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prospero

4th September 2023, 07:52
anyone got a link to reach it?
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jono

4th September 2023, 08:34
It’s just appeared
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prospero

4th September 2023, 08:38
thanks jono - I last looked four minutes ago!
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prospero

4th September 2023, 10:08
easy but fun workout this month - wish I was blogging it!
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drxx

4th September 2023, 10:35
One of the changes isn't in Chambers but it is in Merriam-Webster, so I'm assuming it's an Americanism.
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prospero

4th September 2023, 10:40
yes, it's also in Oxford Languages, so almost certainly American. Original of 27 in Chambers but you have to search ....
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drxx

4th September 2023, 10:49
Thanks for confirming, prospero.
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jif73

4th September 2023, 11:37
Well, that was a stroll in the park — I had more trouble logging into Crossword Help Forum since it wasn’t accepting my password...
Started solving clues at 09:30 and cracked the last one at 10:30. Then 10 minutes to work out the endgame instruction; this would have been much quicker if I hadn't interpreted "12 NEW words" as "12 ADDITIONAL words". D'oh!
(This may seem like snail's pace to most of you, but the little grey cells don't function as well as they used to when you get past 70...)
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prospero

4th September 2023, 12:04
I would think 70 minutes for a genius was respectable in anyone's book - but then I am over a dozen years past 70 ...
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jif73

4th September 2023, 12:37
Agreed, prospero. But I wasn't preening, just trying to illustrate just how much below Genius standard this offering is.
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