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Title With Love
Setter Sabre
Series Magpie
Number Issue 150, no. 3
Date Jun 2015
Magazine Artwork Generation – Participate In Evolution
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DifficultyD
Grid 12×12 grid with only two bars either side of the central square. Clue numbers 1–13 appear in each square in the top row. Clues are listed under the headings Thematic Rows, Rows and Columns.
Preamble Seven rows are thematic, comprising in order:
1 two adjacent rows which, when read consecutively, give the title of a novel – each row is clued separately by wordplay;
2 three adjacent rows which, when read consecutively, are descriptive of certain pursuits during The Excursion; 3 a jumble of the author's name; and
4 two characters, clued by jumble.
All other rows (clued in correct order) and columns contain two entries of aggregate length 13, except for the central column which contains two six-letter entries. Entries are clued normally, and in the correct order. Row answers are entered normally. In each column, one answer is entered normally and the other as a jumble. Bars in normally clued rows and columns (not required in solutions) would display 180° symmetry. Clued answers include two geographical names, a proper noun, and a verbal form (in OED) of a noun in Chambers.
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