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JazzClub | 17:50 Sat 23rd Dec 2017 | Crosswords
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Anyone got a solution for 1d in the right hand grid? I can come up with a sensible six-letter solution to the clue, and I think the extra letter to add in is V or G... but I can't make a 7-letter word from there...
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I have the extra letter as e

Anagram of heart & t & e
I used V in the left grid in 7a .
clue answer is threat ....put in extra E ....thereat for the grid BUT that clashes with 10a which I have PEORIA (anagram of operation minus NOT) ??
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...warning of heart-breaking time (6) - which looks like 'threat' to me, but it's one of the special clues with an extra letter to be added before entering in the grid.
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Agree re Peoria at 10ac, but have used 'e' in 13ac...
i did too at 1st but it could equally be an L in there
Could 1d be a two word solution with the extra letter

Threw at?
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@Toorak - if it is then they should have printed 5,2 rather than 7 - "The word lengths indicated refer to their respective entries."
possibly ... but the clue says (7) ?

i used the W in 12a but could be G at hte front i suppose

Any ideas on how the 2 answers at 24a work?
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@saladdodger
24ac: Notice, not ice
Lades (def'n= empties), Lad(I)es and then Ladles the grid entry (so 'l' not available for 13ac)
thanks JazzClub
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So 'v' at 7ac, 'g' at 12ac and 'w' in a (wrongly enumerated) 1d gives me a complete pair of grids, all 26 letters used once... but am open to hearing alternatives!!
I (tentatively) have THREATS for 1d. I thought the S was needed for 14d, but I’ve put the Y in its place. I’ve only got about ten clues so far, but I can’t see anything else that will work in 1d, apart from the desperate W.
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@MacGeoch, pretty sure 's' is in 26ac (left hand side)
I have S in lhs 26a and y in rhs 14d. If it is w in 1d hrs then it is 5,2 not 7
I have s and y in the same places as johnh42
The only possible solution I can see for 1 d on the right is 5 2 rather than 7 - maybe a setter's error?
I have to agree with (5,2) for 1d, RH grid. But I'd prefer it if Threwat had been a sidekick of Alfred the Great, or something similar.
@JazzClub, thanks, I got that after posting. Still a long way to go.
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