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26 Sanxion -
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23 down - FEUD
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[edit] pre-Sanxion... :(

ACROSS
14. Educational title. [Straight] [7]
22. Prattle, the Americans' last letter. [Cryptic] [6]
DOWN
14. Headless father and wife's head buried in stuff. [Cryptic] [9]
17. Attribute wizard. [Straight] [7]
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R-Tape wrote: Sat May 12, 2018 8:54 pm Mat - bad boy, 60 minutes of Eurovision as punishment.
Can I re-watch the 2003 contest? It had many great tunes, but a crap winner.
Tatu(Russia), Jemini(UK), Lou(Germany), Beth(Spain), Lior Narkis(Israel), Esther Hart(Netherlands), Fame(Sweden) - they all had great tunes.
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14. Educational title. [Straight] [7]
Horizons.

No question, back of the net.
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R-Tape wrote: Sat May 12, 2018 9:11 pm
14. Educational title. [Straight] [7]
Horizons.

No question, back of the net.
I'm just waiting for Kweepa to write that into his grid.
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Except it doesn't fit :)
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BTW 17 down also hasn't been guessed correctly yet.
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MatGubbins wrote: Sat May 12, 2018 9:02 pm Can I re-watch the 2003 contest? It had many great tunes, but a crap winner.
Tatu(Russia), Jemini(UK), Lou(Germany), Beth(Spain), Lior Narkis(Israel), Esther Hart(Netherlands), Fame(Sweden) - they all had great tunes.
We was robbed that year, I blame the unsporting Paraguans for messing with the audio equipment.

And Jemini's singing.
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R-Tape wrote: Sat May 12, 2018 9:14 pm
MatGubbins wrote: Sat May 12, 2018 9:02 pm Can I re-watch the 2003 contest? It had many great tunes, but a crap winner.
Tatu(Russia), Jemini(UK), Lou(Germany), Beth(Spain), Lior Narkis(Israel), Esther Hart(Netherlands), Fame(Sweden) - they all had great tunes.
We was robbed that year, I blame the unsporting Paraguans for messing with the audio equipment.

And Jemini's singing.
We were indeed, an so were Tatu, they came 3rd. 1st and 2nd were utter crap, but back to an all important crossword and the last remaining clues.
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Re: ZXword

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14 Magnets .... give it a whirl
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14 across - PHYSICS
14 down - PADDYWACK (headless father - ADDY, wife's head - W, buried in stuff - in PACK)
22 across - YAKZEE (prattle - YAK, Americans' last letter ZEE)

Just 17 down attribute wizard ..E.I.. to get.
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well done, I was messing around with Magnets and Physics .
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Kweepa wrote: Sat May 12, 2018 9:32 pm 14 across - PHYSICS
14 down - PADDYWACK (headless father - ADDY, wife's head - W, buried in stuff - in PACK)
22 across - YAKZEE (prattle - YAK, Americans' last letter ZEE)

Just 17 down attribute wizard ..E.I.. to get.
Correct.
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I just noticed 12 down (missing from the grid).
Seasonal games developer? EPYX
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Kweepa wrote: Sat May 12, 2018 10:12 pm I just noticed 12 down (missing from the grid).
Seasonal games developer? EPYX
Correct. Sorry it was missing from the grid; the error happened during the image upload.
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It has to be The Netherlands for my choice.
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Nope, can't suss it (but I can't even count to 7 it seems), can I have EPYX explained pleez.
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R-Tape wrote: Sat May 12, 2018 10:23 pm Nope, can't suss it (but I can't even count to 7 it seems), can I have EPYX explained pleez.
winter and summer games
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MatGubbins wrote: Sat May 12, 2018 10:25 pm
R-Tape wrote: Sat May 12, 2018 10:23 pm Nope, can't suss it (but I can't even count to 7 it seems), can I have EPYX explained pleez.
winter and summer games
did they ever have a spring and autumn games?
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This is what the original grid was supposed to look like (including 12 down):

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MatGubbins wrote: Sat May 12, 2018 10:26 pm winter and summer games
Thanks, sorry I thought the name was part of the answer somehow.
did they ever have a spring and autumn games?
Coitus and Pickling would be the main events.
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Rorthron wrote: Sat May 12, 2018 10:27 pm This is what the original grid was supposed to look like (including 12 down):

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Ooh a crossword!

14 across - PHYSICS.

(sorry :P ) thanks for a well crafted quiz Rorth.
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special

..e.i..
utewiza

attribUTEWIZArd
(yeah, I know it looks stupid, but it's worth a shot.)
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MatGubbins wrote: Sat May 12, 2018 10:46 pm special

..e.i..
utewiza

attribUTEWIZArd
(yeah, I know it looks stupid, but it's worth a shot.)
No, it wasn't worth a shot.

("Special" is not right, either.)
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Re: ZXword

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Here's what I have come up with:
STEPICK (Ste Pickford)
SPECIMG (some kind of Spectrum image software?)
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