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Got very confused reading last set of posts - last week's crossword! Looking at this week's - this 23,25... etc - feel it will be straightforward once I get some idea of what it means. Any suggestions?

Think Walter Scott

Not Walter Scott, Tony, or are w at cross purposes?

Hi AJT

The quotation is from Sir Walter Scott if we are talking about the very long anagram in Araucaria's Prize crossword 25220.
When Liz said 23,25 etc I assumed she meant this puzzle.
However I note on Answerbank that there is confusion over today's crossword.

The online version, http://www.guardian.co.uk/crosswords/prize/25220, needs a Walter Scott quotation - I believe the version actually in the paper is a totally different crossword.

The online version also tries to force the quotation into 22 down rather than 22 across.

In my online version the quotation is from Thomas Osbert Mordaunt.

How do you make that out, Mike? It is quite clearly 22ac and not 22d.

The quotation has been attributed to both according to wikipedia!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Osbert_Mordaunt

Mordaunt would appear to be the legitimate owner.

I agree it's clearly 22 ac - but on my PC, if I start at 23 and just type away, the words go into 22d, not 22ac.
If I click in any part of the answer, it highlights the whole answer, but with 22d not 22 ac

Thanks for the hint - all finished now. Can get on with life now - well, the ironing, anyway!