Re puzzle 1989, I am stuck on 9. I’m certain of the middle three letters (unless 16 has a variant spelling) and reasonably sure of the first (from 7’s definition at least) but nothing in the usual dictionaries matches. Even the middle three letters alone don’t turn up anything promising.
I did get the office-holders early on which was just as well given the other sneakiness.
7: That’s a relatively straightforward single letter + 3 letters. Claret’s: I agree. He said: “This has been in development for so long that I can hardly remember how I going with the grid. I recall I just picked a grid and started to fill words in on Crossword Compiler, using WordWeb to give me options for the reverse solutions. 30d and 7d came in as a bonus as the grid developed as they hadn’t been part of the rubric.”
Re puzzle 1989, I am stuck on 9. I’m certain of the middle three letters (unless 16 has a variant spelling) and reasonably sure of the first (from 7’s definition at least) but nothing in the usual dictionaries matches. Even the middle three letters alone don’t turn up anything promising.
I did get the office-holders early on which was just as well given the other sneakiness.
It’s in Chambers. The clue is four letters plus one letter…
Sesrching Chambers, ignoring the first letter, did turn it up. Now I don’t get the parsing of 7 (I was thinking street address, reasonably enough).
Claret’s puzzle is very clever – some grid fill 🙂
7: That’s a relatively straightforward single letter + 3 letters. Claret’s: I agree. He said: “This has been in development for so long that I can hardly remember how I going with the grid. I recall I just picked a grid and started to fill words in on Crossword Compiler, using WordWeb to give me options for the reverse solutions. 30d and 7d came in as a bonus as the grid developed as they hadn’t been part of the rubric.”
Ah, a spelling I have never seen, and the different letter unchecked. 9 is in very few dictionaries it seems, but is in Collins as well. Thanks.