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xwordfan

25th May 2020, 10:44
crosswizz...* ends in 5
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gem94

25th May 2020, 11:06
Birduder, the x is not italicised, so the clue is

(o multiplied by the digit sum of o) + 1. (Both those o italic!)

The problem arises because there are 26 down clues so the setter couldn't omit letters like i or x which cause problems.
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crosswizz

25th May 2020, 11:26
Thank you saves me a lot of trial and error!!
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birduder344

25th May 2020, 16:09
gem 94 many thanks for that, I personally think that is a bit poor considering other multiplication signs were omitted and the fact that it drove me nuts!
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numbskull

25th May 2020, 20:39
Rad, you mention that B and e differ only in their final digit. I haven’t got either yet but this won’t work with what I have for C and f, both of which I have ending in 5. Can you confirm this is correct, otherwise I’ve gone badly wrong somewhere. Many thanks.
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xwordfan

25th May 2020, 22:06
yes numbskull...5 is correct end for C and f
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diver

25th May 2020, 22:33
I’ve ploughed through this again and thought I was going great guns until E which I have ending in a 0, which can’t be right as it means k starts with a 0 which isn’t possible. Oh dear, and I thought I was nearly there! Maybe my r is wrong with digits in descending order (I have 942)
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rad

25th May 2020, 23:23
Diver, your r is correct. I presume you’ve got Q as a multiple of 5, so that E must also be a multiple of 5. As you say it can’t end in 0, so either u is odd and B even or vice versa. Hope that helps.
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numbskull

26th May 2020, 08:09
Much appreciated everyone. Can I confirm that the middle digit of e is 4?
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diver

26th May 2020, 08:31
Thanks, Rad - I’ll try again!
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