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jack aubrey

1st January 2018, 15:33
Happy New Year, everyone!

A quick recommendation for the Genius published today. It's an Arachne and has all her characteristic wit and fine surfaces. It's also very rigorously constructed and once the import of the instructions is grasped an amenable and enjoyable solve.
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prospero

1st January 2018, 16:05
Happy solving year from me too - got this done in under three hours - around average - lots of takeways (subtractions) and a fair amount of drugs.
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tintin

1st January 2018, 16:19
Despite solving most of the Across clues, I still can't fathom what the instructions are all about. Am I correct in thinking that some of the across answers need to be modified in some way? Are all the answers real words?
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prospero

1st January 2018, 16:20
YES - AND YES ...
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jadzia49

1st January 2018, 20:57
Nearly finished but stuck on 1d.any hints? Thanks.
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jadzia49

1st January 2018, 21:01
I think I have got the answer to 1d) now. Thanks.
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simond9x

3rd January 2018, 17:50
Enjoyed that one! Took a while to see what 'items of misinformation and information' I was looking for (in fact, I nearly gave up at one point) but they provided two separate PDMs. Over all too soon.
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simond9x

3rd January 2018, 17:53
Should have said, for anyone like me who solved a lot of across clues without knowing what was going on and may be about to give up, 2D was my way in. Worth persevering!
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jack aubrey

3rd January 2018, 19:48
Even now, looking back, I am struck by how cleverly the adjustments to the down clues are hidden in plain sight. A tour de force I think.
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notrab

3rd January 2018, 19:58
Still cannot quite fit 1 down and 15 across together; nudge appreciated
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