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cockie

21st August 2016, 16:04
Something odd in the SE. Are all the final entries real words, I wonder?
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malone

21st August 2016, 16:10
There's a very relevant piece in the preamble - 'Numbers in brackets refer to the space available'. (And yes, all entries are real words).
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cockie

21st August 2016, 16:15
Yes, I'd got that far but didn't wish to give too much away. I'm assuming the stuff starting at 1 is relevant, and not an Easter egg. Still having problems with some of the clues in that corner, although I know what the extra letters must all be.
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orson

21st August 2016, 16:23
One clue I just cannot find an answer for: 40a.

Fish caught in Rosslare (4). I have ?SAR and I assume the word is hidden in the word Rosslare so it ought to be SSAR with L extra.

And it would seem to me the extra letter in 35a is H for "man briefly" = (H)OM so that OM and INCITES N form an anagram. But H doesn't seem to make sense. Thanks.
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malone

21st August 2016, 16:29
I think you're on the wrong thread, Orson - your clue is from yesterday's Inquisitor.I had Sar for the fish. I didn't manage to parse 35 A properly, but my answer worked.
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cockie

21st August 2016, 16:30
35: the important thing is that Man has a capital letter!
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malone

21st August 2016, 16:33
Thanks, Cockie - that explains how the answer all works!
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orson

21st August 2016, 16:36
Sorry - I'll go elsewhere (if I can click on the Add Post button!).
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son1ofrover1

22nd August 2016, 18:09
As 'leaving real words' is omitted from the preamble I am confident the one of my 8 lost ones and the one of my 8 "found" ones which aren't real words are correct.
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gazzar

1st September 2016, 07:06
EV 1241: All entries are indeed real words but the phrase starting 'numbers in brackets...' in the preamble is important.
I've 3 clues I'm stumped on (32d, 36d, 39a) but I understand the instruction to be carried out to complete the puzzle correctly. Almost finished! Any help would be much appreciated and I'd be happy to help on return.



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