Omitted letters spelled out a quote from Pericles: FOR FAMOUS MEN HAVE THE WHOLE EARTH AS THEIR leaving MEMORIAL as the word to be clued. APEX appears diagonally in the centre of the grid. Eric Chalkley (aka Apex) had died earlier that year.
ACROSS
1 (F)RASCATI; rasca(l) + it (rev.)
7 BL(O)CS; b,l c,s
11 SHOOTING-I(R)ON; hoot in sin + GI on
13 (F)IE(F)DOMS; mode (rev.) in is
14 T(A)SSIES; SS in ties
16 PENSU(M); pen + us (rev.)
17 ALL(O)SAUR; SA in allur(e)
18 M(U)RVA; m r V A
19 WHAT(‘S) UP DOC; anag.
22 CLE(M)ENTINE; le in centine(l)
24 PI(E)RC(E); r in pic
25 MA(N)X CATS; max + cats
27 PSYC(H)E; s YC in PE
30 GI(A)OURS; G i + ours
31 (V)ERSACE; s in E race
32 OST(E)OMY(E)LITIS; 0 + anag. + it is
33 S(T)RAI(T); ‘s rai
34 S(H)ELLACS; AC in sells
DOWN
1 R(E)SIL(E); hidden
2 SOD’S LA(W); s l in soda
3 CO(H)OGS; 0 in cogs
4 AT(O)MY; T in amy(l)
5 INTERDEA(L)T; I + anag.
6 (E)GG SPOON; Gs p in go on
8 (E)LOIN(E)RS; r in loins
9 C(A)NES VEN(A)TICI; c + anag.
10 SUSU(RR)ATE; usu in sate
12 HEAL(T)H VISI(T)OR; anag.
15 EUP(H)EMISMS; up in EE + m in miss
19 WR(A)PP(A)GES; pp G in W res
20 ULCEROU(S); anag. + rou(t)
21 CRYOS(T)A(T); cry o SA
23 (H)IAWAT(H)A; a wat in I a
26 CH(E)SIL; ch sil(t)
28 KR(I)LL; K r ll
29 D(R)ESS; hidden
The winning clues to MEMORIAL were:
1st
Middle East foolishness has left in its wake a reminder of war’s victims
(ME moria l; Jonathan Crowther)
2nd
Folly in declaring finally lost the Ashes?
(moria in mel(d); Eddie Young)
3rd
You may see one immortalised in stone with this, I’d fancy
(comp. anag. & lit; Richard Heald)
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