Each clue has two solutions, one for each diagram; one of the answers to 1ac.
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Problem
Each clue has two solutions, one for each diagram; one of the answers
to 1ac. determines which solutions are for which diagram.
All solutions are in Chamber's and Webster's Third except for one solution
of each of 1dn, 3dn and 4dn, which can be found in Webster's 2nd. edition.
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# # #10 | | | | # # #10 | | | | #
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#11 | | | | | | #11 | | | | | | #
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Ac.
1. What can have distinctive looking heads spaced about more prominently
right. (7)
6. Vermin that can overrun fish and t'English tor perhaps. (5)
8. Old testament reversal - Adam's conclusion, start of sin.
Felines initially with everything there. (4)
9. Black initiated cut, oozed out naturally. (4)
10. For instance, 11 with spleen dropping I count? (5)
11. Provoked explosion of grenade. (7)
Dn.
1. Some of club taking part in theatrical function, for the equivalent
of a fraction of a pound. (6)
2. Close-in light meter in one formation originally treated as limestone. (6)
3. Xingu River hombres having symmetrical shape. (5)
4. About sex-appeal measure - what waitresses should be? (6)
5. Old penny, least damaged, was preserved. (6)
7. IRA to harm ruling Englishman; extremes could be belonging to group. (5)
Show solution
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|r e d c a p s|d e x t r a l|
+ + +-+-+ + + + + +-+-+ + + +
|o t t e r|o|a|r o a c h|s|a|
+ + + +-+ + + + + + +-+ + + +
|u|a|h|f a l l|a|z|m|t o m s|
+ + + +-+ + + + + + +-+ + + +
|b l e d|r|i|t|c o o n|m|i|t|
+ + + +-+ + + + + + +-+ + + +
|l|o|i r a t e|m|o|n o b l e|
+ + + +-+-+ + + + + +-+-+ + +
|e n r a g e d|a n g e r e d|
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Notes.
Left grid: Ac. 1. R + spaced (anag). 6. T'E tor (anag). 8. F-all. 9. B-led.
10. I-rate. Dn. 1. Ro-ub-le. 2. T.A.L. in one (anag). 4. it in pole.
5. anag of D+least. 7. anag of initial letters.
Right grid: Ac. 1. D-extra-L. 6. 3 mngs. 8. OT (rev) + m-s.
9. initial letters. 10. No.-b(i)le. Dn. Dra-c-ma. 2. Zoo(m) in one (anag).
3. hidden. 4. SA (rev) + mile. 5. anag of D+least. 7. anag of final letters.
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How I built it: it was hard!
Basically, I started with a couple of word pairs which were easy to clue
(e.g. enraged/angered - same meaning and anagrams of each other)
and built a grid around them, trying to ensure corresponding words
had something in common, either in meaning (their, among) or structure,
(EtalON, EOzooN) and making sure that there was at least one word
which could be used to distinguish the two grids (dextral).
The clues were built in one of two ways:
either the words had a common definition, and so a subsidiary indication
which could refer to either was needed; or it was necessary to define each
word in such a way that it was a subsidiary definition for all or part
of the corresponding word, and deal with any remaining parts as before.
I think the single hardest part was finding a definition of "interferometer"
which could also be interpreted as "zoo" or "ozo".
Roy
rt@ukc.ac.uk