Iq 1742

[hankir]

I am finding this tough.
Preamble is long. But here it goes:

The grid should be considered to consist of three zones, each containing the same number of cells but with shapes and locations to be deduced. Thirteen answers are too long for the space available so some letters (dependant on the zone in which
they would have been located had there been sufficient space for the entry) must be removed to make them fit. A single letter must be removed from eighteen other
clues before solving. In clue order,these letters give an instruction which solvers must follow in the context of the deleted letters.

Help with:
24 Giving power to revenue ultimately can counter conspicuous wealth (8)
34 Lacking grace, inane gent beginning to look stupid (9)
4 Olid hospital pet still mostly lousy (7)
23 Freshly put down lawn died abruptly. Ridiculous! (6)

Thanks

[Neveracrossword]

4. Spittle, old hospital. Anagram of Pet and Stil(l).
34 Inelegant, lacking grace. I think it's an anagram of Inane Get and the first letter of Look.

[hankir]

Thanks NAC.
I thought of Spittle but had no idea it could mean hospital.

[Neveracrossword]

Thanks, Hankir. I think the other two might be Enabling and Newlaid....

[hankir]

Thanks NAC.
I got enabling and parsed it with C extra.
I should have seen how to solve 23d.
It seems in most of the longer answers, one vowel stands out.
But my 4a is 7 letters long. Not sure how to enter it yet.

[ProfessorMaisie]

There are 3 different letters to drop, hankir - 2 vowels and a consonant (sometimes they're paired as in 4ac with 2x 'o'). They all occur within rectangular blocks.

[hankir]

Thanks ProfessorM.
But I am completely confused about how to make three zones.
Right now,I am just trying to solve the clues.
Only half way through.
Some clues do not make any sense with the letters I have.
How long are 22a and 26d?

Possibly the consonant could come from 1d.

[ProfessorMaisie]

They're both normal entries but 26d has an extra 'L' from '[L]one in Germany' = EIN with TT ('races') inside.

[ProfessorMaisie]

Yes, the consonant x2 is dropped from 1d and the answer to 22 is a phrase normally associated with the end of a film shoot (the US slang for 'toilet' is the last word)

[hankir]

Thanks ProfessorM.
I just got 22a. Was thinking of loo and lav.

Will be back, I am sure.

[qesue]

Hello I have finished apart from 11d ‘Block lease in Maine’ I have SET? May have to remove the a from Maine

[ProfessorMaisie]

Yes, drop the 'a' and it's a double definition clue for SETT.

[qesue]

Thank you ProfessorM - I assumed Sett but can’t find the definitions.

[ProfessorMaisie]

Look well down the entry for 'set' in Chambers and there's an alt spelling 'sett', you'll find both definitions there.

[ProfessorMaisie]

The (free) online Chambers doesn't provide the def for the mining lease, qesue but it does give the paving block.
If you don't have a hard copy of the 13th edition here's the relevant part from p1427 -
''a mining lease or area worked (Cornwall, etc)''

[tedsgran]

36a Condition covert introduction of experiment with parent (7)
FE?T?E?
28d Any currently unused money spent by Geordie friend (5) A??O?

[Neveracrossword]

28 Arrow, which can mean 'any' (in Chambers), from Marrow, Geordie word for 'friend'.

36 Feather , Father with E(xperiment) inside.

[tedsgran]

Thank you ...should have got feather but "arrow" ..that's a tough one!

[saladdodger]

Which flag do i depict?

[Neveracrossword]

Saladdodger, the three letters removed give its initial (and if you've split the grid into thirds, the order is more obvious).

[saladdodger]

Of course! Thanks again!!