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Agreed, I think my point was why mention 'we don't answer' on one thread but not on another thread re a prize publication as mentioned above?


I'm not out to cause bother just clarification - even I am now wary of answering just in case I offend.

I don't have a view one way or the other with regard to giving answers to prize competitions (though just listing all the answers, as I think has happened in the past, would be a step too annoying). However, in fairness to Maskarade, who compiled the Guardian alphabetical crossword, the 'Z' word is in Chambers printed edition. Quite a lot of foreign words are, actually.

I've finished this crossword and it's still Saturday!
I enjoyed it this week.

I have totally failed to get the theme. Hints welcome please for 7down.
The theme says solutions to 1, 2 and 6 are, perhaps apocryphally, 7 of a kind. None of the four is further defined.
7 is 'one having nooky with copper in river, all wearing glasses'
7,8
p is the second letter of the first word and x is the second letter of the second word.

Dodgy explanations by rail companies for delayed services!!

PS the copper reference makes me think that the second word might be 'excuses'

Correct.

got it, thanks.

I need help with 14 down: Supposing setter enters beaten and boozy? (10). I have w---k-f-e- and I can't find anything to fit in the space. Any clues?

The first 5 letters are a word meaning to beat