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brendan

14th December 2019, 07:05
A real G & S theme to this week's puzzle, with several of their works making an appearance.
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chrise

14th December 2019, 09:04
Well, I've finished it, I think, but there were some odd ones.
3d Drink 'turned on' hotel employee (6)
What's the "turned on" doing?
17 On very short cycle (3)
Only one word seems to fit, but it's very loosely defined.

I dislike clues like 26d - the homophone is obvious, but it is ambiguous which one to enter (I guessed right, in fact).
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brendan

14th December 2019, 09:12
Hi Chris, I also can't figure out what 'turned on' is doing in 3d and I think exactly the same as you in relation to 17d.
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malone

14th December 2019, 09:14
3 D Isn't the 'turned on' indicating the reversal of the usual crossword 'on'?
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chrise

14th December 2019, 09:18
That works, malone, but it's unnecessary, as the whole word is also a drink. I suspect that Brummie didn't notice that!
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malone

14th December 2019, 09:27
Thanks, ChrisE - maybe unnecessary, but not actually wrong?
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chrise

14th December 2019, 09:46
Yes, malone, your parsing works, but, as I said, I suspect that Brummie hadn't noticed the other drink!
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malone

14th December 2019, 09:54
...or maybe the setter just disregarded it and wanted a slightly longer clue?!
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roof

14th December 2019, 20:23
Hi Malone, Chrise and Brendan

I simply ignored the "turned on".

Although I thought it was going to be easy, I've only got about half. Due to a late night and writing Christmas cards today, I keep falling asleep!

Can you get me going again with some hints for 14ac and 24ac.

I only have 14ac ??????C? (8) and 24ac ???D?????? (10) I was so disappointed that the answer to the latter wasn't navigators.

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roof

14th December 2019, 20:38
I've now got 24ac, so need some help with 20d

Shrunk emptied - essentially neglected (7) I have ???E???
I thought it might start with SK, but that would make 21 ac a bit odd. I'm assuming the definition is neglected.
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