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liz

15th January 2011, 10:42
Got very confused reading last set of posts - last week's crossword! Looking at this week's - this 23,25... etc - feel it will be straightforward once I get some idea of what it means. Any suggestions?
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tony

15th January 2011, 10:46
Think Walter Scott
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ajt

15th January 2011, 10:51
Not Walter Scott, Tony, or are w at cross purposes?
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tony

15th January 2011, 10:58
Hi AJT

The quotation is from Sir Walter Scott if we are talking about the very long anagram in Araucaria's Prize crossword 25220.
When Liz said 23,25 etc I assumed she meant this puzzle.
However I note on Answerbank that there is confusion over today's crossword.
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mike

15th January 2011, 11:02
The online version, http://www.guardian.co.uk/crosswords/prize/25220, needs a Walter Scott quotation - I believe the version actually in the paper is a totally different crossword.

The online version also tries to force the quotation into 22 down rather than 22 across.
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ajt

15th January 2011, 11:05
In my online version the quotation is from Thomas Osbert Mordaunt.
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ajt

15th January 2011, 11:08
How do you make that out, Mike? It is quite clearly 22ac and not 22d.
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mike

15th January 2011, 11:10
The quotation has been attributed to both according to wikipedia!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Osbert_Mordaunt

Mordaunt would appear to be the legitimate owner.
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mike

15th January 2011, 11:13
I agree it's clearly 22 ac - but on my PC, if I start at 23 and just type away, the words go into 22d, not 22ac.
If I click in any part of the answer, it highlights the whole answer, but with 22d not 22 ac
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liz

15th January 2011, 12:32
Thanks for the hint - all finished now. Can get on with life now - well, the ironing, anyway!
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