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Enigmatic Variations 1595 - Barred Off By Chalicea

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Matakari | 17:34 Mon 19th Jun 2023 | Crosswords
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Good evening, a nice little novelty of juggling letters from our own Chalicea. Enjoyed a few so far but am stuck on the following for which I would appreciate your help. Thanks in advance!

( In one answer in each column the direction and wordplay give a pair of words differing by one letter. The shorter word must be entered in the main grid and the unused letter must be put in the BARRED-OFF area. The wordplay in all the other clues leads to an extra letter that is not required by the answer. These, read in clue order, will tell you what you have done when you have completed the puzzle. )

13a Utter sharp little cries as leaders of youths in choir knowingly make a mistake (6) Y?????
14a Life stories ( rejecting the not exactly fit) sorted out without any resentment ( 7 ) I??L??? ( IRELESS)
16a Development of pest greater in tropical fruit producers ( 10 ) G?A???????
33a Animal park debacle from time to time about creatures’ larval stage ( 5 ) ?OE?L ( ZOEAL )

3d One operating flat boat contrived feat on river ( 5 ) AF???
17d Siberian cedar in area including holly with bark stripped ( 6 ) ?ROLL? ( AROLLA )
18d Not at first beau, good hard wood for the Bard (4 ) ??GH




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Ireless looks OK?
Is augh a word from shakespear
Zoeal is fine
Matakaroi, Zoeal, Arolla and Ireless are all correct - parsing those will stand you in good stead.

13 The 'leaders of' is a very familiar crossworfd device.
16 One of your favourites, anagramming..

Agree with you on yicker
Not sure augh is right
I want 3d to be after or something todo with raft but can't quiet see it
3 Rafter, one operating a raft, flat boat. Feat+ R, river, anagrammed for the short answer .
18d '[b]EAU + GH (EUGH = yew).
sorry, 'not the first' accounts for the (b) it's the [a] that's extra.
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Many thanks, I saw 3d and 18d and would like help with the following now. Thanks!

6d Followers of fashion writers with tendency to elaboration ( 6 ): O?ISTS ( ODISTS )
7d Drunk in trouble in Skye losing clothing ( 4 ): A?K?EN
8d Generous line with followers later taken in by small US coin ( 7 ): C?E?ENT
21a Stars absorbing oddly neat root of Muslim law ( 5 ): ?U??S ( SUNNS )
25d Say future on the French col between two peaks ( 5 ) A??LE ( ADDLE )
6 D Yes - (M)Odists

21 The last letter is wrong.
8 D A word meaning 'generous,kind'
25 Yes - (S)Addle.
7 D. You're showing too many lettres. It begins A, just a slangy word for 'a drunk'.
21 Sunna
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Thanks all, my grid is full! I'll reserve the organisation of extra letters for the end game tomorrow. It's time to hit the sack! Bonne nuit!
Great, Matakari, and glad we were able to help you. Let us know how you get on with the letters...
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Good afternoon, NACW, I am approaching the end game though I cannot boast about finding the extra letters in the other clues. But I had some great fun discovering the “pair of words” from the DOWN clues for this novel Chalicea offering. However, I’m missing one and now seek confirmation for those I’ve seen, thank you:

1 COM(B)ING 2 L(E)AP 3 (R) AFTER 4 RILL (E ) 5 ( A ) SHY 6 (M) ODISTS
25 (S) ADDLE 29 (A) WARE 31 (N) ICE 32 (O) PEN

4 (T) rill
10 s(H}eep
Matakari, your E at your 4 is wrong.
There's only one of these in each column, but you have shown two you've listed two in column six. Ashy and Nice.
You've not given extra letters for columns 5 and 11 (and your ordering seems to have gone a little wonky too). This is all easy enough to fix, honestly.







22 (N)arrows

Ice is not one
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Thanks, jj109 and NACW, it's all fixed now as the unused letters fit perfectly in the barred-off area. And, without the extra letters from the other clues, I've got a fair idea of what I've done!

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