Azed 1994

[roslyn251254]

Grid complete but a few queries:
12d Relating to enzymes not found in beer? Fine (10) I have allosteric lost (not found) in ale (beer) and eric (fine) but that gives an extra "e"??
Also why does the setter give 1a as 12 letters when it is 4-3-5 ; same with 13a 5-3 ??

[kayakamina]

I wondered about 12d too.

All I can think is that the E serves a double purpose - end of Ale & start of Eric.

I agree that the two clues should at least have said - 'three words' & two words'

[roslyn251254]

K - my clue containing "fine" came from the online version. Apparently another version (perhaps the newspaper) has "full bodied mostly" at the end which would give the "ric(h)".

[roslyn251254]

The "online" version says full-bodied, it's only the "printable version" that says fine. Very strange?

[swarbrules]

My online had full bodied as part of 12d.

Where do we find the derivation of 1a? And, again, why isn't it 4,3,5?

[cruciverbali]

http://en.wikipedia.o...ki/Lotus_corniculatus

Roslyn, convention in 'advanced' barred cryptics is that hyphens are ignored for the purpose of word lengths - thus in Azed, Listener, EV et al, (4-3-5) is given as (12), whereas ALDIS LAMP could be (9, two words) or (5,4)