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hankir | 21:44 Sat 18th Dec 2021 | Crosswords
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There is an extra letter in the clue which has to be removed before solving.

10. Historic court reported gutter (4) I think G in gutter is extra.
Answer must be Eyre (court) but why utter?

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Eyre sounds like air - express/utter
EYREyes, 'g' extra sounds like 'air' = 'utter'
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Thank you scorpiojo and ProfessorM.

I wonder if my guess on end game is correct.
By changing one letter in 20a, I get a name who is associated with other names in 1a, 1d and 20a (by changing letters).
No changes to 21a hankir.
sorry, I meant no changes to 20a.
...but you're right about changing 1a and 1d.
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ProfessorM, shouldn't EF appear somewhere?
Yes, but not there - move along a bit and go vertically (changing the middle letters).
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Thanks ProfessorM.
I now have 8 names and 10 misprints.
One of the two long names (Noble or brothers) remain.
I followed a hunch and went with symmetry (in a broad sense - looking at symmetrical rows and columns, eg top row/bottom row) and that worked quite well - apart from there being no thematic name in the 5th column (there are two columns that have a pair of names in each of them).
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Thanks ProfessorM.
Got them all.

Very well constructed puzzle by Skylark,

Yes, I think you're right about the construction, hankir - it must have been tough cramming it all in with real words throughout (and some rare ones at that).

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