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foinaven

16th May 2020, 14:35
I have 38a as a very straightforward clue, once a word is omitted. The second part of the instruction is five words, with this word making complete sense in the middle. So I should Google an 'event' associated with this instruction? Will do so, but am sceptical ...
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foinaven

16th May 2020, 14:49
OK, I will do exactly what you say. I assume that a *** is one in the competition which is referred to. There must be a list somewhere.
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hotelwhiskey7

16th May 2020, 14:51
Foinaven - some of the names may be S to N and E to W, rather than written conventionally...

If you’re onboard with the general theme, even from the first few extra across words, it shouldn’t be too hard to find...
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malone

16th May 2020, 14:53
Foinaven, I hope I haven't confused you or given unhelpful advice. Yes, there's a whole list readily available. I couldn't be bothered reading through it, so I just phrased the question for the first thematic name, then the second and so on. It took only minutes to work through them, get the right information.
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foinaven

16th May 2020, 14:59
Thanks, Malone, that made sense and it gave letters which work. I have also discovered what the decisive event was, so I am presumably looking for ******* ****. Then I will need to find these names, one of which is familiar to me.
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gitto

16th May 2020, 15:07
Foinaven, I'm not sure what your ******* **** means, but if you E-mail me at andywish@sky.com I will give you what you are looking for
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malone

16th May 2020, 15:08
Thanks, Foinaven. The 'surnames … form a thematic structure' was a big help.
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foinaven

16th May 2020, 15:43
Turns out I had the wrong year and wrong team, so now at least I have two of the names in the grid. Still searching for the *****

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dylan

16th May 2020, 16:40
I've done all the clues except 21ac, (but not parsing 27ac and 47ac), have the theme etc, but have only got 7 clashes of answers. I'm missing the ones which lead to W.... and the shorter M....

Suggestions please
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malone

16th May 2020, 16:51
21 A is probably tricky because it's involved in thematic stuff.

27 A - the middle if answer means 'to beat', inside most of a word meaning 'measure'.
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