Spectator 2704

[johnpiper]

Rather confused by the rubric here......are the paired unclued lights hints to get some of the other four letter words?

Not sure about some of the 5 letter unclued words nor what Lookalikes relates to

5down

I have TRUS???

 

[ProfessorMaisie]

The pairs are synonyms of a third word - this third word synonym is one of the three 4 letter words that are to be deduced.

5d - check the very last entry under the 5 letter headword in Chambers (that is also the name of a very recent PM - 'briefly' is to be taken literally) take a synonym for 'departed' out of 'elated'.

[ProfessorMaisie]

'Lookalikes' means the words look alike (but they don't sound alike).

[OftPuzzled]

Jumping on this thread as it pertains. I'm almost there with this one, bar three unclued. I'd love to know how the unclued pairings (1, 7, 10, 18, 20, 41) go together, because at the moment I can't work it out! Thanks!

[ProfessorMaisie]

1&17,10&20,18&41.

[ProfessorMaisie]

... Sorry, 1&7 for the first. 

[johnpiper]

8D Good Ireland eleven perhaps (4)

??R?

The three four letter words share the last three letters (OK)

but together form 40A minus(?) 25D ?

so a zix letter word take out the three letters in 40A leaves the three letters? is that it?

[Neveracrossword]

John,  8 D references a clue number. The G is from Good, then you need a three-letter abbreviation.

No, there's no six-letter word - 40 A and 25 just define, say, what the four-letter words are. The six other unclued entries are basically just clues - 7 A is pretty common in crosswords, for example.

[Neveracrossword]

Johnpiper, for clarity - the 'solution' to those unclued entries is a four letter word in each case, and the solutions all share the same last three letters.  Then you look for these three letters inside a clued entry.

[upsetter]

@johnpiper - I'm not impressed with 8d.

The wordplay is fine but the definition is rather vague.

[johnpiper]

I was being ultra thick re 8D so thanks for that

And that gives me only one answer for 7 across

 

[Neveracrossword]

Glad we could help, johnpiper. Professormaisie's help, linking 7A should prove really useful for getting the four-letter word. If so, the rest will be easier!

[upsetter]

I've solved all the clues, found the three four letter words and two of the three pairs - but I cant see anything to link 18 with 44.

[Neveracrossword]

Upsetter, 18 A was my last - and I got it from a careful reading in Chambers. (I assume you meant 41?)

[upsetter]

Neveracrossword - thanks for that.

I might have known it would be Scottish.

(Yes I did mean 41)

[Neveracrossword]

Upsetter, glad that small bit of help was all you needed.

[Maxxer]

I'm still having problems linking 10d and 20a. Could someone please give me a hint (or two !) Thanks

[ProfessorMaisie]

10d is an obscure (Greek) word and 20a is a more common word for what you'd find in a crypt.

[Maxxer]

Thank you, Professor Maisie

[Maxxer]

Before I completely understood the theme, I had 18a as 'shade' (red) and 41a (disentangle) as 'redd' thinking, therefore that the eye-rhyme was 'read' Talk about going up a blind alley !

[johnpiper]

Had a day off to collect my thoughts about this. I now see the link between 18A and 41A although it is very tenuous. For the life of me i dont undersatnd the link between 1A and 7A which an earlier poster suggested was one of the pairs. (on edit now i see 7A and the 4 letter word)  And 10D I have unsolved (still). But i can see the link to 20A so am off to look for a Greek word mean the D???