Guardian Cryptic 26,827 by Maskarade

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The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/26827.

This seems to be Maskarade’s first weekday crossword. I have not always got round to doing his holiday specials – they are generally awkward to handle on line – but this was much easier than those that I have done.

Across
1 WORKING CLASS Proletarian aspiration of 10? (7-5)
Double definition (although if, as 10D says, the classroom is in turmoil, the second may be just an aspiration).
8 ATISHOO Sign of cold — and what’s required, we hear? (7)
Sounds like (‘we hear’) A TISSUE (‘what’s required’ with a cold).
9 LENTILS Vegetables, some Stollen and some Tilsit (7)
A charade of ‘some’ ‘StolLEN‘ plus ‘some’ ‘TILSit’.
11 ORPHANS Waifs who love rowing, reportedly (7)
Sounds like (‘reportedly’) OAR FANS.
12 PHARAOH Ancient king at pub — one with real ale on hand, for starters (7)
A charade of PH (public house, ‘pub’) plus A (‘one’) plus R A O H (‘Real Ale On Hand for starters’). There is no excuse for misspelling here.
13 SARIS 10, when retiring, dresses (5)
A charade of SIR (SCHOOLMASTER, ’10’D) plus AS (‘when’), all reversed (‘retiring’).
14 DESPERADO Reckless fellow‘s terrible speed on twisting road (9)
A charade of DESPE, an anagram (‘terrible’) of ‘speed’ plus RADO, another anagram (‘twisting’) of ‘road’.
16 ARTEMISIA Goddess returning first-class plant (9)
A charade of ARTEMIS (‘goddess’) plus IA, a reversal (‘returning’) of A 1 (‘first-class’), for the genus including wormwood, used to flavour absinthe and vermouth, and tarragon.
19 SCRAM Rival of S. Ovett? Get away! (5)
S. Cram was the rival of S. Ovett (both Stephens) in races of a mile or thereabouts in the 1980s.
21 DEBUNKS Gets out of bed and makes off? (7)
Double definition, the first being the slightly whimsical DE-BUNKS.
23 GOALIES Footballers suggesting where Indian state is situated (7)
GOA  LIES (‘suggesting where Indian state is situated’).
24 ROSETTA Stone placed in list (7)
An envelope (‘in’) of SET (‘placed’) in ROTA (‘list’).
25 IGNOBLE Base One — broken leg holding most of bone back (7)
An envelope (‘holding’) of NOB, a reversal (‘back’) of ‘bon[e]’ minus its last letter (‘most of’) in I (‘one’) plus GLE, an anagram (‘broken’) of ‘leg’.
26 HOUSE SPARROW Bird has to put up with a couple of scraps (5,7)
A charade of HOUSE (‘put up’) plus SPAR plus ROW (‘a couple of scraps’).
Down
1 WHIMPER Matterhorn conqueror is heard to moan (7)
Sounds like (‘is heard’) of WHYMPER, for Edward Whymper, who led the first ascent of the Matterhorn in 1865.
2 REHEATS Puts back in the oven — Theresa is worried (7)
An anagram (‘worried’) of ‘Theresa’. One might also reheat on the stovetop.
3 IRONSIDES Puritans press on the borders (9)
A charade of IRON (‘press’) plus SIDES (‘borders’).
4 GALOP Gail’s first dance upset Ken, initially, out for another (5)
A charade of G (‘Gail’s first’) plus ALOP, a reversal (‘upset’) of POL[k]A (‘dance’) without the K (‘Ken, initially, out’), for ‘another’ dance.
5 LINEAGE Descent using rope, perhaps, taking time (7)
A charade of LINE (‘rope, perhaps’) plus AGE (‘time’).
6 SPIRAEA Shrub species — one from exotic area (7)
A charade of SP (‘species’) plus I (‘one’) plus RAEA, an anagram (‘exotic’) of ‘area’.
7 JACOBS LADDER Run after sheep in flight (6,6)
A charade of JACOBS (a breed of ‘sheep’) plus LADDER (‘run’ in a stocking), for the staircase to heaven in Jacob’s dream, or various earthly paths named after it.
10 SCHOOLMASTER The classroom in turmoil? His respons­ibility! (12)
An anagram (‘in turmoil’) of ‘the classroom’ with an extended definition.
15 SHANGRI-LA Dicky has new girl around — a perfect situation (7-2)
A charade of SHA, an anagram (‘dicky’) of ‘has’ plus N (‘new’) plus GRIL, an anagram (‘around’) of ‘girl’ plus ‘a’. Many years ago there was seen in the London Tube some graffiti which ran “I like grils’. Someone added “It’s girls, stupid – G I R L S”, and below that a third hand offered “And what about us grils?”
17 TABASCO Pancake with some basil filling and pepper sauce (7)
An envelope (‘filling’) of BAS (‘some BASil’) in TACO (‘pancake’)
18 MINUTES Wee small hours? No! (7)
A charade of MINUTE (very small, ‘wee’) plus S (‘small’).
19 SPANNER Small bicycle accessory — I dropped a tool (7)
A charade of S (‘small’) plus PANN[i]ER (‘bicycle accessory’) without the I (‘I dropped’).
20 RAINBOW Illusory hope of artist wearing tie (7)
A charade of RA (‘artist’) plus IN BOW (‘wearing tie’).
22 SNAPS Breaks for photos (5)
Double definition.
completed grid

66 comments on “Guardian Cryptic 26,827 by Maskarade”

  1. I enjoyed this and it was a fairly quick solve. So, many thanks to Maskarade and to PeterO for ironing out some of the wordplay I could not fathom, such as for GALOP and WHIMPER (never heard of Edward Whymper). I particularly liked 1a, 8a, 10d and 17d. A special thank you to PeterO for the early post allowing me to get it all solved and posted before midnight here in Grenada!!

  2. Thanks PeterO and Maskarade!
    Nice to see the setter without the alphabetic jigsaw trappings!
    Enjoyed this one. Liked 13a and 15d.

  3. For 19d I started with spinner and the I replaced with A. Don’t know if spinner can be a small bicycle.

  4. Thanks Peter. Yes, I quailed to see Maskarade, and then dashed this off – though did fall flat at the end with the shrub. There’s a famous 7D in Perth W.A. and ‘run’ is what people do up this ‘flight’. No sheep there, and I had to guess these ones.

  5. Thank you Maskarade and PeterO. Have not encountered this setter before but still went ok for the most part. Embarrassed to admit though that I thought 5D was “landage”, guessing it must be something akin to “landing”. “Lineage” is so much neater. Could not get 7D even though I tried and tried. Had to come here to complete the puzzle. Hated giving up. Had never heard of the sheep breed but am still annoyed with myself as I studied and taught some Hebrew Scriptures back in the day. Thanks Molonglo for the tip; will try to see our own Jacob’s Ladder when I visit WA – only Australian state/territory left to visit. My favourites were 11A “orphans” (an Aussie band called “The Waifs” as in this clue actually hail from and sing a lot about WA!!!) and 10D – as I am a retired teacher it pleased me that “the classroom” is an anagram of “schoolmaster” (even though I was a schoolmistress – old-fashioned terms these days!).

  6. Thanks, Peter. Don’t think I’d ever seen this setter before, so your confirmation that Maskarade has previously set just prize puzzles was welcome.

    I really enjoyed this. Just right for a daily cryptic, with some witty clueing (I especially liked GOALIES and ORPHANS). Only struggled on the plant (but then I always do).

    As our Englishman in New York, Peter, I don’t think we can blame you for missing the subtlety of 4dn. Although I’ve never watched the programme, GAIL and KEN are characters in Coronation Street, so I’m guessing that there’s an element of &littishness here. A Corrie fan can put me right if that’s rubbish.

    Thanks to the setter too.

  7. Just to set matters right. Today’s “daily” cryptic is my second to appear — my previous one was published almost a year ago on Saturday March 22nd 2015, puzzle 26214. And yes! Kathryn’s Dad is correct about the Corrie reference and look out for another one in my next Spectator puzzle in two weeks’ time!
    Hope you enjoyed this comparatively easy puzzle — not long to go till my Easter offering, is there?!

    Maskarade

  8. Enjoyable stuff (although I couldn’t get SPIRAEA). I find Maskarade’s alphabetical puzzles admirable but somehow a bit clunky. This has some nice clues, e.g. SCHOOLMASTER, JACOBS LADDER, RAINBOW and GALOP. Thanks to Maskarade and PeterO.

  10. Thanks Maskarade and PeterO. It’s lucky this was easier than the specials, otherwise I would have assumed it was a holiday and gone home. I liked all the SCHOOLMASTERish clues the best, they were all very satisfying.

    I’m another casualty on 6d. It’s a mile outside my vocabulary, and the wordplay was obstructed by a mysterious “from”, which seems a little unsporting.

  11. Thanks to Maskarade and PeterO.

    Good, entertaining crossword; I don’t suppose many would know Edward Whymper though. Everyman has done the SCHOOLMASTER/the classroom anagram before – it’s a nice spot.

    I liked Dicky’s new girl.

  12. Thanks Maskarade and PeterO. Agreed, a fairly easy solve although I’m not sure i had ever seen ‘Atishoo’ written before.
    Also 21 across isn’t really a double definition unless ‘debunk’ means to make off. Surely ‘Gets out of bed and dismisses’ might be a better double definition?

  13. Thanks Maskarade and PeterO.

    I took fright when I saw this setter’s name, having never plucked up courage to try his special crosswords, but I found this easier than Rufus or the Quiptic. Probably his Easter puzzle will be a lot harder, but I will give it a go.

    SCHOOLMASTER and WORKING CLASS were great, as was HOUSE SPARROW and many other clues. I needed help to understand some of the word play, SCRAM and WHIMPER in particular, and had not heard of the JACOBS breed of sheep.

  14. I really liked this but isnt debunk to explode as in a myth, rather than to make off? I though that was to ‘do a bunk’?

  15. Izzythedram @14. DEBUNKS: You are absolutely right – the word does not mean “makes off”, at least, not in my vocabulary nor in Chambers’.

  16. Very enjoyable, and went surprisingly fast–under half an hour. I have one quibble, though:

    A taco is not a pancake. The tortilla is the pancake. A taco is what you get when you put meat, cheese, vegetables, etc. into a tortilla–a small one, folded in half.

    (If it’s a large one, wrapped into a cylinder around the filling, that’s a burrito; if you deep-fry the burrito, that’s a chimichanga; if you deep-fry a taco (rolling it up first) you get a flauta. If you bake or broil a burrito, you’ve got yourself an enchilada. More or less.)

    Also, of course, Rosetta is not a stone, but the place where the stone was found. But that’s your stone now and you can do what you want with it, Britain.

  17. I don’t think I’ve solved a puzzle so quickly before.Mind you, I had to Google WHI(Y)MPER and the Coronation St allusion escaped me,but otherwise this was surprisingly straightforward. I didn’t like DEBUNK but perhaps I’ve missed something.
    I wonder if we’re being lulled into a false sense of security by this setter?
    Thanks Maskarade.

  18. First time I’ve completed the daily whilst stuck on a motorway! I wouldn’t have minded a tougher challenge, as there’s still no sign of movement. A nice friendly challenge today, made easier by the fact that the SCHOOLMASTER anagram seems rather familiar. Still, some good fun and doubtless the Easter offering will be tougher. Though I’m not planning to be in the car.

  19. I must remember how to spell PHARAOH
    I must remember how to spell PHARAOH
    I must remember how to spell PHARAOH
    … (repeat ad nauseam)

    Once I’d resolved that the unfamiliar SPIRAEA was a guessable last in. Apart from that this was pretty gentle stuff, but not unpleasant – would be happy to see Maskarade doing normal crosswords more often.

    Thanks to Maskarade and PeterO

  20. Tom Johnson @7

    Thanks for dropping in. I had forgotten about the straight Prize puzzle – it was two years ago, but looking back I see that I did offer a comment on it here at the time. It seems to be the consensus that this was an easier puzzle, as intended; I have no objection to that, particularly when it is my turn to blog, and it was certainly enjoyable.

    DafyddT @12 etc

    When writing the blog, I accepted 21A DEBUNK as a variant of bunk, verb, or do a bunk, but now I can find no justification for this.

    Kathryn’s Dad @6

    You are right that I was blissfully unaware of the Coronation Street connection of 4D. Thanks for pointing it out.

  21. mrpenney @16

    Thank you, Julio Niño, for your masterclass on 17D. However, I would offer a defence in Chamber’s definition of TACO:

    In Mexican cooking, a very thin rolled pancake with a meat filling.

    But then what would they know.

  22. Bit of a mixed bag for me. Plenty of ticks, eg HOUSE SPARROW and RAINBOW, but one or two clunky clues eg the random foods (not a meal I would ever fancy) strung together for LENTILS.

    I do know who WHYMPER was and duly entered him into the grid, the clue being ambiguous. That got sorted, but SPIRAEA didn’t, in which I seem to be in good company. Must remember SP = species, had assumed it was just S.

  23. Thank you, Tom, for dropping in.

    Despite trepidations (based on your previous offering) I enjoyed this.

    Lovely anagrams that others have mentioned.

    Re DEBUNK I always thought it meant to ‘expose the falseness of’ and therefore I can’t quite make this clue work, but perhaps there are other defs.

    Least favourite was TABASCO only due to a personal preference to avoid clues that require ‘some’ of a word to be devined.

    Favourites ATISHOO, GOALIES, & HOUSE SPARROW for it’s neat surface.

    Nice week, all.

  24. PS for me the most familiar JACOBS LADDER is the one that takes the Pennine Way from Edale up KINDER SCOUT – which reminded me of last week’s Punk – now the Pennine Way could make a good themed puzzle…

  26. I had the same qualms about TACO and DEBUNK as others, but still a very enjoyable solve. Thanks Maskarade and PeterO.

  29. What a coincidence. I came across the name Edmond Whymper this morning for the first time in my 77 years from Maskarade’s puzzle then, a short while ago, I heard this afternoon’s Drama announced on Radio 4. It is episode 1 of The Reserve Rope, a play about Edward Whymper, “the first man to conquer the Matterhorn.”

    Creepy!

  30. Thanks Maskarade and PeterO

    Rapid solve – would have been quicker still if I hadn’t entered WHYMPER at 1d (ambiguous, as Trailman says), DECAMPS (while wondering about the “bed” part of the definition), and, most confusingly, FOI SCHOOLMASTER (I’ve seen the anagram before), but in the 7d slot – this didn’t show up as incorrect when ORPHANS, ARTEMISIA and ROSETTA all fitted in!

    I did know the people references, but it shows the general age of the solvers here that no-one has questioned the relative obscurity of Steve Ovett (and, Steve Cram. though he is on TV occasionally) nowadays. I did try SCOE, but couldn’t get a last letter.

    You could almost justify HEDGE SPARROW for 26a – “hedge” as in “put up” bets to another bookie to minimise possible losses.

  32. I forgot to add that Jacob’s Ladder is most familiar to me as the common name of our rare flower Polemonium caeruleum; cultivated forms are often grown as garden plants.

  33. DP @18, muffin @30 – re SCHOOLMASTER – the closest example I could find was the other way round and less direct, but I suspect it was already a chestnut before 1999:

    Rufus 24332: New schoolmasters lacking the places to teach (10)

  34. Thanks to Maskarade and PeterO. I was defeated by this setter’s most recent holiday prize puzzle, so that this offering was a welcome change (and very enjoyable). I was slowed down by the spellings of ATISHOO and SPIRAEA and did not know William Whymper but for the most part proceeded fairly quickly.

  35. Gaufrid @31 – thanks – I must admit that I don’t find the time to tackle the Inquisitor very often!

  36. beery hiker @24

    I was going to say that I had climbed that Jacob’s Ladder without knowing the name, but it was a good twenty years ago, and I suspect before the reroute over Kinder Scout. I was out for just a couple of days, and ended up at Snake Pass, experiencing all the joys of Featherbed Moss.

  37. muffin @30. I’ll have you know that Steve Cram, together with Brendan (my chemistry teacher at school, since you ask) is one of the greatest athletes from the North-East and is also an ardent Sunderland supporter. So lay off him and stop calling him obscure, if you please.

  38. PeterO @ 21: I figured some dictionary’s iffy definition was to blame.

    (On the other hand, if a dictionary defines “sandwich” as “bread filled with meats, cheeses, and/or vegetables,” is it okay to define “sandwich” in a crossword as “bread”?)

    (Incidentally, drunk urban Americans eat at taquerias on their way home from the bars, same way drunk urban Britons eat at kebab shops.)

  40. Like others here, I found this more straightforward than I expected based on experience of his ‘specials’, hut I very much enjoyed the many lovely surfaces. DEBUNKS as “makes off” did bother me, though. BUNKS OFF, yes – DEBUNKS, no.

    Thanks, Maskarade and PeterO.

  41. I had the same issues as others with DEBUNKS and the (to me) misleading and superfluous “from” in the clue for SPIRAEA, so thanks PeterO for illuminating the darkness there, and thanks to Maskarade.

    (K’s dad; I was in the same A level physics set as the other member of the gang, S. Coe. He only joined us in the sixth form, and was given a rather uncharitable sobriquet based on the tv show for kids “Belle and Sebastian”)

  42. Peter @36 – your old route was much harder than the current one – all of the Peak District moor sections are now paved, including Featherbed Moss, Bleaklow and Black Hill. Jacobs Ladder used to be an alternatove to a direct route up Grindsbrook and straight over the plateau.

  43. Lovely – I enjoyed this very much. I missed the Corrie reference and had to check the plants and the climber – then like @22, I entered the climber into the grid, though soon corrected. I entered SCRAM without bothering to looking up the athletes.

    Liked the references to 10, they all seemed very tidy. Liked DESPERADO, not sure I’ve seen this simple and elegant take on it before.

    I would suggest Chambers confirms that the pancake is only part of the taco – I’m used to talking about taco shells when you buy them ready-made.

    I didn’t like “from” in 6d, seems to work in surface only but I could be missing something.

    Many thanks Maskarade and PeterO

  44. [I once did an inadvertent and very tedious circular route over the top of Kinder Scout from Kinder Downfall to ………….err, Kinder Downfall. My wife kept saying “We should be aiming for that cloud”. I gently explained that clouds aren’t all that reliable as navigation aids, as they move; a compass is much better. The “I told you so” when we arrived back on the edge about 100 yards from where we had started was resounding. It turned out that I had been taking my compass readings with the compass too close to the camera light meter (that dates it!).]

  48. …….actually I’ve just refound it. The wording was “They may dread posse.” Only very slightly better!

  51. I like ‘ debunks’ ! It’s funny! Funny is good! And another witty, smooth-faced offering. Two in a row……feeling spoilt.

  52. Thanks all
    Pretty straightforward but 7 down was last in after long deliberation over ram… !
    Recently on my daily walk when heavy rain forced me into the fortuitously placed ancient inn. They had a rather good pint of Marstons and free copy of the DTel.I solved the xword and finished the pint just as the sun came out.
    How lucky we are to have The G.

  53. Mainly too easy with two errors and two ludricous clues (SPIRAEA and WHIMPER) which required rather esoteric knowledge in my opinion.

    Strange that everybody seems to have said what a fine puzzle this was and such fun and then slowly pointed out all its flaws.

    I didn’t enjoy this although I did finish it have guessed the esoterica from the word play.

    Sadly in need of an editor IMHO.

    Thanks to PeterO and Maskerade

  54. Actually, BNTO, neither Whymper nor Spiraea were esoteric for me. The mountain man possibly derives from reading “Boys own paper”, but Spiraea gave its name to “aspirin”, though the particular plant has changed genus since, and is no longer Spiraea).

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spiraea

  55. BTNO
    Surely solving definitions which are obscure to a particular solver using the cryptic part of the clue is the whole point of a decent cryptic xword!
    I hate the clues where the definition is so obvious that the cryptic is redundant.

  57. Never done a Maskarade or Gozo (FT) that was so easy as this one.
    It was almost a Quiptic.
    While I prefer somewhat more of a challenge, I solve crosswords at any level without being grumpy.

    SCHOOLMASTER (10d) was my first one in.
    I remembered it from an anagram website that I used at school some months ago.

    I agree with baerchen about the word ‘from’ in SPIRAEA (6d) which really shouldn’t be there.
    But otherwise the solution was clear enough.
    I also agree with Trailman about the ambiguous 1d in which the homophone indicator is positioned between the fodders.
    Should ideally have been avoided.

    Nobody seems to be bothered about 11ac.
    Surely, ORPHANS doesn’t sound like OAR FANS at all?

    Thanks to Maskarade and PeterO.

  58. RCW, Muffin et al

    Surely solving definitions which are obscure to a particular solver using the cryptic part of the clue is the whole point of a decent cryptic xword!

    I totally agree but surely the setter should be aware that the answer is not widely known and thus give the solver a better chance.

    “Whymper” is definitely of this ilk and I have never heard of the chap as I guess is the case for the majority. Making this a DD is definitely very unfair IMHO and all the crossers were still needed to even guess an answer.

    “Spiraea”, although it was an anagram, was similarly bound to be a guess as the correct answer is as unfeasilble spelling as the other guesses. (“sp” for species is also a very obscure piece of word play.)

    I still think these two clues were “crazy” in the general context of this puzzle. Obviously our illustrious ed disagrees. 😉

  59. I would love to know how BNTO is
    aware that a definition is or is not widely known.
    For example he is wrong about Whymper!
    My definition of widely known is ” known by me”!!!

  60. RCW @59
    I think B(NTO) is defining it as “known by him”. Aren’t we all prone to that at times, even if we try to resist it?

    I knew SPIRAEA, and I think the wordplay is clear enough. The crossers help to confirm that “one” is I, not A, and to assist with the anagram of “area” if (as in my case) there is any confusion about the spelling. As for SP being obscure, it is the standard abbreviation in biology (with “spp” for the plural) and anyone interested enough in gardening (a popular British hobby) to look at books or articles or thumb through catalogues should be familiar with it. I think that makes it no more obscure than, for instance, all those cricketing and other sporting terms and abbreviations so beloved of British crossword setters.

    Although Mr Whymper may not be very famous these days, the definition and a couple of the crossers should be enough to solve that one. Yes, I know some solvers feel that every clue should be able to stand alone, but many others disagree with them. We didn’t even need to know the unusual spelling of his name.

  61. Audrey @3

    For 19D, I also started with “spinner”, thinking of the whirligigs that some children attach as accessories to their small bicycles.

  62. Of course my detractors are being disingenuous in their criticism of my comments.

    If one happens to know a particular word it would be rash to pretend that this fact meant it was not a “high vocabulary” word when in fact one knew it was.

    If one is well-read, well eduacted and of a certain age I think one must have a good idea of which words are widely known and by whom. The fact that one knows them personally has no bearing on this.

    At any rate I stand by my original comments 🙂

  63. Actually, Sil (@57), I was bothered (a bit) about the supposed sound-alike in 11A (ORPHANS) but didn’t comment. ‘oar’ sounds like ‘or’, but ‘fans’ sounds nothing like ‘phans’ (with the shwa in the middle). After some interesting experiences on this site I am no longer surprised to find that syllables that don’t sound alike are considered to sound alike.

  64. B(NTO) @62
    “If one is well-read, well eduacted [sic] and of a certain age I think one must have a good idea of which words are widely known and by whom. The fact that one knows them personally has no bearing on this.”

    While I agree with the second sentence, it is clear that well-read, well educated people of a certain (or even uncertain) age can have very different ideas on what is widely known and what is obscure.

    Do you still stand by your comment about “sp.” as “very obscure”? As the standard abbreviation, it should be known by anyone who has had even a very basic education in biology, which is to be expected of well-educated people of any age, surely? Even if not, the gardening-related publishing market is quite large (look in any good bookstore or newsagent or quality newspaper), and its use is widespread there. It also appears quite frequently in writings about nature and conservation, again popular topics.

  65. Thanks PeterO and Maskarade.

    This was a breeze after Redshank’s offering for the same day in the FT.

    All very smooth and enjoyable with only a slight niggle over DEBUNKS = makes off? And what is “from” doing in the clue for 6dn?

    I generally share BeeryHiker’s spelling problem. Fortunately Maskarade spelled out the last 4 letters this time!

    Good fun. Would be nice to see more of Maskerade on a regular basis. Looking forward to an Easter treat.

  66. Thanks Maskarade and PeterO

    It was a surprise to see this name on the banner of a midweek crossword in the Guardian, although he does feature from time to time in the FT during the week in his Gozo guise.

    This one was comparatively easier than his normal offerings here, although it still took over an hour in a couple of sessions to do. It was a golden age of middle distance when you guys had S Cram, S Ovett and S Coe representing at the major competitions – even from afar, I remember admiring their ability.

    Had the same issues as most with DEBUNKS, although at the time of writing it in, I had no qualms – just couldn’t find reference support for it afterwards !

    Finished with the SPIRAEA plant at 6d, IGNOBLE (where for some reason I needed all of the crossers) and HOUSE SPARROW as the last one in.

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