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Thanks ffannie, what I got from the guardian website was a completely different (and useless) grid. They have a month between puzzles to get it right and they get it wrong almost every time.

Nice one, Paul. Last three haven't been quite as hard, I fancy ...

Hi

Thanks for the link.

Just stuck on one, so any help from anyone would be appreciated.

20d. I've got C*L*T*

Your L is wrong PP, 23A has to go negative...

Yes, so it is. I've tried the alternative as well and still no joy.

Cheers

20d goes positive from negative on entry.

Aha!

Barking up a couple of wrong trees with this one.

All done now.

Thanks Ixion.

Can someone explain what positive/negative switch means, please?

Difficult to say too much without spoiling the fun of the penny drop moment...Paul doesn't give much away in the preamble...in the solutions that are changed a word (only part of the soln) with a positive/negative connotation becomes its positive/negative counterpart before entry...the resultant entry is usually a different length and not a real word...