Spectator 2003 Saturday February 26th 2011

[mintyman99]

http://www.spectator....6726128/Crossword.pdf

and here is the solution to 2000

http://www.spectator....word2000-solution.pdf

[AHearer]

Many thanks.

[cruciverbali]

Thanks minty and congratulations to JEG.

[kayakamina]

Thanks again mintyman - we'd be lost without you!

Once I'd identified the 'variety' it slotted in quite quickly and Bradford was a great help.

Congratulations to JEG who I thought would have been too busy with his Listener duties!

[mad max]

many thanks for link

[tenflags]

Cheers MM99

[bellabee]

thankyou mintyman - i felt this was pretty tricky. there are a couple of clues which provide for alternative 'answers' and, i thought, a clever misdirection regarding one of the varieties.

[mathsman]

If 6d is the author, I have -in-erso-; is that completely wrong? I can't think of who it could be.

[kayakamina]

Your letters are correct.

The title starts with 11d & is 6 words.

[mathsman]

Thanks, Kayakamina. The only one remaining is !ac, which I have as c-ng-ld and I think I'm looking too deeply into what it might be.

[kayakamina]

mathsman your C is wrong.

1a &1d are both 'types' of 7a.

[mathsman]

Thanks again, Kayakamina. I was barking up the wrong half of 19.

[zita-green]

7d Football club: side wanting to score may show this(5, two words)

[kayakamina]

Hi Zita

F Clef (music) ....FC (football club) Lef(t) (side wanting)

[zita-green]

Many thanks K. Football is a closed door to me.
Thanks also to Mintyman for the link

[novalis]

Many thanks for the link and congratulations to JEG on a well-merited success.

Have managed everything but 37 down and can't reconcile the clue with the only word I can find unless I have one of the last three letters wrong. Any hints would be more than welcome.

[bibblebub]

can give you the answer but can't think of any hints

[mintyman99]

It's a proper noun and a rather racy biblical reference.

[novalis]

Many thanks Mintyman and Bibblebub.