Location, Location, Location by Agricola

Puzzle explanation

Clued entries FIVERS + INTER suggested Finsbury (Park) and SPURS + ROBUST suggested Tottenham Hale, two London Underground stations on the Victoria Line, similarly suggested by BECKHAM + YARN on the grid’s diagonal. The station between them is Seven Sisters, the theme of the puzzle. The Seven Sisters (the Pleiades of Greek mythology) that were jumbled in the grid were Alcyone, Celaeno, Electra, Maia, Sterope or Asterope, and Taygeta or Taygete, leaving Merope to be entered below. The extra letters in wordplay spelt out “Japanese car manufacturer; Maori festival at midwinter”, descriptions of Subaru and Matariki, two other names for the Pleiades star group.

Clue explanations

Conventions: * = anagram, < = reversal

No Answer Explanation [extra letter]
Across
2 INTER [J](uv)E in (TURIN * − U)
6 HEAVIES (I HAVE) * + SE[A] <
11 I-BEAM IBM around A[P]E <
12 EMMAUS EMM[A] + AUS
13 ELIGIBILITY [N]EGLIGIBILITY − G
14 ERIC ER + IC[E]
15 ANALOGON [S]LOG in (AN + A + ON)
17 RIND R[E]IN + D(og)
20 RACE (CERAMI[C] − MI) with letters cycled
22 SAKIEH H after (SAK[A]I + E)
23 TANISTS (SIN in STA[R]T) <
27 TEARS STREA[M] *
29 ANCHORS A + (wor)N + C[A]HORS
30 MEETER E[N]TER after ME
32 BLAT ABLA[U]T − A
36 DEMO DE[F] + MO
37 BAGHEERA (BAG + HE) in ARE[A] <
39 AHAB BA[C]H < after A
40 INTO THIN AIR HIN[T] in ANTIRIOT *
41 CONMAN [U]C + ON + MAN
42 STENS STE[R]NS
43 SEA-GIRT (TE[E]S around RIGA) <
44 SPURS PUR[R] in SS
Down
1 FIVERS IF < + VER[M]IS − I
2 IBERIAN IAN after (I + BE[A]R)
3 TALC (snor)T A L[O]C(al)
4 EMIT [R]EMIT
5 REGATHER HE[I]R after GREAT *
6 HEINE H(ir)E + [F]INE
7 EMBAY EY[E] around MBA
8 VALORIZED (M)IRO[S]LAV < + ZED
9 ESTOC C after ([T]EST + O’)
10 SLYNESS NESS after S[I](l)LY
16 LINSEY (SE[V]ERY − (E + R)) after LIN
18 DIPHTHONG (DIP + THONG) around H[A](t)
19 KETONE ONE after KE[L]T
21 ASH AS[A] + H
24 ARMBANDS [T]AR + MB + AN + DS
25 YABBIES (SE[M]I- + B + BAY) <
26 OCA MAN[I]OC − MAN + À
28 REMAINS RE[D] + MAIN + S
31 ROBUST RO[W] + BUST
33 LANCE CEL[I]NA *
34 LEHAR LEAR[N] around H
35 PRINT PR + IN + T[T]
38 WASP WAS + [E]P
39 AITU AIT + [R]U
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