Spectator 2065 Saturday May 26th 2012

[mintyman99]

http://www.spectator....7864298/crossword.pdf

[kayakamina]

Thanks for the link mintyman.

[barryjbutler]

Good morning Mintyman....and thanks!

[lashley]

many thanks

[whatsthat]

Thanks mm, my Thursday (and probably Friday) are saved!

[roslyn251254]

Thanks Mintyman. Now to enjoy some of that long awaited sun!!

[maurice]

Thanks once again, mm: very slightly more difficult today, I thought, but some very good clues!

[kayakamina]

I agree with maurice on the clueing, & I thought the grid symmetry of the unclued entries was very clever.

Should we be highlighting the connections?

[Neveracrossword]

32 A. Child of the Cotswolds, perhaps. new in Broadwat area? (7)
?an???g
17 D. Irish parliamentarian eating most of hirse like a wild beast (7)
t?e?o??

[kayakamina]

32a Ea n ling...Ealing Broadway

17d T heroi(n) d

[Neveracrossword]

'Hirse' in last line of my post should have been 'horse'.
I should also have said, thanks for any help.

[Neveracrossword]

Thanks, kaya - a great help.

[kayakamina]

you're welcome.

[novalis]

A belated thanks for the link.

[cruciverbali]

Thank you mintyman - this was a clever idea, just a shame that all 4 connections couldn't have been the same - the phrase containing the odd one out does seem a little incongruous given the occasion ! And although it was obvious what 13a should be, it certainly isn't aspirin !!