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This is my first attempt at a Listener Crossword and I am two clues off filling the grid (before looking for the thematic words)!
29d One has trouble coming up with parts of hip bones (4) O*I*
Working from HIp BOnes I can get OBIH but the various spellings in Chambers 2003 only include OBI and OBEAH(?)
34a What makes elders, perhaps rigid? Agreeing with neither side (6) *I*NON
If 29d is OBIH, then 34a starts with B and I can only fit BIGNON (?)
Furthermore, I seem to have SIX cells with a (0/I) conflict (marking the "points") and I was expecting only FIVE.
Is anyone else facing the same dilemma?
This is my first attempt at a Listener Crossword and I am two clues off filling the grid (before looking for the thematic words)!
29d One has trouble coming up with parts of hip bones (4) O*I*
Working from HIp BOnes I can get OBIH but the various spellings in Chambers 2003 only include OBI and OBEAH(?)
34a What makes elders, perhaps rigid? Agreeing with neither side (6) *I*NON
If 29d is OBIH, then 34a starts with B and I can only fit BIGNON (?)
Furthermore, I seem to have SIX cells with a (0/I) conflict (marking the "points") and I was expecting only FIVE.
Is anyone else facing the same dilemma?
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You've spotted the 'dilemma', which involves a choice between which of the two letters concerned actually goes into the grid. 29d is ilia...i = one and trouble = ail (reverse that for coming up = lia, giving ilia = parts of hip-bones (see under ilium.)
34a is lignin (see under lignum). Elders are trees as well as old people. Same choices apply here as above, of course!
34a is lignin (see under lignum). Elders are trees as well as old people. Same choices apply here as above, of course!
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