Inquisitor 1278

[boreas]

Any hints on finding the description of the "missing" letter?

[Neveracrossword]

Treat it like a word-square - it's just a matter of poring over the grid.
Let me know if that's of no help!

[boreas]

Hi Never,

Many thanks.
I am hopeless at hidden word but I will give it a go.

[Neveracrossword]

Boreas, I usually can't see things in grids either - but this one seemed marginally more obvious. Have you got an idea of what the letter is? I had a short list by that point - and the 'symmetrically disposed' n the preamble helped there.

[boreas]

Never,

Got it, and duly administered kick.

[Neveracrossword]

Glad you've got it finished - I was worried my 'help' might prove to be more of a hindrance!

[boreas]

Your help did the trick.
I was looking for some kind of quotation, like Shakespeare's about the letter Z.
So of course I missed the obvious.

[Garaman]

Excellent puzzle I thought, thanks Schadenfreude.

[jockie]

I wonder why we're not given - as we usually are - the number of cells to be highlighted. Those who have found the hidden goody will doubtless be able to advise if that information has been withheld for a thematic reason, but somehow I doubt it. I'm having difficulty resolving "word square" with symmetry in a 12x13 grid. More gazing called for. (I have the letter, and am assuming, since I can't see anything, that the message does not appear in that shape.)

[Neveracrossword]

Jockie, I don't know if it was my mention of 'word square' that's made things worse for you. All I meant was 'treat it like a word square, hunt for the missing word(phrase/whatever)'.
You might want to have another think about the message appearing in the shape of the letter.

[snowy_owl]

I've finished this, but I'm a bit puzzled by 2d. The answer I have appears to be an anagram but I have an extra letter (by coincidence the 'missing' letter) that doesn't seem to be clued.

[Neveracrossword]

2 D. My answer's an anagram - the extra letter comes from the 'with' in the clue, so I thought it all worked out OK.

[TheBear69]

Too much information...

[YLUMRR]

Apologies for hijacking this thread, I didn't manage to get the paper today so was wondering if someone could send a scanned copy of the puzzle to [email protected]

Regards,

[RossR]

On its way, YLUMRR.

[oudemia]

I've finished the puzzle and found the letter but I can't find the 'a' misprint anywhere! Just for my peace of mind, could anyone spare a clue?

[Neveracrossword]

I no longer got the paper, but remember that it was a very sneaky one! It was in an Across clue - is that too much/too little of a clue?

[qesue]

The missing 'a' is in 21a

[qesue]

I'm stuck on highlighting the missing letter even though I know what it is. Any hints please

[qesue]

Just got it

[RossR]

I'm not quite far enough to be sure, but there might be an A misprint in the clue next to the one with the O misprint (depending on exactly how you define that answer)