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granama1
21dn
Remember that old riddle: When is an eagle not an eagle? When it has a misprint in the fourth letter! (If necessary, look up the final letter in Chambers.)

I think even the web was redundant this week - the two main reference books give everything required (such generosity is extremely rare!).

Thanks Malone. Hmm...the last 5 misprints look erm...interesting. a-googling we go!

You're welcome, granama. I didn't bother with the 'information', it wasn't strictly necessary.

It's amazing, I had exactly the same trouble parsing 18d as Granama, I had the right definition and knew the fish, but I couldn't figure out how the last part worked - I didn't bother looking up it's meaning in Chambers, I mean - it's the most common word in the English language so what's the point? It was only when Jif73 said to look it up that i finally saw it! - Will I never learn!? 😡

Mmmmm. While last weeks Listener was a work of art, this is just a bit of nonsense.
Quite enjoyed it - but not for long.....

Having collected the paper this morning, it was quite good (after the last couple of weeks) to have a straight-forward fill - Unfortunately it left me (a life-long Spurs supporter) with no excuse not to watch the cup final with my 'gooner' wife...

Quite good fun, made even funnier by my initial, sloppy selection of 'n' as the misprint in 22d which led down a rabbit hole to a Berlin/Nairobi musical collaboration started at the Goethe Institute. Pretty sure Goethe never wrote couplets like these!

Nice to have an easy one after the last few weeks. The only problem I had was that I kept putting the “correct” letters down instead of the “incorrect” ones, leading me to nonsense. Still, I can now go back to last weeks puzzle where I have only a handful of answers, and only a handful of letters entered. Congratulations to all who finished that one. I think it’s beyond me.

At long last an easy one - completed by lunchtime Sunday and looking forward to a gin and tonic to toast the Gunners. (Sorry crates: I took my two pups there regularly many years ago and one of them has ended up working at the Emirates!)

Having said all that I found 15 across and 20 across difficult to parse. Could someone give me the correct letters for 15 and 20? Is 15 about punishment?

Many thanks to all. I am so sorry the AZED dinner has been cancelled.