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Granted, the preamble could have been a little clearer, but I stand by my point @25.

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Paragraph 2 explains it & 40D verifies it.
Paragraph 4 has the anecdote:

In Hirschfeld's book ...
... She answered that she had found only 11 of 39 NINAs and would not give up until all were located.

I'm afraid some of you may have succumbed to that. (-;

Here's my solution:
http://drive.google.com/file/d/0B-WQdeO9wXEHaXFtX3NySklaOWs/view?usp=sharing

Ginge has the correct count for the H & V instances. 1A doesn't count as it's not "hidden", & I suspect the diagonals (blue) were accidental & could have been avoided with a rewrite. Good eye though, Ginge.
http://drive.google.com/file/d/0B-WQdeO9wXEHR3VNbnJpVTB1ZnM/view?usp=sharing

Well, it was fun & I have several of the same clues starred.

@Trevor #27 - I'm loath to ask what the other half is. )-8

We'll know for sure next month.

oops, bit of a Freudian slip there Syzygy, i meant to say i was half cut. oh well, in vino veritas.
ok, you've convinced me, i reckon you are right. the last time i disagreed with you (and Aristo' i seem to remember) over one of these i was proved wrong - something to do with X's?

ps. for some reason i had put Panan instead of Panin for 28d which also threw my count. sloppy.

I was wondering how he would know about that for sure next month, trevor; I thought you two might have arranged a meeting. :) I must say I was a bit startled by your comment.

Hi guys,

I had 13 (including 1a)

Still aint getting the two I'm missing.
41a) i - i
34d) - - o
also, still don't get the clue for 'Sei' at 42a (six in Italian)

The reason I said there may be more 'Ninas' is that there's NA going North over 34d
And - the cell holding the clue number 34 has A (north-west) and iN (south-east)


Could you give me some parses now

Due is two in Italian. Three times is sei.

I have NCO for the other- iNCOme "investment"- noncommissioned officer?

Oh, Aristo. Always a sly comment ! Of course, I meant about the puzzle.

Then again, maybe Trevor was in the middle of a sex change (-;

@Les - please see the post #28 & read the Wiki entry:
http://preview.tinyurl.com/qdckthy

I know what you meant, syzzie. I nonetheless found it humorous.

You're no doubt right about the count, but it's remarkable that there are fourteen instances (aside from 1a) in which the four letters appear in the proper order though sometimes left to right and bottom to top and separated by other letters but in the same row or column (not counting diagonals).

Oh! The other is ICI, French for here (in this spot). CI with I (me) in front.

That does spoil the legance somewhat. A little more work in the construction would have tightened it up.