PREAMBLE
Every clue is OBEYING A RULE whereby each
definition, in whole or in part,
is disguised by a one word anagram contained an extra letter. In clue
order these extra letters provide the beginnings of a thematic opening. Six cells contain clashes of
more than one letter forming thematic
names which should be entered as Xs. When complete, two rows can
be re-arranged to form in one case a
two-word thematic phrase and in the other two further thematic names, all of
which should be written below the grid. Numbers in brackets
refer to grid entries.
SOLUTION
GRACE
BROTHERS
RUMBOLD HARMAN
The
extra letters discarded from anagrams of definitions in clue order spell “GROUND
FLOOR PERFUMERY STATIONERY AND LEATHER GOODS WIGS AND…. ”, the opening of the
ARE YOU BEING SERVED? theme-tune. Cells
containing multiple letters spell GRAINGER, PEACOCK, SLOCOMBE, BRAHMS,
HUMPHRIES and LUCAS in possible starting positions if the grid is taken as a
plan of the shop-floor (the block representing the central stand / podium). The
top and bottom rows can be re-arranged to form GRACE BROTHERS, RUMBOLD and
HARMAN respectively. OBEYING A RU(L)E
can be re-arranged to form ARE YOU BEING, which is SERVED in accordance with
the clue definitions.
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| The Cast of Obeying a Rule |
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