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Across
ENCYCLOPAEDIA
TRACHEA
OVERNIGHT
SITTING DUCK
HANOI
NURSE
PHENOMENA
RED PENCIL
TIMID
WIRED
UPSET
BAWDY
TABLE SALT
HOLSTER
TRUSS
ALL-TIME
YEARNINGS
SCENT
EIGHT
CADGE
SHEER
VARNISHED
ELEVATING
LILAC
MARGE
IMPERSONATE
POINT DUTY
TURNERS
TREASURE CHEST
Down
EPOCH
CLEANED
CONTINENT
ORGANIC
AFTERGLOW
DESCENT
ACT UP
TAIL END
AGGRO
HOUSEBREAKING
AWKWARD
ROUGHLY
MATHS
WHEEL
SALT AND PEPPER
BARON
YOURS
BLAST
TREATED
TENSE
TASTE
ENVELOPES
ENIGMATIC
CHEMIST
SAILORS
RELIEVE
ROCKIER
HIRSUTE
AGREE
GRANT
EGYPT

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Dear pavlov,a
In the Tossman 1209, I think the answer to 42 across is ‘elevating’. ‘Elevator’ doesn’t have enough letters or fit in with the clue. Keep up the Good work. I really missed the puzzles all those months when The Listener was out of production. Wishing you a safe and peaceful Festive Season. Jennifer in hot, oppressive Christchurch.
Yes, you’re right of course – I must have misread my answers! Thanks for pointing out the slip-up – I have fixed the page now. Best wishes, Jennifer….
Many thanks for attending to the problem so promptly…Even better, 1209 is ‘all done by lunch time’. Now I have to wait for 1210….J.
Well done – yes, a bit of a wait for 1210 it seems! Many thanks again for the correction…