The author and journalist Dame Rebecca West defined journalism as “the ability to meet the challenge of filling the space”. Solvers had to demonstrate such ability by fitting two or three letters (shown grouped in brackets below) into some cells to make answers fit; the contents of the affected cells spelt out the latter part of the quotation.
Conventions: * = anagram, < = reversal
No | Answer | Explanation [extra letter] |
---|---|---|
Across | ||
4 | S(TO)NE HAM(ME)R | (ONE M[U]ST HEAR + M(etallica)) * |
11 | M(ÉT)IER | IE in METR(e) |
12 | A(THE)ISM | (MATE IS + H) * |
14 | ALBUMS | A + BUM in LS |
15 | DITONE | IT in DONE |
16 | (CH)EESEB(ALL) | CHEESE + B(ug) + ALL |
18 | AARON | (baz)AAR [N]ON(sense) |
19 | IN A S(EN)SE | “mel” is IN A SENSE, viz. “smell” |
21 | SNEESH | SEEN < in S/H |
24 | (GE)ECHEE | GEE + CHEE[R] |
28 | PR(OFF)ERER | PROF + FEDERER - (D + E) |
29 | AX(ILL)AR | A + X + (d)I(agonal) + LL + A(lgebraic) R(epresentation) |
31 | (ING)ATHERS | (GRAIN + HASTE - A) * |
32 | E(THE)RIAL | AIR < in ETHEL |
33 | (SP)ITTER | SP[L]ITTER |
35 | KNEAD | homophone of NEED |
36 | RETR(ACE) | CATERER * |
37 | WEDNESDAY | (NEEDY + D + WAS) * |
Down | ||
1 | SMA | S[O]MA |
2 | W(ET) LEASE | (LET WAS + E(quitabl)E) * |
3 | LIBERO | BER(k) in LI[M]O |
5 | (TO)RMENTERS | MEN in TORT + ORDERS - ORD |
6 | NESBIT | IBSEN < + T |
7 | END-(ALL) | EL around (ND + AL) |
8 | A(THE)TISED | A + THET(a) + IS + ED |
9 | MIOC(EN)E | (COME(t) + IN + (atmospher)E) * |
10 | (ME)SNE | ENSEM(ble) < |
13 | METE | M’ + [J]ETÉ |
16 | (CH)AN(GE) | C[A]GE around HAN |
17 | RANGATIRA | RANG + TIARA * |
20 | (THE)RIAN | THER(e) + I(ndigenous) + A + N(Z) |
22 | SCARERS | RE in SCARS |
23 | HERS | HE[I]RS |
25 | C(OFF)ERED | (FF + E + R) in COED |
26 | GRA(SP)ED | GR(e)ED around ASP |
27 | V(ILL)ETTE | (LET + (tu)T(ees)) in VILE |
28 | PEEK | KEEP < |
30 | ATHENE | ATE around HEN |
31 | (ING)LES | [S]INGLES |
34 | R(ACE)R | R + ACER |