Sunday Indo 62 Sunday August 19th 2012

[lorus]

12a Ireland clinched the Grand Slam in 2009 with a ____ goal (4)

23a Something fried quickly at high heat but in a little oil/fat is said to be ______ confidence : then soccess is sure ,Mark Twain (3,4 )

[factor-fiction]

drop?

[glasman]

Drop

[Baldric]

did Mark Twain mention fried food?


'All you need in this life is ignorance and confidence then success is sure'

[lorus]

thank you factor30 and glasman . baldric I did discover that there was a big mistake in the original for 23a .The quotation from Mark from Mark Twain had nothing to do with the clue ,which I did solve. Thank you, Lorus

[DJAN73]

Hi lorus, what did you put in for 23a, I can't find any word to fit ?

[factor-fiction]

Looks like the MOS messed this one up.

dry heat? stir fry? hot something?

What letters do you have please?

[factor-fiction]

Hello again DJAN73- is 23a the 3,4 one because I've just noticed you said you can't find 'a word' to fit?

[DJAN73]

Hi factor30, should have said the letters I have are S?U?E?D

[factor-fiction]

sauteed
So have they also messed up by saying it's 3,4?

[DJAN73]

The clue actually reads:-

23a Something fried quickly at high heat but in a little oil/fat is said to be ______ (7) confidence; then success is sure", Mark Twain (3,4) S?U?E?D

so not sure if its a 7 letter word or 3,4 either way I stumped

[DJAN73]

Great - thanks factor30

[factor-fiction]

I think the 3,4 answer from the messed-up Mark Twain quote would have been YOU NEED
('All you need in this life is ignorance and confidence then success is sure')
Apart from the S it would fit in your spaces.
So it's either SAUTEED or YOU NEED, depending on which you think was the intended clue.
Good luck!
Have they printed a correction on their site?