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Malone/Jigjag

I struggled with the bottom right quadrant in the Times today. I got Sandpit, so the "Foodie/exam" clue (3,6) coming down from the P must be Pie Tester though I cant quite parse it, and I cant see some of the others. Quite tough for me today.

Grunger
Change sandpit to sandBOX :)

Cerasus

Thanks I did so and completed it. I have never heard of sandbox.

Cerasus grunger

I see they published "Bandbox". I think your answer is better and would be accepted in Times final.

Jigjag Cerasus

I have only heard of bandbox in the hat box sense. It doesnt make sense to me. Surely sad rather bad is better for pathetic.

Jigjag, Cerasus, Grunger

I didn't finish yesterday's crossword - I was too busy, a great feeling nowadays. I definitely prefer Sandbox, and I don't think Bandbox even works.

Grunger

Your willingness to see pies - even just the word - where none exist is maybe a bit … worrying?

Just in from gardening:

Chambers has sandbox as sandpit - play area for children.
I think it is a North American name for sandpit.

Dear all

I agree Sandbox must be right, and Bandbox wrong, unless it is somewhere a band play, but I only know Bandstand.

Malone

There have been quite a few pie clues recently so a 3 letter word in a food clue, especially when I have pencilled in P (from sandpit) looks like pie to me. Just as I am now seeing sa or It for appeal clues when I only saw O previously. It probably is worrying but not sure what I can do about it....

Grunger,

I can't remember the details, but the Chambers definition of Bandbox gave no reasonable link to the clue!

I think you might have to try DIT for your Pie obsession. This is Deep Immersion Therapy, and it involves you being subjected to a veritable onslaught of pies. Pies on plates, pies in photographs, the word 'pie' being inserted, as often as possible, into messages, letters, posts. This will, in theory, make you recoil at some point- and voila, your obsession will be gone. Let me know how it goes.

Malone

Thanks for your concern. I tried to book a course of DIT but it was only available online whereas I need personal attention.

However I did find a place in town offering a Pie Immunity Therapy Scheme. I rang to make enquiries and it seemed promising. They offered lunch and I was delighted at the choice of baked items, but of course it was not what I needed. I went along to look at the place, but it was well... the pits... so I did not enrol.