09 October 2021

Comings and Goings

 Appearing in the i Newspaper as Inquisitor 1720

The Preamble

18 clues each omit a single letter in their wordplay, which should also be entered at the foot of the corresponding column in which they appear. The remaining 21 clues have an extra letter in their wordplay which when taken in clue order provide five consecutive words from a poem (in ODQ) whose author is provided by the circled cells.  Solvers must highlight the two rows that provide cryptic representations of three further lines of the poem.


Comings and Goings


There was a young lady named Bright,

Whose speed was far faster than light;                    Extra letters

She set out one day,  In a relative way    >             (ONE DAY)* in REL. + ROAD

And returned on the previous night         >             BRIGHT + REPLIED over PREVIOUS NIGHT

ARTHUR BULLER (in circles) – Relativity in Punch 19 December 1923