INQUISITOR 1134

[NIMROD]

Has anyone else found an anomaly in the 'order' of one of the 8 unclued answers in this crossword? I think Eddie has slipped up perhaps!

[kayakamina]

I'm just about to start so thanks for the tip.

[Geoff.T]

Yes. The one I have found is in the second bottom row. A mistake in the order. I am also assuming that we can't satisfactorily complete the crossword until late tomorroe night. Do you agree?

[NIMROD]

Thanks for the reassurance Geoff. T - and I agree about waiting for the result!

[Geoff.T]

Excuse the typos! You're welcome.

[midazolam]

yes this was obviously one that was rushed together, edited quickly due to time constraints, and wasn't even a particularly good crossword.

[Speravi]

I agree that there's an infelicity in the order of one of the unclued answers. Given that the puzzle is by Eddie, I especially appreciated the clue to 17dn. On the whole, I thought this simple, but rather good - given the time constraint under which it must have been composed, although, unless I'm missing something, the wordplay in the clue to 19ac doesn't stand up.

[serpentinew]

19ac stands up in my opinion - maybe a superfluous 'a' at worst. Chambers abbrev. for Yemen reversed following a kiss. Interesting that the anomaly could be the one to be highlighted. Personally, I enjoyed this one - liked its topicality and the novelty of a Sunday night at the earliest completion.

[BradleyGas]

I have finished this crossword and highlighted what is needed and written the correct spelling at the bottom. As mentioned one unclued answer appears to be an anomaly. One explanation could be that the answer to 22d could be ERNE - a river, a river could be described as a cut(ter), ENE (enemy) round R (resistance). This is all a bit wishful thinking and I will send it in as FROE, a more likely answer and agree with everyone else that on this occasion Eddie boobed.

[ulysses100]

Surely there is more than one error in the lower left corner ? If you have to take one team from each group of the octet then you have to take Japan ; so not only is the "O" in froe wrong for England but also the "E" (the "P" of Japan). Or do we come from Pogland ?

[RossR]

I think you may have picked your eight too early in the event. You need a later set, very late in fact.

[ulysses100]

Thank you RossR. I hadn't gone for the alternative name for the Netherlands !