“The theme of the puzzle is a well-known final comment, subsequently much quoted (although rarely in full). After completion of the grid the contents of 11 cells must be erased (always leaving real words) and one circled letter replaced, to reveal the encompassing QUOTATION (10 words). The 12 circled letters can then be arranged to form the speaker’s surname, which must be written below the grid. Chambers Dictionary (2016) is recommended, but does not contain 20ac (which can be confirmed in ODE) or 10dn.”
The ‘encompassing quote’ (which is found round the perimeter) is “THEY THINK IT’S ALL OVER! IT IS NOW, IT’S FOUR!”, which was said by Kenneth Wolstenholme’s at the end of the 1966 World Cup. The 11 cells to be removed are the spaces between the words, and the circled cell that is to be replaced is the N in the perimeter (which becomes a T).
Notes
I may be mistaken, but 37 across appears to have an I missing from the anagram fodder. In 17 down, rather than being a reference is to a misspelt (but better known) ISAR (a river in Germany), I believe the ‘of Germany’ indication is to lead us to the ISER (the German name for the Jizera, which does not flow through Germany).
Notation
(xxx) = definition
[xxx] = (anagram/homophone/container/etc.) indicator
XXX* = anagram
< = reversal
Please post a comment if the explanations are not clear.
| Across | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1 | URIC | |
| 6 | HEYDT | “HATE” (Dislike) [broadcast] revealing American SF author (5) |
| 12 | OAK-LEAF | OAF (Stupid chap) [takes] KLEA (LEAK [after cycling]) to find tree structure (7) |
| 13 | LOGAN | G (Government) [involved in] LOAN (permission to use) unstable stone (5) |
| 15 | LIFE-WORK | A devotion of {[mostly] WEIR |
| 16 | ICONIC | Like a hero, I (the first person) [to go before] CONIC (section) (6) |
| 17 | INDY | |
| 18 | SEWN | Worked on from N E S W (all directions) (4) |
| 20 | CISKEI | SICKIE* [treated] in former homeland (6) |
| 23 | TIME LOAN | < EMIT (Give out) [backing] and LO (see) AN (article) in advance for a while (8, two words) |
| 27 | ENCARPUS | PRANCE* [excitedly] [with] US (our lot), hanging fruit (8) |
| 29 | CEDRIC | [Some] |
| 30 | BAHT | BAH (Expression of contempt) [against] T (Thailand) and its capital (4) |
| 33 | WUSS | Barry’s mate is a very timid person (4) |
| 35 | QUELEA | Destructive bird QUE LE (that the French) A (accepted) (6) |
| 37 | OSTEITIS | Bone trouble: {IT’S TOES}* affected originally (8) |
| 39 | NÉVÉS | Snow fields < SEEN (spotted) [receding] [over] V (Vatican) (5) |
| 40 | THE BELL | HELL-BENT* [criminal] [rejecting] N [the end of] NEWSMAN Murdoch’s story (7, two words) |
| 41 | INTIL | Ian’s enthusiastic TI (note) [accepted by] IN (fashionable) L (Left) (5) |
| 42 | EVOE | Frenzied cry as [some contents of] < thE OVEn [overturned] (4) |
| Down | ||
| 2 | RANCE | [No F (female) present in] FRANCE (country) bar (5) |
| 3 | I KNOW | The first person’s got an idea – [cook] {IN WOK}*! (5, two words) |
| 4 | CLAN | A number of things C |
| 5 | TELIAL | < AIL (Trouble) [turning up] [in] TEL (old mound) of fungi clusters (6) |
| 7 | EFFICACY | Usefulness of {[vacant] C |
| 8 | YLEM | Y (Yankee) LEM (module)’s original substance (4) |
| 9 | DOW | Co-founder Charles’s ocean vessel (3) |
| 10 | HARD ECU | HEARD* [about] CU (copper) being proposed forerunner to the Euro (7, two words) |
| 11 | INKY | Black |
| 14 | FISTIC | F IS TIC (How FED becomes TICED (tempted by Will)) – like one in the ring? (6) |
| 17 | ISER | River of Germany [featured in] |
| 19 | CONCETTI | CONTI (English ventriloquist) [taking] CET (time in Europe) for flashes of wit (8) |
| 21 | KIP | Sleep in lodging-house… (3) |
| 22 | INSTAL | …IN (on the spot), < LAT’S (John’s) [up] to load computer software (6) |
| 24 | ILEUSES | |
| 25 | MAD | Like Max perhaps, [not quite] MAD |
| 26 | ERRS | |
| 28 | ABUSER | A (One) < RESUB (to lend money again) [turning] betrayer (6) |
| 31 | ALIEV | E (Energy) [rising] in ALIVE (vigorous) figure skater (5) |
| 32 | HELLO | Greeting witH thE usuaL joviaL gustO [at last] (5) |
| 33 | WONT | No longer abided habit (4) |
| 34 | LIST | Choose historic fillet strip (4) |
| 36 | ELBE | European flower [centrally placed in] |
| 38 | EEN | Glaswegian eyes E’EN (poet’s flat) (3) |
| U | R | T | H | E | Y | D | T | H | I | ||
| O | A | K | L | E | A | F | L | O | G | A | N |
| F | N | N | A | L | I | F | E | W | O | R | K |
| C | O | N | I | C | I | M | I | N | D | ||
| S | E | W | N | A | C | C | I | S | K | E | I |
| T | I | M | E | L | O | A | N | E | I | C | T |
| I | L | A | R | E | N | C | A | R | P | U | S |
| E | D | R | I | C | Y | B | B | A | H | ||
| W | U | S | S | L | E | Q | U | E | L | E | A |
| O | S | T | E | I | T | I | S | L | I | L | L |
| N | E | V | E | S | T | H | E | B | E | L | L |
| S | I | T | I | R | E | V | O |
WOLSTENHOLME
37a: does it not parse as (toes)* preceding it’s extended to it is?