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meadowboy

29th October 2022, 20:56
I am in an identical position - could not find any 6 letter word for what I thought I was looking for and then realised that what I was looking for was already clued by the Crossword Title - back to bibliography for me
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jack aubrey

30th October 2022, 01:56
Missed a couple of weeks while on safari in the Kalahari and Okavango Delta (a tough gig, but someone had to do it). I have 38 cells covered. Either I count a shared cell twice or there is an unexpected extra initial in a thematic name. Or, more likely, I have got it all wrong and should get back in my box.
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alpaca

30th October 2022, 09:21
Re 22a not only wrong bird but wrong end of insect too. Maybe “bating” more appropriate than “swinging” ?
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granama1

30th October 2022, 09:31
@alpaca...that annoyed me more than the bird thing! 😄
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jordan

30th October 2022, 10:40
@ Alpaca... Your "bating" would not give the corrected letter required. Maybe "biking" (or biding) could have sorted that out. Clue would still not be pretty though.
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alpaca

30th October 2022, 11:00
Quite right Jordan I completely forgot about that requirement; thanks for the correction. Wonder if Jack A encountered any of the little blighters?
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jack aubrey

30th October 2022, 11:58
Thankfully very few, alpaca. There are almost none in the desert; and the Delta is still quite dry this early in the season, so they haven’t proliferated there yet. Nevertheless, I did take a course of Malarone. Last pill this morning.
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kitsune

30th October 2022, 13:16
A belated thank you to Jordan and quiz at #29 and #30.

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smithsax

30th October 2022, 14:31
I have slight doubts about the correct end game.
Don’t want to give too much away so will talk about the straight lines in terms of the order of where they start in relation to the top of the puzzle.
The one that starts 3rd from the top could work with 4, 6 or 7 cells. I favour the latter.
The one that starts lowest in the grid could work with 5 or 7 (minus 1 crossing making 6) cells. Again I favour the latter.
I need 12 cells to get to 39. Is it 7 and 5 or 6 and 6?
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will37

30th October 2022, 16:14
smithsax - I’m wary of giving too much away but, if by “3rd from the top” you mean the row in which the solutions to 13a and 14a appear, then I suggest you look elsewhere. I can’t really give much more of a steer.
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