, 5 & 6 together and so

5. Then look at what you have left uncrossed off

(please note this is my understanding but I made a mistake somewhere in a surplus word and I have crossed off one box in error!!!! and I can't be bothered to locate the error! - Good Luck!)

At the end of the game only one of the 3 names has been fully crossed off - that's the one to highlight.

ProfMaisie - without looking for errors, I had a situation that one word is crossed off completely, one word has 4 letters crossed off, and one word has one letter crossed off. I had thought that I had somehow crossed off one wrong box and that the one to be highlighted was therefore going to be the one "totally" uncrossed off. BUT from what you say I may have done it correctly. Can you please confirm that you have a similar pattern. Thankyou!

JJ109 ...already done all that...thanks though

Prof M...I must have gone wrong as none of my 3 are fully croosed off. After the 14 "cross off...these are the 2x2s i have not crossed off...(naming them 1 - 25)..

 3 and 4, 6, 8,9, 14,15,18,19,22,24

name 1 INGO not crossed off

name 2 diagonal O not crossed off

name 3 H not crossed off ??

Very confused now...

 

TheH box totals 31 and relates to the last two clues

Man  & I

These were my 14 totals (some must be wrong..perhaps i have the wrong extra word in some)

55,33,57,38,67,26,39,45,43,49,73,75,47,19

which are wrong?

Professor Plum

I have the same as you

INGO and O not crossed off for the other two

Thank you ...no idea where that "19" came from... I had 31 on my sheet!!! Must have got distracted!

Sorted! Thanks again

....and I also think that I am sorted too! Thanks!

Barring the momentary error of '19', I'm in complete agreement with you both.

Thanks Prof!

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