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Enigmatic Variations 1420

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Nical | 15:06 Sun 02nd Feb 2020 | Crosswords
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This will make sense only to solvers of today's puzzle, as all entries are thematic.
21 D. One painter ingests most of pleasant medication (6) ?EA?AN.
I have an entry I can make, one using the beloved RA/painter, but I can't see what the original answer would be.
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It looks as if you have made the same error at 25a that I initially made. The first word is the definition, the rest the wordplay. As far as 21d is concerned, the medication is one used on bruises, but not open wounds.
You'll need the names section in Chamber's for the entry at 21d, Nical -
?IA?AN is the right pattern.
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Thanks, both of you - I've sorted out those two now. I've a full grid, so will go off to look for the writer...
I hadn't seen either name before today.
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Thanks, PM - your latest post possibly explains why I'm still staring!
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...no longer staring, have got it/them now.
Completed grid but I'm useless at word searching. Can't see the author or the anagrammed pseudonym. Help! What is the relevance of the puzzle's title?
They're anagrams and run across the full length of the grid symmetrically - very odd names!

No idea re the title - or its anagram (moths?).
Thanks Professor Maisie - got it now. Never heard of him.
As well as 'tortrices', there's another anagram of the title (TRISECTOR) but it's an Italian word -
SCORRETTI is the plural of 'scorretto' which means 'incorrect' (might that allude to the anagram theme?).
Pretty obscure if so.
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I wondered if the title referred to the finished grid once the highlighting had been done?
Yes, that sounds possible, Nical (if the title had actually been TORTRICES I might have spotted that!).

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