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malone

3rd September 2025, 12:44
Thanks, Opt0. I didn't provide much in the way of help, but at least I prompted you to have another look. Glad it's all clear now.
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brendan

9th September 2025, 03:47
Thanks for the heads-up Malone, and thans to Vismut for a very enjoyable puzzle and endgame.

I decided to use my ever diminishing and virtually irreplacable Karisma pencils (they are no longer made and used sets sell for hundreds of £s) rather than the highlighter pens I'd got in the Pound shop as the lighter of the colours was just too bright and I wanted to do justice to what I perceived as Vismut's intended vision - at the very least I thought I should match the effort she put in to creating it.

In terms of the solve itself, I spent at least 20% of the time on 34a, not because I didn't know the answer, but trying to work out how "priest" was removed from/'skipping' inside "worshipped" to get to "broadcast". Despite having both correct and incorrect letters, it took about 25 minutes for me to finally consider.... "you know Bren, maybe 'priest' is 'skipping' from somewhere else"!

Anyway, got there in the end and it looks a treat:-)
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malone

9th September 2025, 07:12
Brendan, glad you did and enjoyed the puzzle - with the added bonus of ensuring a very pretty finish!

I think 34 A maybe caught out a few people - well, for a few minutes, not 25 of them!
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