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sunray

21st September 2018, 20:37
Thanks.
Entering the answer is tricky.
I had second letter in 33a turned from N to S. That was wrong.
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ginge

21st September 2018, 22:00
Thanks, syzygy, a great puzzle (possibly the best Harper's since I've started solving them).
Hi sunray, re your crossing letter 30a & 4d; I don't think you've swapped the definition misprint in the answer.
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aristophanes

21st September 2018, 22:39
Having gone over 9d with syzzie, it seems that the setter slipped up. The I has to be replaced by E, whereas the E should be replaced by I. Are we missing something?
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malone

21st September 2018, 22:57
Yes, Aristo - that troubled me too. Going by the preamble, we should change the 6th character in the entry, but that's not a checked square, and it also leaves a problem in 13 A. Changing the third character works, but we're then doing the reverse of the normal changes. It's a little disappointing, this is such a good puzzle.
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syzygy

21st September 2018, 23:05
Re 9D - just confirmed the error also with Sunray & Ginge.

Hope there aren't others. Easy to flip the method.
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aristophanes

21st September 2018, 23:43
Sorry, sunray. I had missed your comment @5 re 9d.
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ginge

22nd September 2018, 00:05
Hi aristo et al, I didn't notice the setting error at 9d as I had already entered the crossers and the entry seemed ok intuitively until syzygy emailed me (shame on me as I'm usually pedantic and anally insist on parsing all answers). What a pity, such a great puzzle otherwise.
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lumen

5th October 2018, 21:54
I never finished this and would like to.
Dwindles - almost a musical (4)
One letter is misprinted in the definition (so, swindles surely?)
I have G??S but other misprints could mean I'm wrong, so cold solving is best.
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malone

5th October 2018, 22:00
Gyps, swindles (it's often Gips, but both versions exist).The musical would be Gypsy.
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lumen

5th October 2018, 22:14
Thanks Malone!
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