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Thank you Shazam.It was such a lovely puzzle - I always look forward to Aaucaria's alphabeticals.

Araucaria`s signature alphabetical jig-saws are apparently referred to as "ARAUBETICALS". I`d love to get this in Chambers as a lasting tribute to the GOM.

finding this hard. seem to have solved the 12 letter clue for E which I think is an anagram of 'one severely' but I don't seem to have anywhere to put it.

Thaomas,
It's an anagram of one severely + E (drug)

AJT

A word of warning: For A i find that the answer is a 7-letter word, not 7 and 5, as shown in the clue.

David W

A is one of the Grauniad's famous misprints. It is just a (7), not a (7,5).

You both do Araucaria a disservice... A is BOTH 7 AND 5 if you follow the clue completely - it is really very clever!

Gillandia - is it possible to enlighten s without giving the answer? I can't see where another 5-letter word would fit in the grid.

thanks neil but i have the answer to the clue but no where to put it. if i put where it will go it gives me a 5 letter word beginning with O. I have a 7 letter word beginning with O off 1 across

AJT

Gillandia - is it possible to enlighten us without giving the answer? I can't see where another 5-letter word would fit in the grid.

The 7-letter answer can be reduced to a 5-letter answer to completely satisfy all elements of the clue - there is only the single 7-letter answer in the grid itself [unlike E (7,5) where the two words both begin with E in a 12-letter entry in the grid]]

sorry - E is (8,4)... but you knew what I meant!

Thomas,

SPOILER ALERT...
Maybe I am wrong. I have the answer to E going down on the far right of the grid