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In this type of variety grid, sometimes called 'Split Ends', clues are formed from two parts from the numbered list of clues, and the resulting answer entered in the space whose number is the sum of the two clues.
Clues that function normally are as follows:
| 1 | Works like Mr. | 56 | Holland's | 57 | OPUSES |
| 4 | Cape | 41 | Angela's country | 45 | TUNISIA |
| 6 | Parties with | 14 | Containers of beer | 20 | KEGGERS |
| 7 | Rescues or | 74 | Preserves | 81 | SAVES |
| 10 | Vittles or | 9 | Larva | 19 | GRUB |
| 11 | Religious | 16 | Teaching | 27 | DOGMA |
| 17 | Opening | 13 | Flags or sails | 30 | UNFURLING |
| 18 | Derogatory nickname for | 42 | An anaesthesiologist | 60 | GASPASSER |
| 19 | Gleason's sitcom | 47 | Wife | 66 | MEADOWS |
| 23 | Daughter | 31 | To Clytemnestra | 54 | ELECTRA |
| 24 | Remove from one's | 49 | Digs | 73 | EVICT |
| 25 | Mechanical | 33 | Novelties | 58 | GADGETRY |
| 26 | Titanic | 43 | Destroyer and others | 69 | ICEBERGS |
| 27 | Sidestepping | 45 | Creature | 72 | CRAB |
| 30 | Dye | 69 | Patented in 1758 | 99 | CUTBEAR |
| 34 | It may be presented under | 67 | Glass | 101 | PHEASANT |
| 35 | Follower of | 53 | March | 88 | APRIL |
| 36 | Preprandial | 5 | Quaff | 41 | APERETIF |
| 38 | The Louvre | 15 | Pyramid creator | 53 | I.M. PEI |
| 39 | James | 28 | Galway, etc. | 67 | FLAUTISTS |
| 48 | Like elephant | 20 | Seals | 68 | EARLESS |
| 52 | Series with Aries | 40 | Spring | 92 | ASTRA LOST IN SPACE |
| 55 | Because | 54 | Or subsequently | 109 | SINCE |
| 59 | Festival of | 75 | Lots | 134 | PURIM |
| 61 | Downtown theatre | 2 | Prize | 63 | OBIE AWARD |
| 62 | Not having | 46 | Married | 108 | UNWED |
| 64 | Pakistani | 50 | Banknote | 114 | RUPEE |
| 66 | Cemetery | 58 | Parcels | 124 | PLOTS |
| 68 | Florida | 57 | Footballer | 125 | GATOR |
| 70 | Roof | 32 | Lizard, AKA | 102 | STEGOSAURUS |
| 72 | Corn | 22 | Coverings | 94 | HUSKS |
| 73 | Zork | 63 | Company | 136 | INFOCOM |
Highlighted grid entries, which may be determined solely from crossing, must have their clue halves modified by changing a letter. Such clue halves are each subject to two changes on the same letters, as each is used in two separate clue pairs. The twice-used clue parts form a chain, as suggested by the pattern of affairs in La Ronde.
| Answer | Modified Clue 1 | Modified Clue 2 |
|---|---|---|
| HAIRCOMBS | Some [M] | Part [R] |
| OVERHANG | Jut [J] | Past [S] |
| PROTRACTS | Spins [N] | Out [O] |
| WIRETAP | Spies [E] | Sensor [S] |
| MOTHERS SUPERIOR | Senior [I] | Nuns [N] |
| STEAMED DUMPLINGS | Products like bao [O] | Buns [B] |
| ASTRINGENTS | Products like bay [Y] | Rum [M] |
| REGRETS | Does [E] | Rue [E] |
| KITTEN | One might go for laser [S] | Dots [T] |
| IMBIBER | One might go for lager [G] | Or chai [I] |
| FOOD FISH | Sole [L] | Or char [R] |
Ordering the changed letters for each clue part in the direction which they chain forms a clue (starting point and direction to be determined by the solver): MRS JONES IN BOY MEETS GIRL, the answer to which is KATE NELLIGAN.