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[Brownbelle]

One final shove needed! I can't parse any of the possible answers to 18d. Have *el*et??? Help much appreciated

[donny48]

Could we have the clue ?

[ProfessorMaisie]

CELNET

[Tilly2]

helmet, velvet, pellet?

[donny48]

Using both asterisks and question marks does tend to be confusing.

[ProfessorMaisie]

sorry - TELNET

[Tilly2]

What's the clue?

[ProfessorMaisie]

'Inform by phone and plan to trap someone wa[r]y of accessing computers' - there's an extra letter in each clue that has to be removed before solving, it's [r] in this case.

[Tilly2]

Thank you Prof. I wouldn't have got that anyway. :-)

[Brownbelle]

Thanks. Apologies for messy use of *and?......Also lazy of me not to include question but I am wary of accessing computers!! Thanks to all.

[Brownbelle]

Aaargh. I meant to say best a answer was Maisie2

[Herge]

Completed the grid and highlighted the trickster However, what does restoring the grid to its original state mean? It’s original state was completely blank!

[roslyn251254]

it means before the "trickster" did his trick...

have a look here...

https://www.theanswerbank.co.uk/Quizzes-and-Puzzles/Crosswords/Question1766904.html

[Herge]

Ah...thanks, Roslyn. Got it now - although I still think my first interpretation is not unreasonable!