Item Cooked With Curry Mainly

[Newgirlonthebloc]

7 letters beginning with T

[MargoTester]

I won't bother again

[Neveracrossword]

Danny, I don't think there's a definition for either of them (Timbale or Turmeric). I prefer Turmeric, because it's got Curr(y), which seems more 'mainly' than 'bal(ti)'. I wish it'd been something like 'Herbs and Spices Crossword'!

[Lie-in King]

I've checked & the info in "The Week" gives (7). It also shows that the clue originally came from an Independent puzzle by Serpent - that puzzle is here -

https://tinyurl.com/y7vtjpls

The correct answer is "Turmeric" (8), so it's a typo in "The Week".

[Mamyalynne]

Margo, if my reply seemed like a ticking off then I apologise, it wasn't meant that way.

Frustration sets in when you've been through it the day before.

Sorry.

[Neveracrossword]

Thanks, Lie-in King - a useful, though slightly unsatisfying, update. The 'unsatisfying' is because of the error, of course!

[Mamyalynne]

Thanks Maj

[EdmundD]

There is a site that suggests tumeric is an alternative spelling.

https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=KeGzp-YXrPYC&pg=PA3435&lpg=PA3435&dq=turmeric+alternative+spelling&source=bl&ots=MvIKgB1EGl&sig=ACfU3U1jzCXavj4l6I4SBnWxQ-ArTkv1Cg&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwih8I6vgITqAhWRlFwKHdLQC7s4ChDoATABegQIDBAB#v=onepage&q=turmeric%20alternative%20spelling&f=false

[MargoTester]

No problem Mamya:-) I note the OP states at 14.21 that timbale is the correct answer so presumably it fits the grid at 7 letters

[Mamyalynne]

Certainly confusing, glad I don't do this one.

[Lie-in King]

Further to my post @ 15:00, I'm unable to access the magazine again for the moment, but I'm fairly certain that the "Clue of the Week" answer is stand-alone & isn't entered in the grid - the instructions even say "...begins with a T".

[Captain2]

It's been done to death now I know, but would like someone, anyone, to tell me if it's a stand alone clue, ie doesn't fit into the grid (or else we would have had more letters to work with surely). If it is a stand alone then there could be a chance that it is a setter's error.

[Captain2]

Thank you, thank you, LiK - (crossed posts) I can now go for my walk a fair bit calmer.

[cracker222]

The Week crossword is 15 x 15, set by Tim Moorey. Every week he chooses a "Clue of the week" which he has seen somewhere and which presumably has tickled his fancy. He provides the number of letters (printed wrongly in this case) and gives a hint by stating the first, or last, or whatever,letter