Spectator 1968

[kayakamina]

Here is a link to 'Somewhere VII' by Dumpynose.
It can be found on page 57

http://thespectator.n...om/epaper/viewer.aspx

Not an anniversary I was familiar with, but enough mention in the
clues themselves to identify the place.

[zita-green]

Thanks, K

[Ruthrobin]

Delighted to see one of the Answerbank community in the winners of last week's!

[kayakamina]

Thanks Ruth I missed that.

Congratulations Zita.

[zita-green]

You could have knocked me down with a feather. Many thanks to all fellow a-bankers for your help.

[mad max]

As always many thanks for link

[crucifernz]

Hope you're out there Mintyman, for the PDF. Thanks in advance.

Congratulations zita-green. I myself was successful recently as a runner up in Mephisto 2594.

[mintyman99]

http://www.spectator....6069913/crossword.pdf

[Helveticus]

Many thanks, mintyman and congratulations to zita-green! 1968 is much easier than last week's puzzle. However, the definition at 17A and the wordplay at 30D don't quite convince me. Does anyone else have problems here, or am I failing to see something?

[crofter]

Thanks for the various links

Congrats to zita-green for latest win. May there be many more!

[kayakamina]

I agree that 17a is very iffy, and 'yes' 30d may be stretching things a tad!

[mathsman]

30D: Chambers states that 'i' is a variant of 'ay', one meaning of which is 'yes', so I suppose it's OK.

[novalis]

Congratulations Zita-Green!

Many thanks for the links. I'll attempt this later but I couldn't resist "cheating" by looking in my tattered and battered "Chambers Dictionary Of Dates". At least I'll be able to "solve" 12 down now.

[DocHH]

Congratulations Zita! Not surprised though, hardly ever see you post a question these days.

[zita-green]

Not as surprised as I was, DocHH; I hardly ever post them off. Thanks to all a-ber buddies for helping me since my green salad days with cryptics.

[cruciverbals]

I would be interested to know if you prizewinners leave it to the last minute to post or whether you send them straightaway. I got a runner up prize on the Spectator last year and that was sent second class a few days before the closing date. Got the Times prize twice in two weeks last year and that was sent immediately second class.

Thanks

[zita-green]

When I post off, which is not often, I send first class. When depends on closing date. For the Speccie, I send in about a week before closing. I won Beelzebub first time I submitted and the Indy three times in as many weeks. Bui no luck with Everyman, the Guardian or the Sindy. It's sheer luck, I think.

[novalis]

I think it's purely the luck of the draw as to whether you win or not. I always post them off second-class at my earliest opportunity and this will go in the post tomorrow.

[Jogler]

Hello everyone; grats Z-g - very pleasing. It is almost as good as winning when you 'know' the victor! We send ours off second class as soon as they are filled in, otherwise they get lost in a pile of papers... and we have never won anything - except many, many decades ago in a long defunct magazine called Games and Puzzles - does anyone else remember it? Pleasant puzzle this week filling in a bit of a knowledge gap. We think the 30d stretch is OK, but 17a is a bit too elastic for me to be completely happy.

[DocHH]

Zita, now is the time to go for the pictoral avatar, perhaps one that depicts your Speccie prize!

[zita-green]

Yes, DocHH but I don't know how. I'm a hopeless technophobe!