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Hello all,

As the setter, can I first apologise to the forum for the error in the puzzle (which several members have already spotted).

In the preamble, the text should have read "... even so, answers will clash in 8 cells."

And thanks to those who have backed their own judgement and discounted the extra clash. Hopefully this unintended obstacle hasn't caused too many problems or detracted from the enjoyment in solving.

Your tolerance is greatly appreciated.

All the best,
G&T

G&T, Thankyou so much, it was driving me up the wall to see how there could possibly be 9 clashes. Typist, keep off the G&T, but still print all his/her puzzles. This was excellent, but with an unneeded flaw, not by the setter.

re 33 across: the answer is an anagram of three words (not just
one) with two words (not just one) jumbled and removed. Hope this helps.

It's an anagram of four words!

Nope, just three..ignore my senior brain

Thanks, G&T.

It's a shame, in a way, because the 9th clash sets up a Persian flaw. Human error is a bit mundane by comparison.

Really struggling with this one, too much going on. Finding it a right slog.

Half a dozen clues left but feel like I'm miles away yet.

I have guessed the messages from the letters I have. Could someone confirm if the word lengths are 4,7,2,5,5. 4,1,6,2,10?

Sh - yes!

Cheers, finally finished.

Although I realise I never solved 1a. I had an answer which could be someone from Nelson but couldn't see any part of the wordplay or the correction so I suspect I was barking up the wrong tree. Any hints?