Enigmatic Variations 1685 Entry by Craft

A celebration of a famous entry – an area to be found – a quotation from extra letters in across clues leading to an answer to be found. The surname of the entrant needs to be shaded along with teh area. Clear as mud but as always solve the clues and the endgame will seem quite obvious.

The quotation took a while to locate “CAN YOU SEE ANYTHING?” being a question from Lord Caernavon to Howard Carter as he entered Tutankhamun’s tomb in 1923. The answer being Yes – ‘Wonderful Things”

Starting from 18dn square going east then south then west then north – there is TOMB OF TUTANKAHMUN with CARTER the initial entrant to the tomb starting from 4dn ‘descending’ into it.

The remainder of the puzzle required entering an N into the central square making an anagram of WONDERFUL THINGS encased within the tomb and eventually removed to the Egyptian museum in Cairo

many thanks Craft – a fine debut – some tricky clues too

Key * anagram; DD double definition; Rev reversed; underline definition; R extra letter

Across
1 Who might take flight? Stowaways, having US money but no degree (9)
hiders(stowaways) swapping jack(US money) for d(degree) = HIJACKERS

C 7 Swine resembles chump (4)
DD HOGS

A 10 Pillar of church leans, perhaps leading to renovation (6)
rev(pillar of church) + amp(lens perhaps) = REVAMP

N 11 Legate without acne runs choir (6)
ex(without) + a (ace) + r(runs) + ch(choir) = EXARCH

13 Irish greeting delivered to Scotsman, taking in capital (9)
Hi(greeting) + Ian(Scotsman) around bern(capital) = HIBERNIAN

Y 14 Local runner Lambert taking pity on sloth? (7)
ea(local runner) + l(Lambert) around dent(pit) = EDENTAL

O 15 For the second time, placed quoit around pitch (6)
rid(quit) around e-la(pitch) = RELAID

U 19 In French, good is “haut”, not “ton” (5)
bonnet(hat) – t (ton) = BONNE

20 Lead singer of R&B (5)
USHER

S 21 Loathe worn-out middle part of airliner seats from Caribbean (4)
ug(loathe) + li(middle of airliner) = UGLI

E 23 Cures uncovered hams – the least portions (6)
am (uncovered hams) + ends(the last portions) = AMENDS

E 26 Randomly in and out? Ignore autocue’s repetition and use prompt (6, two words)
(in + out – u)* + me(us) = ON TIME

27 Poet’s strength is found in what he writes (4)
Hidden whaT HE Writes = THEW

A 29 Supplies of money – pence and shillings – found on playa (5)
fun(play) + d(pence) + s(shillings) = FUNDS

N 32 Treatment for baldness provided by Russian mother (5)
Rus(Russia) + ma(mother) = RUSMA
Y 35 Gutsy men ate headless crab, after peeling shell (6)
en te (men ate headless) + ra (crab after peeling shell) = ENTERA

T 36 Rustic one with abnormal hatred, not having day in court (7)
un (rustic one) + (hared)* = UNHEARD

H 38 Niche restaurants serve less volume with price that’s outrageous (9)
(serve-v + price)* = CREPERIES

I 39 Moth occasionally tries long distances (6)
luna(moth) + tReS = LUNARS

N 40 Forest dwellers as pine, elms and laurel, essentially (6)
(elms + ur)* = LEMURS

G 41 Spring source from ancient times – location of grail in Maine? (4)
a(ancient) + x(times) + el(location of rail in MAine) = AXEL

42 Boards together with men in trunks, regular features of seaside (9, two words)
chests(trunks) around SeaSidE = CHESS SETS

Down
1 What about that man’s laugh? (4)
eh(what) in he(that man) = HEHE

2 Writer overlaps curtains before your very eyes (6)
i(writer) + rides(overlaps?) = IRIDES

3 Approach a chosen location for sports event (6)
a + venue(chosen location for sports event) = AVENUE

4 Vehicle requiring electronic ticket (5)
cart (vehicle) + e (electronic) = CARTE

5 Two records featuring one’s final words to American (6)
ep + log(two records) around I (one) = EPILOG

6 Raise money to get new weaponry (5)
rear(raise) + m(money) = REARM

7 Papers lost in holiday travelling around paper storage facility (7)
(holiday-id(papers))* + ft(paper) = HAYLOFT

8 Two threads put together from traditional publication and modern one? (9)
organ + zine (traditional publication and modern one) = ORGANZINE

9 Bright yellow, pin replaced by bore (9)
spineless(yellow) swapping had(bore) for pin = SHADELESS

12 Cold drink infused with popular plant (6)
c (cold) + rum(drink) around in(popular) = CRINUM

16 Australian horse races small vehicle on every turning (9)
quad(small vehicle) + re(on) + Rev. all (every) = QUADRELLA

17 Heroin taken during debauch is mood stimulant (9)
h(heroin) in wet(debauch) + s (is) + tone(mood) = WHETSTONE

18 Can half a wind instrument be quieter? (4)
tuba(wind instrument0 – ba + sh(quieter) = TUSH

22 Affected by wind, without first being sheltered in Ayr (4)
blown(affected by wind) – b = LOWN

24 White man married South African – that’s no good for leader of Limpopo (6)
m(married) + zulu(South African) swapping ng(no good) for l (leader of Limpopo) = MZUNGU

25 Teach about bird climbing 12? (7)
Rev. larn(teach) about emu(bird) = NUMERAL

28 Formerly, African capital and European capital raised in East Kilbride’s banks (6)
e + ke(kilbrides’s banks) around Rev. leu (European capital) = EKUELE

30 After injury, suture body part (6)
(suture) = UTERUS

31 Most dreadful lie by police officer (6)
DI(police officer) + rest(lie) = DIREST

33 Rough mince wraps recipe (5)
hash(mince) around r(recipe) = HARSH

34 Shame about attention-seekers (5)
(shame)* = AHEMS

37 Diversions with no substance; noughts and crosses? (4)
ds(diversions with no substance) + os(noughts) = DSOS