Spectator 2031 Saturday September 17th 2011

[mintyman99]

http://www.spectator....7238958/crossword.pdf

[crucifernz]

You're early Mintyman!Thanks from NZ.

[Farrnorth]

Thank you Mintyman99. Is this a service you provide regularly? I can normally download the crossword on Thursday mornings but even that is a week old. The last one I got was 2029. 2030 is not yet available to me.
So you are Good news!
David

[barryjbutler]

Cheers MM!

[kayakamina]

Welcome back mintyman & thanks for the link.

An enjoyable puzzle although I didn't immediately cotton-on to the 'sticks'
being upped!

[greyfox]

Welcome back minty. Thanks.

[Nical]

Am grappling with a couple at the moment, would appreciate any tips.
26 D. Tickets for the oratorio (7) ????o?s
(I don't know why, but 'coupons' springs to mind)
22 D. Messmate producing county magazine's leader monthly (9)
???m???a?

[kayakamina]

26d ticket for all matches

22d leaders of CO M + monthly

[Nical]

Thanks, K - had just managed to get 22 D. Have got the theme, just working on the specifics at the moment -it's not an area I know much about.

[Ironie]

Cheers MM. Good to have you back.

[AHearer]

Many thanks, mintyman.

[roslyn251254]

Thanks Minty. The up sticks involved some googling!

[mad max]

as always many thanks for link

[haggis58]

Have finished the grid bar one answer that I do not understand. Can anyone clarify 24a for me? I have -re-ooled. I think its precooled but dont understand why.