Here we have a ‘container within a container’, the repeated abbreviation for a particular type of accountant forming the inner one. The last word in the clue can be ignored when solving.Ģ1a Pair of accountants keeping lecturer in lounge for telephone message (6, two words) The convention of underlining the definition should help with the impostor-spotting, while the wordplay leads to two elements of equal length, one of them a Latin word. The wordplay is a charade of three elements in a 1,5,2 pattern.Ģ0a Naked as source in which Latin delinquent appears (6) It’s quite common to see a phrase such as “Jock’s brother”, say, being used to indicate a Scottish word for a male sibling, and the corrected clue here involves something very similar. I guessed that it would probably be a U, but I guessed wrong.ġ7a Mandy’s dolly beginning to keep bairn diverted, close to hand (8) The position of the misprint here is not ambiguous, but the replacement letter is. The unusual word here is the impostor, and the wordplay leads to a person’s name which we need to associate with Arthurian legend in order to make sense of the corrected definition.ġ1a Miss out unfortunately – article not included in bargain event (6) Here we go…ġ0a English message about a lover of Saladin? (6) As usual with misprinted clues, we’re on the lookout for unexpected words. The rest of the preamble can wait until we’ve solved some clues, except for the last sentence – it sounds as though the solution to 8d could be a proper name that is not universally known, and so it proves although 34a is not in Chambers, it turns out to be a familiar term. So we’ve got eight normal clues, the answers for which probably won’t be the same length as their enumerations given in brackets, while all the rest have a single misprint, with the correct letters being the ones we need to keep track of (since any misprints are confined to the definitions, in these hints they will always be in the underlined sections of the clues). Chambers Dictionary (2016) is recommended 34 across is in ODE, 8 down is a location often referenced under an equivalent name. These fall into two groups – the letters in each can be rearranged to give: a two-word example and a shorter generic type (which would survive a further application of the instruction) to be written below the grid.
All other clues contain a misprint in the definition: correct letters spell first useful information (7,5,6) when considering the grid in plan view, then A DRAMATIC INSTRUCTION (5,3,4) – a suitable colour for shading should suggest itself) leaving only a small number of cells filled (only one of which is unchecked). Lengths in brackets are the number of cells available. Preamble : Eight answers share a common feature which affects their entry (though not the crossing entries), four in each of two distinct ways. Today we have the fourth in the Elementary series, the overall motif for which should now be clear to those who have tackled puzzles I-III. Enigmatic Variations 1549 (Hints) Elementary IV: A Dramatic Instruction by Kcit Hints and tips by Phibs
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