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pnin | 10:28 Sat 15th Feb 2020 | Crosswords
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Should not the clue for 1d refer to 21 down not across? Or am I missing something? Finished anyway.
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The phrasing "like 21 across answers here" breaks down to "like [answer to 21] across answers here", so "like PAIRED across answers here". With the answer being ANAGRAMS, it's saying that paired across answers are anagrams. Which, indeed, they all are.
10:40 Sat 15th Feb 2020
I haven't even bought the paper yet.
Who's the compiler today?
Picaroon, Tilly.
Well firstly there is not a 21a therefore the clue is obviously wrong.
I also don't see that the answer that I have for 21d fits the second part of the clue. I have parsed the first part, and I am going with my answer for that, and I am just ignoring the second part!
Thank you, Jo.
Actually I have just reread it and it does sort of go with 21d!
..sort of, but....
The phrasing "like 21 across answers here" breaks down to "like [answer to 21] across answers here", so "like PAIRED across answers here".

With the answer being ANAGRAMS, it's saying that paired across answers are anagrams. Which, indeed, they all are.
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Yes, I was missing something (though mistakes/typos in Gdn xwords are by no means unknown). Thanks to Orthrus.
'paired anagrams' - two answers with the same letters
I missed that theme also - but managed to finish without it. Only when I have gone back just now have I realised that all the across clues have a paired answer that is an anagram of it!

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