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Title Remembrance Day Crossword
Setter Shackleton
Series Magpie
Number Issue 12, 5
Date Oct 2003
Makes A Great Present I Expect
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DifficultyD
Grid 12×12 barred grid with 180° symmetry and no numbers. Clues are given in two unnumbered lists under the headings Across and Down.
Preamble Across clues are given in their standard order. Down clues correspond to entries ordered top to bottom, then left to right. All clues contain a superfluous word, the first letters of which give further instructions.
Solution Notes
(Hide Solution)		The grid is a representation of the lines of John McCrae: "In Flanders Fields the poppies blow, Between the crosses, row on row".
Initials of superfluous words spell out "Highlight crosses, and one word, in scene from Flanders Fields".
The crosses formed from letters in the relevant squares are: Victoria, ankh, papal, Geneva, iron, Greek, saltire, Calvary, George, Lorraine, ansate, Latin, tau, Red, Jerusalem, Maltese.
KeywordsJohn McCrae In Flanders Fields the poppies blow Between the crosses row on row Highlight crosses and one word in scene from Flanders Fields Victoria ankh papal Geneva iron Greek saltire Calvary George Lorraine ansate Latin tau Red Jerusalem Maltese difficulty-D grade-D
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