Crossword Help Forum
Forum Rules

Sorry my mistake. Just remembered that given names are allowed in the final grid. That was a haul but well worth the effort. Great fun.

I take back what I said earlier about a minor flaw in the denouement. As buzzb implied, an adjoining cell could be seen as a pivot. Having just studied the final scenes I'd say Elgin's depiction is about as perfect a representation as is possible.

I seem to be lagging behind here. I have a feeling that 12a and 35a are AUNTIE and URN but I cannot see the wordplay for the UNT and U bits respectively.

Also the only across one I'm clueless about is 27a. Ten centuries should be a millennium but there doesn't seem to be a suitable abbreviation for that.

Best wishes

Hi Orson

Correct for both.

Ur- forepart for primitive
N- navy

I thought 12 was

A- acceleration
Mount- horse dropping MO- second
IE- that is

Ten centuries is a thousand or M in Roman numerals.

Think Arthur Miller

Orson - 12A the 'second' to be dropped is mo.
35A - first two letters are prefix for primitive
27A - ten centuries ia a thousand so just looking for roman numeral and for answer think 'a play'

Thanks, dja and crates. I'll persevere!

Dja can you give he a hint how to interpret your numbers?
Thanks

djawhufc listed the down clue numbers from which letters have to be removed. In order they spell two answers (hence it put them on 2 lines)

Struggling to get this finished after getting so close! I cannot find an answer for 38A which is a real word.. I have what I think goes in 48ac but don't know where it goes or how to complete the rest of that entry. Then I have no idea how to decide which letters to erase. I have erased the victim and I can see the (6 letter) thing that killed him but I am at a loss as to how to finish it. Any help gratefully received..