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Neveracrossword | 14:00 Sat 22nd Oct 2016 | Crosswords
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24 D. American writer, old boy up for pleasure craft (6) se???o

NB. Wordplay leads to an extra letter not entered.
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Sorry, my 's' was wrong. I've fixed that and got the answer (Pedalo) now.
Pe(n)dalo
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Thanks, Danny - I'd wondered if Poe was the 'American writer'?
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...with O being the extra letter?
It probably is Poe, I didn 't take note of the word American, Sorry
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Thanks again, Danny - but it's definitely Poe as the O is needed for thematic reasons.
I seems to me that, albeit with an uncommon first name at 14ac, all other entries in the grid are real words or abbreviations, or have I made a mistake??
pedalo
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I had 14 A as the exception, mentioned in the preamble.
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Cupid, thanks for the confirmation!
I've finished the puzzle - but still can't find answers to 37A and 31 D. Help please?
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31 D. Wacko's spread dole out along the way (4) Oleo - spread/margarine in the US, Wacko really being Waco, removing the K).
37 A. Rolling meadow in New England? It's no longer used to make vetch (5) Neele, It's Lee, meadow, and NE, New England,, Neele is in Chambers, an obsolete form of 'needle' (which fits the 'etch', not Vetch, in the clue).
hmmm

At 35d I have an extra letter in the clue when, to my reckoning it needs to come from the wordplay.

I found that one tough to get into but well worth the effort.
Thanks Never.
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Boreas, you're very welcome.

Bobycollins, I didn't collect all the letters, so don't know if the sums add up.
bobbycollins, because the wordplay in 35d comprises an anagram of meat + e (energy) then the extra A required to complete WONKA could in theory have been supplied by either device. However the surface reading would not really make sense if it read 'Old side of met prepared ...'

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