Crossword 757 answers and explanations

By David Tossman In Cryptic Crosswords

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25th February, 2012
Company in wrongville After the problem with revere in crossword 755, a  similar little blunder turned up in this puzzle. Fortunately this one was caught in time by an attentive subeditor. I had fettucine in the clue for 5 down, an anagram of CUT IT FINE. I will forever now remember now that it has two Cs. Seeking a little mitigation, I submit  that fettucine and fettucini are both given as alternatives by Chambers and that fettucine is the more frequent spelling on ...

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