“Misprints” by HEX, WSJ, 07/01/23

[ChrisKochmanski]

More HEX fun!

[oldjudge]

Yes, this one was lots of fun and, as is typical for C&R, very well done.

[Jace54]

Great puzzle!

[Richard B.]

As HEX says, “If it helps to know, the 13 wrong letters can spell …”
Yup, it helped to know.

[Beth Tyrpin]

Did anyone do the misprints first? I certainly didn’t. Fun puzzle.

[Meg]

I just kept chipping away and eventually all the answers showed up. Thanks HEX!

[Jeanrosz]

One of best puzzles ever…made a rainy day go by with a fun cryptic!

[ChrisKochmanski]

Did anyone do the misprints first? I certainly didn’t. Fun puzzle.

Not me.

[Me2]

Any help for misprint b? I have the answer, can't parse second and third word to answer.

[Richard B.]

Any help for misprint b? I have the answer, can't parse second and third word to answer.

clue — Idle talker’s blank.
Change Idle to Isle (definition); talker’s (homophone indicator); blank (—> “white” (~synonym for “blank”)). Entry is therefore WIGHT [spoiler/]

[iggystan]

Another nice HEX puzzle, and, no, I didn't do the misprints first. And, yes, it did help to know the wrong and right letters.

[oldjudge]

I didn’t do all the misprints first, but I didn’t do them all last either. I went back and forth. As for the right or wrong letters—I never used them.

[Annabelle]

Still working on this. Got most of the normal clue answers, but the tricksy ones still to do. I think I got the right letters in all the circles, working from those filled in with normal clues, but it isn't helping so far ...

[Guffman]

This one took me awhile. Getting the category in the shaded letters helped me lots more than the wrong/right letters.

[jenirvin]

Loved this one. As always, I looked at the instructions and thought, "How am I ever going to solve this," but it all came together beautifully. C&R are my idols.