1ACross is happy to present “Figuring It Out”, from “Bingo”, exclusively for our solvers.
Answers can be submitted by anyone who wishes to participate, on or before EOD 16th Dec. 2020. All those who submit entries have a chance to enter our leader board for 2020.
Annotations for the puzzle will be discussed at 1ACross on Thursday, Dec. 17, 2020.
Here are the instructions for the Puzzle:
All down clues (except the last one) have a single letter misprint in the definition part of the clue, needing correction with a substitute letter for the answer.
Misprints occur only in words with three letters or more.
In clue order, the discarded letters spell out the name of a famous personality (3,4,7) whose works have been featured in part in the two unclued entries, the unchecked letters of which may be arranged to read ‘I USE A PEN IN …’
Chambers 2016 is the primary reference. Some words in the grid relate to proper names.
Example of misprint: If CASE is the grid entry, and the clue has SKIT as definition, it gets corrected as SUIT, and K is the discarded letter. Definition may comprise multiple words, but there will be only one misprint per clue.
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Bonus Question: Who’s the famous personality – from the misprint letters (3,4,7)
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