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Hi Drxx

I think the letter I is a ‘cryptic’ representation of what is going on. You need to understand what the crossword is about to understand its relevance.

I agree with the earlier post that the preamble is a bit vague and GWIT territory.

I guess we will see in a couple of weeks.


I never win the blasted chocolates anyway!

That's what I hate about GWITS - the waiting!

Being thick - what are GWITS ?

Guess What I'm Thinking...

I learn a little something every day!

My initial instinct was to go for any colour, then decided on green. My reasoning is that green represents Ireland, and thus the deficiency. Also represents the independence that was won in due course. Reading this thread, though, I'm just confused now!

I wonder if the entry at 10 across is meant to guide us?

I quite like that, Nelson! I still think the deficiency is just the missing '?', in all the unclued entries. The highlighting reveals an '?' -though the 'colouring' is still a little puzzling.

Yes, the mystery goes on then.

This was my reasoning too, muraria. And the puzzle title -Taking Liberties - was an influence too