1 ACross Puzzles
A Familiar Moving Easter Story
Bud (based on an original idea by Michael Rich)
The following are required to answer the questions at the end of the puzzle

There are 8 clues for which there are two possible solutions - And these are off by one letter.

The original letters (which are effectively part of the "wordplay component" in "charade type of clues" or a second definition) and the letter substitutions, both form two separate words, when they are read in the order they appear in the puzzle.

The original letters together form an 8 letter "Starting Point" and the Letter substitutions form the "Destination Point" for this "Easter Journey"

These should be read in the order they appear in the puzzle, left to right, line by line, proceeding downwards

In addition, using the 40 letters along the perimeter, using the "original letters" where applicable, you can arrive at the following phrase " Relations X topnotch speedy Y" - where X has an Enum of 5 and Y has an Enum of 12.

A loose translation of the phrase is "kinsfolk possess first-rate, fast, trendsetting wheels". You would need to figure out X and Y to answer the questions.

For online submission, the destination letters would need to be entered in the puzzle. For the jumble, the "original letters" or "Starting points" are required

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  •  1  Ditches - after initially changing sexual partners (5)

  •  6  Bit of a bloomer - I later made nothing for Saturday night special (6)

  • 11 Bristol, I understand, could be to port or starboard (7)

  • 13 Stretch for and after a rest on the motorway (4)

  • 14 So, Crime Scene Investigation's somehow to be reshown shortly (3)

  • 15 Stops for a while for a change to view an outstanding group (5)

  • 16 Audio input needs a replacement, Romeo? That would still make it go wrong (3)

  • 17 Sort of powder jar mutt almost completely buried coming home (6)

  • 19 500 Chinese first joined - a sweet bunch (4)

  • 21 Lug them aboard in Frankfurt; it's simpler (6)

  • 23 Thespian's house deed ... (3)

  • 25  .. for a low area? Could be wrong! (3)

  • 27 Terrible car, no, for a drug-dealer? (5)

  • 29 Bother to come home in the past for those over there (3)

  • 30 Cracking self-contained accommodation? (3)

  • 31 Mum - it's a quick dash in the mud (6)

  • 34 Flees from the French woman’s address (4)

  • 36 Utterly polite behaviour noblemen's homes offered (6)

  • 39 For the most part a deep persistent noise beastly place made (3)

  • 40 Giving the go-ahead, changing the second after to 'Hold on' (5)

  • 41 Crude engine driver (3)

  • 42 IRA shot a number in Covent Garden (4)

  • 43 Without reason look once: outside a Swedish nightingale is seen (7)

  • 44 Trap heartless official in the end, substituting a pupil's coat (6)

  • 45 Jags - these are often seen going round on drives (5)

  • Down
  •  2  Late summary, by the way's, shortly before 7 (4)

  •  3  From the start Carson mostly upset killers - many serving life in Florida (5)

  •  4  Effective instruction (7)

  •  5  Dressing to be cheeky (5)

  •  7  See 43D

  •  8  Initially 5, 11, 37 and 19 formed a band (4)

  •  9  Three arrested at international agreement formalisation (6)

  • 10 Ronald's comic strip got roasted (6)

  • 11 Jenny, once small, lately finally put on a couple of pounds or so - a hard thing to do (3)

  • 12 Slight stain (4)

  • 18 Flower homecoming Scot spotted (3)

  • 20 Gas? None around! (4)

  • 22 Gold and radium prospecting ...could lead to an attack (4)

  • 24 Senior officer's docked and gone out to get perfume ... (7)

  • 25 Cabal abroad is protecting Zimbabwe's top novelist (6)

  • 26 Golda's follower imprisoned a second for life (6)

  • 28 Germany's limited married congress: just once a year (3)

  • 31 Not even spaniels do this with a bark (4)

  • 32 After tip-off, Tintin got upset, n'est-ce-pas? (5)

  • 33 Staff employed by UK mobile network get worn out (5)

  • 35 Couple of Poles taking in cases quickly for medical procedure (4)

  • 37 Block bank deposit (4)

  • 38 Make regular trips heading for Pompey, Lymington and finally Fowey. Early start needed skipping Pompey for a cathedral for a change later. (3)

  • 43/7 So, one must add 43 + 7 = 'Amen!' (2,2)

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