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Tyke
It finally dawned on me minutes after I shut down the computer last night. It was staring me in the face the whole time ;)

Jazzgirl - I thought it was Morse until the X was mentioned!

Thanks to all who gave this a go and for your feedback, much appreciated! Seems like most have finished, so just to wrap things up, here are the answers…

1. Leading characters in the top tier… (6) QWERTY
2. …on which Spooner plays in B major? (8) KEYBOARD
3. Snowmen merit a merry face (5,3,5) TIMES NEW ROMAN
4. As seen in “cow, causeway, and butterfly” (6,5) OXFORD COMMA
5. Compositor interference, like another here (8,7) PRINTERS DEVILRY (see 13)
6. Section of train ticket takes you to the next line (8,6) CARRIAGE RETURN
7. Assistant allowed speed to cut into printer’s material… (8) PAMPHLET
8. …in Russian. On editing, amazed it’s not English! (8) SAMIZDAT
9. 6 and 10 get tangled vine-leaves by design (8) VIGNETTE
10. Phonetic change the typist might use (5,3) SHIFT KEY
11. Nice day to signal second half review? (7) JOURNAL
12. Some printer’s material requires covering up (5) QUIRE
13. Colter created the character name Den de Av’our (5) INDEX
[Un-devilled: Colin Dexter created the character named Endeavour]
14. Printer’s material predicament (5,3) PAPER JAM
15. The key to Milliways? (5,3) SPACE BAR
16. Arsenal play amazing endgame! (8) MAGAZINE

many thanks for the entertainment, jono!

Well done once more Jono - I`ve learnt another Russian word to Putin my little red book!

I really enjoyed this puzzle, Jono. Thanks

Jono, well done on an excellent Quiz, it seems to be a popular mid-week feature so please continue to post whenever you have the time.

Just a thought, this had 16 questions, perhaps a maximum of 10 would suffice and you could then spread the fun out over 2 weeks.

Thanks Nora, I do have another puzzle in the making. I had to push this one to 16 clues to achieve the double pangram. I don’t think it would have been possible in 10 clues! Thanks also Chris, Tyke and Jazzy.