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jadzia49

18th November 2025, 20:43
Crossword Centre Nonsense

Can anyone give me a hint for 12a.Compound interest’s primary goal when talking about stocks(6)
I have ?ol?i? But could be wrong.I think according to the instructions there is an extra letter .Thanks.
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twit

18th November 2025, 21:48
Hi Jadzia49
I found this crossword really quite tricky and there were a few clues that I still haven't fully parsed. For 12A I think your crossing letters are correct. I parsed it as: definition is first word; wordplay is a 5-letter homophone (from 'when talking about') containing (from 'stocks') 1 letter. There is no extra letter - only down clues have a letter omitted from (some) clues.
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jadzia49

18th November 2025, 23:28
Hi Twit. Can you explain to me how 6 a works? I have the answer from the wordplay andvI assume the definition is eyes . How does that translate to the answer. I suspect it is one that needs to be changed twice.
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jadzia49

19th November 2025, 08:22
Please ignore that Twit ,the penny has dropped.
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twit

19th November 2025, 08:39
6 across has an answer that needs treating once before entry, and I have to say it was not one that helped me finally get what that treatment is. Eyes is indeed the definition, but I think is more an example of particular types of the things defined (according to Chambers). That's partly what makes the crossword so tricky - some definitions seem a bit tenuous to me (the 12 across homophone being another example).

The latest Crossword Centre newsletter says: "You still have lots of time to solve the November Prize Puzzle, Nonsense by Craft. This may be proving to be a difficult solve as we only have 6 entries so far, although all correct." I have submitted, but don't know whether I did so before or after the newsletter was written, so can't be sure I got it right - I wasn't completely confident about all of it.
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jadzia49

19th November 2025, 12:04
Nearly finished but having problems with the twice treated answers. Eg 6 d. I have the answer before treatment . I presume it will be treated like the other 9 entries but what else do I have to do with it. I have all the letters except the last one.
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jadzia49

19th November 2025, 12:06
Oops sorry I mean 5d
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quisling

19th November 2025, 12:29
Jadzia49, you do the same twice. So treat the answer you got from the wordplay thematically, and then treat what it gives you thematically again. It should give you a word that fits. So if you put “aaaaa” into your magic box and it came out with “bbbbbb”, then put “bbbbbb” into your magic box. The result, “ccccc”, should fit
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jadzia49

19th November 2025, 13:09
Thanks.Will give it a go,Not feeling very optimistic though.
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jadzia49

19th November 2025, 13:10
Great. I got one to work.,
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