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the introduction to todays crossword, with crosswords either using exclusively or missing the letter E altogether made ma think of two novels by French OULIPO writer George Perec, which liked to write with constraints. La Disparition (A Void), a lipogrammatic novel where the letter E is never used. Later, he also wrote Les Revenentes (couldn't find an English translation), which is written using only one vowel : E. fun reads if you like writing with constraints !
very nice puzzle ! there is a mistake in the clues though, the French city Marseille is spelt without an S ! although i'm not sure where it comes from, it's true that this is a common mistake...
@Grant oh ! thanks for the translation ! it does seem strange that it was translated with retUrned... as I said, the only vowel found in the original French version is E (Perec even took some "liberties" with words, e. g. the title itself : revenantes is spelt with an A in French, not an E) so I reckon they would have followed the constraint in the English translation !
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