‘In Self-Defence?’ by Lavatch
Posted by Encota on 9 Feb 2018
First of all, thanks Lavatch for a cleverly constructed grid this week!
I found some of the clues hard, with their misprints in place. There were four or so in the style of 1ac, 1d and 21d, where the solver had to “Think of a word that, when it’s first letter is removed (or similar), becomes a completely different word that means the same as another word that’s only one letter different from the (misprinted) word provided” – and where it wasn’t clear which of the words was the misprinted one! Once you had the answer it was relatively straightforward to be sure it was right. However, cold-solving such a clue was pretty much beyond me and I was pleased to have various letters from other clues helping me out with these few!
Once the phrase generated from the misprints began to appear: “The right of people to …” it was clearly very likely that it’d be the Fifth Amendment – the right to remain silent.*


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