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Thanks – it reminded me of a couple of my own clues from days gone by where, try as I…
You make a fair point re Gemelo’s def in 23dn – perhaps “… might have got …” would have better…
I’d forgotten the ‘Holding’ one, but I think it would lie very close to the border of acceptability for me.…
Two good examples there, although “Twist” in the first one is nounal, of course. BTW I felt you were slightly…
😃 Agreed – I would also propose to offer the option of “Don’t care about false addition or removal of…
Capital idea to have a poll about misleading capitalization in clues! Might I suggest, however, that such a poll be…
I think that in the surface reading ‘bottom’ and ‘palm’ are indeed body parts belonging to different people, and we…
I think it’s tricky making a definitive analysis of 23d, because the surface could bear several interpretations. The idea that…
That would certainly be my advice – even if the answer gets past the editor, it’s unlikely to go down…
Thanks, Doc, for those very helpful explanations. I was experimenting with QXW and it included RAWS in the grid. I…