From: rt@ukc.ac.uk (R.W.Thearle)
Newsgroups: rec.puzzles.crosswords
Subject: Sixes and Sevens
Summary: On with his head!?
Date: 19 Aug 92 15:01:18 GMT
Reply-To: rt@ukc.ac.uk (R.W.Thearle)
Organization: Computing Lab, University of Kent at Canterbury, UK.


	Latest attempt at a thematic crossword

				Roy

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			  Sixes and sevens

Clues i) to xxvi) lead to 26 six-letter answers, each of which can be
augmented initially by a different letter of the alphabet to give another
word. The answers are to be placed in the grid starting at the appropriate
letter, with upper case denoting across words and lower case denoting
down words. For example, "theism" would be inserted at "A"; "linked" could
be inserted at "B", "c" or "S".

Clues I) to XIII) consist of a definition of a six-letter word plus an
anagram of the word together with two extra letters (either may come first).
The 26 extra letters are all different. The answers are to be placed in
the unmarked spaces in the grid.

Both these sets are clued in alphabetical order.

All answers can be confirmed in Chambers, except for four of the six-letter
words (asterisked), which are in Webster's 3rd.

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#Gp |1  |   |q  |   |d  #u  |   |2  |   |   |   #oS |   |v  |   |3  |c  #
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#   #   #4  |   |   |   |   |5  |   #6  |   |   |   |   |   |   #   #   #
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#7  |   |   |   |   #   #   #   #   #8  |   |   |   #r  #   #   |   |   #
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#X  |   |   |   |   |   #K  |   |   |   |   |   #E  |   |   |   |   |   #
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#   #9  |   |   |   |   |   |   |   #   #10 #   #   #11 |   |   |   #   #
#   #   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   #   #   #   #   #   |   |   |   #   #
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#   |   |   |   |   |   #   |   |   |   |   |   #Y  |   |   |   |   |   #
#   |   |   |   |   |   #   |   |   |   |   |   #   |   |   |   |   |   #
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#t  |   |   |f  |   |w  #I  |   |m  |   |   |   #A  |   |n  |   |   |   #
#   |   |   |   |   |   #   |   |   |   |   |   #   |   |   |   |   |   #
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#   #12 |   |   |   #   #   #   #   #13 |   |   |   |   |   |14 |   #   #
#   #   |   |   |   #   #   #   #   #   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   #   #
#---#---#####---+---#---#---#####---#####---+---#---#####---+---#####---#
#L  |   |   |   |   |   #H  |   |   |15 |   |   #Z  |   |   |   |16 |   #
#   |   |   |   |   |   #   |   |   |   |   |   #   |   |   |   |   |   #
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#   |   |   #   #   #17 |   |   |   #   #   #   #   #18 |   |   |   |   #
#   |   |   #   #   #   |   |   |   #   #   #   #   #   |   |   |   |   #
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#   #   #19 |   |   |   |   |   |   #20 |   |   |   |   |   |   #   #   #
#   #   #   |   |   |   |   |   |   #   |   |   |   |   |   |   #   #   #
#---#---#####---#####---#---#####---#---#####---#---#####---#####---#---#
#B  |   |   |   |   |   #J  |   |   |   |   |   #   |   |   |   |   |   #
#   |   |   |   |   |   #   |   |   |   |   |   #   |   |   |   |   |   #
#########################################################################

i)     Sick of crying after guillotine falls.
ii)    Coin having 11 on backwards.
iii)   Taking heads off 9 flowers.
iv)    Ill-nature of old enterprise.
v)    *Wales thrashed by Western Samoa? No wonder.
vi)    Tell start of Christmas in church - manger's there.
vii)   Indians surround 4th cavalry, time to make a row.
viii)  Acquired xxi in poor condition.
ix)    Frames, as in fish.
x)     Easter concoction - they don't need to be cooked.
xi)    Expel a mixture of ash, etc..
xii)   Makes triumphant in duel at espionage.
xiii)  Give power to French in overthrow of Napoleon's place of exile.
xiv)   Switching subject in middle of sex.
xv)    Having no will, is in trouble initially over this.
xvi)   Llamas not taking care of lizards.
xvii)  What's confused in head is preserved in Glasgow.
xviii)*Epistemological optimist is a believer in an absent god.
xix)   Delays partners after pushing up daisies.
xx)    Behold musical instrument dropping note - it can be found at he base of
        the ear.
xxi)   Approached viii, in a state of confusion.
xxii)  Ore-ologists likened it to eggs originally.
xxiii) Expelled - used to miscreate.
xxiv) *I'm in the Marines, and er... I work on bedsprings.
xxv)   Where horses are fixed.
xxvi) *Indians' Austin Cavalier.

I)     Mini tree: quasi-nob.
II)    Eighth oz. dog charm.
III)   Jet glaze tiny bird.
IV)    Reticent complete.
V)     Aperture esteemly.
VI)    Jews camp together.
VII)   Worsten'd Kea genus.
VIII)  Rig again tar mixer.
IX)    Staves in quick nap.
X)     Messed up doshless.
XI)    E.g. Havana fogeyist.
XII)   It's brass gem paste.
XIII)  A surface track map.

Other clues
Ac.
4. Upset CID and Jets scatter. (7)
6. Wild carouse, not like stag. (7)
7. Trees; they can be animated or not so animated. (5)
8. Paths set in concrete. (4)
9. What can assist with cuts in 19s revised version. (8)
11. A bird or three. (4)
12. Some myths (dead wrong). (4)
13. They could produce energy in sport. (8)
17. Spenser's simple; he's chasing alien. (4)
18. Casting pointless details of lunar influences. (5)
19. Add postscript to change book. (7)
20. Scorn poor design ending in trouble. (7)

Dn.
1. Something round, carried by dung-beetle - it stinks. (4)
2. In skiing, slow down and stop (upright). (4)
3. Lancers massacred around start of hostilities; bodies placed here? (8)
4. Scottish goal - over 50's do nothing. (4)
5. Murmur rises - Gypsy girl comes over to raise spirits. (7)
9. Long cord knitted with needles - or from them? (8)
10. Burnt fish - some sort of herring (that's irrelevant). (7)
14. Dine out for pheasant's eggs. (4)
15. Earliest extremes make point. (4)
16. Extract from ill-gotten gains. (4)