Inquisitor 1912: Absences by Skylark

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Does Skylark herald the start of ladies’ month?
 
Preamble: From each of thirty-six clues, a letter must be removed before solving, giving items from a thematic group. From each of five other clues, a surplus word must be removed before solving. After inspecting the completed grid, solvers must enter absences below it.

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Everyman 4,104

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I thought this was rather harder than usual, but perhaps that was because I was having dreadful trouble with my mouse. The blog took longer than it usually does. The usual rhyming pair, the self-referential clue and the ‘primarily’ clue are all as usual and coloured in the diagram. Some nice clues, one or two that I don’t understand, and one or two mild criticisms.

Definitions in italics, underlined in crimson. Indicators (homophone, reversal, anagram, missing letter, etc) in italics. Anagrams indicated *(like this) or (like this)*. Link-words in green.

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Quiz tomorrow (Sunday)

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Hi all Just a reminder that the quiz is tomorrow and that the venue has changed from the original invitation.  It is a larger venue so there is still room to add people … Read more >>