Crossword Centre Prize Puzzle August 2023

 Right is Wrong by Flowerman

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Twenty across clues contain an extra word which must be removed before solving. Ten of these extra words contain a particular pattern of letters, with a different example in each. Several more examples of the pattern occur in clue answers. Solvers must introduce eight more examples (ie, different to those in extra words and answers) of the pattern into the perimeter by changing letters in some cells. All resulting new entries are real words, including a comparative form and an abbreviation.

Across

1 Cafe right out of pickled mushroom spread (7)

6 Duke leaving country after one took vulgar picture (6)

10 Spooner's capital gains affected policy transfer (6)

11 Dismal old tenor beginning to snore during ceremony (6)

14 Excitement in Wiesbaden for Ocker on vacation (5)

15 Some spectacular bijoux in Asian tin (4)

16 Base probing sailors' careers (5)

18 Wolfgang’s subtle about rejecting the local oils (5)

19 Extremely slack Welsh alumni are lost causes (6)

21 Types near Rajkot wearing American suits (6)

23 Are folk endlessly fanatical about coffee? (7)

24 Jack irritated after losing case to churchgoing jerk (6)

25 Dashing European men fashion top-quality swimmers (11, 2 words)

29 In retreat, US president getting abstainer in for a good meaningful talk (6)

31 Devious crones had disdained Macbeth (7)

33 Pressure sexy racing driver to return fabrics (6)

35 Birds migrating west regularly into lowveld (6)

37 Sound articles in Spanish and English about lockjaw (5)

41 Bones strewn across area not including coccyx bone (5)

43 Fools’ anecdotes disheartened geniuses (4)

44 Subordinate to heave Aussie out of church (5)

45 Change side in hunt for animal in Moray Firth (6)

46 Vehicle with revolutionary hubcaps in English town (6)

47 Deliver QR-code signal with reservation (6)

48 Releases by byzantine Greek character backing workers (7)

Down

1 Draw up chart's second key (4)

2 Tree with pliant branches on rocky rise (5)

3 City in Iran upset about 60 Minutes showing part of mosque (6)

4 Commission dismissing Britain's obligation (4)

5 Stalk in cross-section's trigonal (5)

6 Seaweed turning up in stern (4)

7 Laird ignoring a ground tremor in the Highlands (4)

8 A petition going around cheers Turkish ruler (6)

9 After estimates retain contractor (5)

12 Sire frolicking with dams gets the wrong idea (8)

13 Spectacle shortened with no grand song of triumph (5)

15 Disease of bats irregular but not unusually rare (5)

17 Top layer of coat shed by Arctic inhabitant (4)

19 Amid conflict in grammar school, new threats (8)

20 Total panic when Australian out for duck (5)

22 Release first of carp into English stream (5)

26 Retiring soldiers are sent faulty heaters (5)

27 Opponents of uprising are French (4)

28 Cut tin’s sharp without question (5)

30 Abel’s brother mostly brooded over experiences (6)

32 Country women visiting golf club (6)

33 Commendation after Rex left bread in Nepal (5)

34 Wretched Hindu shunning Indian holy man (5)

36 Philatelist finally studied stamp (5)

38 Hopeful ultimately showing up who’s outstanding (4)

39 Lambert abandoning old joint in the Dales long ago (4)

40 Aquatic bird shot in sound (4)

42 Convenors disregarding children’s voices (4)

To enter this competition, send your entry as an image or in list format, to ccpuzzles@talktalk.net before 8th September 2023. The first correct entry drawn from the hat will receive a book from the Chambers range, which has been donated by Chambers.