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lavender

20th December 2014, 17:46
if anyone has stuck with this today, please can you help me with 7 and 8 ac on both grids?
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jazzgirl

20th December 2014, 19:09
clues ?
letters placed ?
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mamya

20th December 2014, 19:29
each clue consists of 2 parts with the first of those going in the left grid and the 2nd part going in the right grid; but an extra letter has to be added to one of each pair of solutions before entry into the grid.

8a: US sports player, one from HQ, linked with forward daughter under the sheets (7;7)
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lavender

20th December 2014, 19:34
left grid is baseman
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greedy kite

20th December 2014, 20:15
As I already suggested on your original thread, why don't you quote the clues in full and give us all the letters you already have? I'm not prepared to work from scratch on the Guardian website, which as usual is not working properly anyway.
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ginge

20th December 2014, 20:29
If I'm reading mamya's intro correctly, since the wordplay and answer in 8L is baseman I'm assuming the right entry of 7 letters is a 6 letter answer to the clue with an additional letter, so;

bonded, [on (forward) + d (daughter)] in bed (under the sheets)?
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greedy kite

20th December 2014, 20:53
So presumably it's "bounded"?
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ginge

20th December 2014, 21:02
I'd imagine so G.K. if the entries are all "real" words and my assumptions are right (ie the (7,7) corresponds to grid length entry) but as I don't have the crossword in front of me ..............
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mamya

20th December 2014, 21:06
Here's a link to the grid should anyone want it - you need to click where it says for a PDF.


http://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/2014/dec/20/prize-crossword-no-26448
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greedy kite

20th December 2014, 21:14
.............and that's exactly what won't work at my end, so I'm afraid I can't help!
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