Spectator 2033 Saturday October 1st 2011

[mintyman99]

http://www.spectator....7272768/crossword.pdf

[Farrnorth]

Thanks mintyman - You're the first message I look for on Thursday mornings.
David

[kayakamina]

Thanks for the link mm

[bakajiji]

Thanks for the link, mintyman. Let the solving begin!

[whatsthat]

Thanks mintyman, like Farrnorth this is my first look at the web on Thursdays.

[kayakamina]

For a sport lover this was quite straightforward, but I can't justify 11d!
Is there an error in the clue or am I missing something?

[Nical]

I'm still stuck on 11 D. Squit robs factories (9) ??????ll?
('...mills'?)
I think I have no chance if someone as august as Kayakamina thinks there's something not right with the clue!

[mad max]

Many thanks for link

[roslyn251254]

Nical - pulpmills seems to be the only word that fits but pulp- squit? - dubious!
Minty - Thanks as always for the link!

[Nical]

That's the word I had, but it just didn't seem to work with the clue!

[slaney]

Many thanks mintyman.

Perhaps there was a misprint in 11d - and it should have been squish, or squidge.

[Nical]

Slaney, that sounds more logical to me!

[AHearer]

Many thanks, mintyman.
I don't see any problem with 11d: squit and pulp both include nonsense amongst their meanings.

[slaney]

Thanks AHearer - I thought I had read through all the definitions of pulp, but obviously missed that one!

[haggis58]

Have finished the grid fill and identified the necessary highlighting. 24a still eludes me should it be spelled with a k or a c. Using c seems the obvious choice but I cant justify the answer.

[kayakamina]

I put CAR (Carolus - Charles) + immACULate

[novalis]

A belated "Thank you" for the link. Hope to look at this later.