Operation
By teamcrazymatt
One or two consecutive letters must be removed from one down entry in every column before entering
it into the grid. Every revised entry forms a common English word. Placing the removed letters in order
from left to right in the blank below the grid will reveal the operation being performed on these answers.
(Enumerations? What enumerations?)
Across
| 1, 37 | 01, 37Clip from Cyborg and On, or show part suppliers? (2 wds.) |
| 5 | One who loves a party about the end of December |
| 10 | Now, about the onset of opening my market for the rich... |
| 11 | Large corpsmen eating bit of uncooked carrot |
| 12 | Which person has unit of Resistance overturned? |
| 13 | Assistant cycling light bulb |
| 14 | Westbound pilot pockets son's boots again |
| 15 | Base moving east |
| 17 | Exploited wind shelter by pained decapitation |
| 19 | Short sibling is coming after head of school |
| 21 | Embroidery of noted penile dysfunction |
| 23 | Amtrak stripped of prime boat |
| 25 | My brother starts packing some time before stripping all layers from gingham hat |
| 27 | Audibly cry finding old car maker |
| 29 | Beginning to have queer lust, everyone's opening fly |
| 31 | Make of English car missing bonnet, junky at its core |
| 33 | Wolf down eggs and toast, initially |
| 35 | Matured silver bonds to limp log? |
| 36 | Song about death of labyrinthine woman |
| 37 | See 1a |
| 38 | Doctor, for instance, touch of sulphuric sediment |
Down
| 1 | Edges shaved off draconian dissonant instrument |
| 2 | They show actual reprise, even holding onto extremes of voice |
| 3 | Pierces centre of rigid minerals |
| 4 | Noisy rejection of Japanese theatre |
| 5 | Psychosomatics got written up for book |
| 6 | Units of forces oddly dry and easy |
| 7 | Up in Massachusetts, a durable scale for cognitive measurement (init.) |
| 8 | Before, dad in Paris lost head |
| 9 | Subsequently coming back carrying new borrowed thing |
| 11 | Spoke imperfectly to get rid of switching sides |
| 12 | Soaked couple, apprehending sober person with energy |
| 16 | A glint extraordinary in grand sound of a bell (hyph.) |
| 18 | Turned up at OK border |
| 20 | Severest foul, having no right, inclines up |
| 22 | Expel prisoners to U.S. territory |
| 24 | Bossy woman tossed 23 across space |
| 25 | Script cards |
| 26 | Take the top off layabout - that guy's American |
| 28 | Old Indian province is unusual, coming up after British |
| 29 | Picks up long black car shortly |
| 30 | Mark up to Germany |
| 32 | Acceleration - run past |
| 34 | Help young woman removing clothing, dropping ecstasy |
A couple of obscurities, but overall, a fine solve. Figuring out the meta about three quarters through helped e finish. Thank you for posting another fine variety cryptic
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