Crossword Help Forum
Forum Rules

Thanks Meursault. Nearly there!

I can't see 12a??

Help please!

Novice - (O)RACY

Anyone see how to find the "related name" to be highlighted?

Almost there on this one. Stuck on the final phrase though. Can anyone nudge towards the final word of this please, so that I can relax before turning lights off. Thanks

Aspria, if you have 4, google for the 5th. His name can be divided into 2 quite common words. After the encoding changes to the grid, there is a 4 letter entry which is a synonym for the first word, and a 7 letter entry which is an example of the second.

Simonsays, I assume you mean 1 Across. Again, googling the 4 (or 5) should reveal the talent scout. With 5 unchecked letters, you'll be able to make some kind of meaningful 3 word entry. Though it's not a phrase I've ever heard of before.

Than you.

Thanks Meursault.

Am I alone in thinking there is a slight confusion in the wording of the preamble? 'Entry' should consistently apply to what is entered in the grid, whether or not it's the answer. Here 'entry' as used in the second sentence is not the same as 'entry' as used in the third sentence. This results in some ambiguity as to which is the source and which is the encoded form, and what should be entered in the final grid.

Ultimately there's no ambiguity in the entries for the final grid because the original answers will not reveal the 'related name', but I feel the preamble could have done with 'initial' inserted before the first occurrence of 'entry' and 'final' before the second occurrence.

Or even, Dryden, the setter might have used 'answer' in place of the first occurrence of 'entry'. I think it's fairly hard and fast that an 'answer' is a solution to a clue, which may or may not be an 'entry'.

I was sidetracked for a while by the penultimate sentence also, "The three-word phrase..." Having guessed at the first word, for some time I imagined that the other 2 words would be "...the letter", which makes an established phrase. Though I suppose that this was a fair deception, the preamble didn't state that it had to be an 'established' phrase.