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Title Itinerant
Setter Tiburon
Series Magpie
Number Issue 60½, no. 5
Date Dec 2007
Major Announcement: Gratis Promotional Inaugural E-dition
[Drumming up business for the new venture]
DifficultyC
Grid 12×12 barred grid with 180° symmetry.
Preamble Twelve letters in the grid (one in each column/row) in row order spell a thematic word. These letters are excluded in wordplay of all associated clues. Remaining clues are normal, but also yield two further thematic words from the letters (in clue order) 'keyed' by the initial letter of each such clue's solution. For example, if the answer to such a clue begins with a Q, it is the 17th letter of that clue (ignoring any spaces or punctuation) that is to be used. After completion of the grid, solvers must replace the twelve letters in the grid (always creating real words) to yield, in column order, a phrase (9,3) linking all three thematic words.
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