The corrections to misprints in the clues spelt out The Waste Land, the source of the perimeter quotation “Who is the third who walks always beside you?”. The quotation refers to the feeling that another is present, as related in journeys to the unclued entries: two disciples on the road to EMMAUS and SHACKLETON’s 1916 crossing of SOUTH GEORGIA. T S Eliot’s footnote to this passage of the poem said “The following lines were stimulated by the account of the Antarctic expeditions (I forget which, but I think one of Shackleton’s): it was related that the party of explorers, at the extremity of their strength, had the constant delusion that there was one more member than could actually be counted.”
Conventions: * = anagram, < = reversal
No | Misprint | Answer | Explanation |
---|---|---|---|
Across | |||
8 | NO ONE | E after NOON | |
9 | WORRICOW | (OR + RIC) in WOW | |
10 | boa(T) | OAR | OR around A |
11 | HI-TECH | H + ETHIC * | |
12 | BEMUD | MU in BED | |
13 | s(H)out | YAH-BOO | YAHOO around B |
14 | rac(E) | ETHNIC | ETH + NIC(e) |
15 | ORDEAL | OR + DEAL | |
16 | (W)ee | KENNETS | KEN + NETS |
20 | t(A)les | MYTHI | (gri)MY THI(ngs) |
24 | Dete(S)t | LOATHE | LO(ng) + A + THE |
26 | MOHOCK | (out)MO(ded) + HOCK | |
27 | AIR-DRY | AIRY around DR | |
28 | mea(T) | RAMEN | R + AMEN |
29 | HOWE’ER | HOW + (r)E(v)E(l)R(y) | |
30 | l(E)tter | ETA | (Socr)ATE(s) < |
31 | STANNOUS | (mo)ST(ly) (w)AN(t) (o)N(e) (t)O(n) (j)US(t) | |
32 | ORIEL | OR + IE + L | |
Down | |||
1 | HOASTS | HOAS around ST | |
2 | (L)ad | INGÉNU | IN + GEN + U |
3 | SEMMIT | M in TIMES < | |
4 | HOT-DOG | 2 meanings | |
5 | g(A)ng | TRIAD | 2 meanings |
6 | HITHER | HIT + HER | |
7 | ICE BAG | ICE + BAG | |
9 | WAUCHT | (WATCH + (o)U(t)) * | |
17 | (N)ation | NORWAY | NO WAY around R(estrictions) |
18 | NA-DENE | ((threat)ENED AN(d)) < | |
19 | SEROUS | SER(i)OUS | |
21 | YOM TOB | TOMBOY * | |
22 | THEIRS | HEIRS after T(errain) | |
23 | ICE TEA | CAFETERIA * − FAR * | |
25 | win(D) | TREND | TEND around R |