I found this to be much more straightforward than last week and have finished all of it, including the changes and highlighting. I have one little niggle, though - are we left with real words after the highlighting? I now have one Down word which doesn't appear in Chambers. Thanks for any enlightenment.
PS. I realise this post will make no sense to anyone who has not done this puzzle.
Hi there. Just at the same stage though I haven't sorted out all the misprints - not that it counts!
Re the one word you refer to - there is nothing in the preamble to say that all words are real so what you/I have must be right. Highlighting is fairly obvious I think?
I finished the puzzle, but wouldn't really call end result an epitaph. Am I missing something.
Also, I am still a few letters short of the two-word phrase - though I am pretty certain what it is.
There are a few clues I just don't get. Including 15 and 18A, and 18 13 and 19D.
I think 15a is STROKE (= pulse) less R (receipts = "take") and O (oil originally), with extra O, ignored in the wordplay.
18a provides the first letters of the two word phrase (replace the c in clue). Been mulling over 13D and 19D but don't have access to Chambers or equivalent so not deciphered those, although clear that "nut" in 13D should be "out".
Don't think you;re missing anything...epitaph something to do with how the character met his end ?