Thursday 9 June 2022

Solution to Mayhem Parva by Vagans

 Mayhem Parva by Vagans - SOLUTION

Extra letters produced by the wordplay of down clues spell PREAMBLE RECOMMENDATION. Chambers is recommended in the preamble, and Sidney Chambers is the hero of the Grantchester series by James Runcie. GRANTCHESTER and RUNCIE are to be highlighted, avoiding  the red herrings ARCHER and BROOKE, two other authors with Grantchester connections (shaded in grey for information).

 

Across: 1 G ABBA, 5 ZARA in MOB, 10 (ROAR)*, 11 C(ambridge) U(university) P(ress) around A, 13 NONE GO, 14 (styli)SH IN NE(ckwear), 15 (BLUE BLOOD)* - (BOB)*, 17 (r)EGRET, 18 KEEN< around B(ethlehemite), 20 ECO STATE and ECOSTATE, 21 ACE around ALEPH, 27 ER in RUN, 29 REVERIE less letters of VR, 30 (ASS I RC)<  [pies=magpies], 31 SALOON*, 32 HEM around OLD, 35 (like)S PUD(ding), 36 HE in GE, 37 REP + LAYS, 38 CHA RR and "char" in two senses.

 

Down: 1 GOO S[P]EY, 2 ARCHE[R] - HE, 3 B RAID[E]R*, 4 BAS[A]N over ET, 5 MALE [M]IC, 6 [B]OUND Y, 7 LAW N, 8 [E]AGLETS round (sh)I(re), 9 {[R]OOK about BR(idge)} E, 11 CAN[E] TEENS, 12 M[C] ELBA, 16 EEL in (E S[O]UND)*, 19 [M]ACE ROSE, 21 [M]ARCHER, 22 IL in [E]ARS, 23 HI[N]T around A US, 24 {S(outhern) GI< H(ospital)} in BE[D], 25 (ARBRO[A]TH - R)*, 26 PEN REN[T]<, 28 [I]CY about AMP, 33 [O]DAL, 34 HER[N].



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