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Spectator 2688
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Another reasonably straightforward puzzle - I thought 43a was well hidden. However I can't quite work out the wordplay in 25d
The heart of holy Adriatic port (4)
It can only be 'Bari' but why ?
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I took it as yet another mistake by the ed (one or two per puzzle isn't unusual) and that's why I didn't spend much time on it, so I could be missing something.Best I could find in the religious arena is (ja)BARI(st) ...Ite ...Ist ...Ism etc (predeterminism for a certain religion) but the wordplay would neatly fit an altogether different port/sea -...
14:03 Thu 30th Jan 2025
I took it as yet another mistake by the ed (one or two per puzzle isn't unusual) and that's why I didn't spend much time on it, so I could be missing something.
Best I could find in the religious arena is (ja)BARI(st) ...Ite ...Ist ...Ism etc (predeterminism for a certain religion) but the wordplay would neatly fit an altogether different port/sea - (s)ACRE(d).
That's the problem when too many errors crop up - you can quickly lose the will to persevere (I think).