Wall Street Journal hints: December 27, 2014

Below the fold are some hints for this weekend’s Wall Street Journal puzzle: a variety cryptic by Hex called “Twenty-Six Out.”  In it, one letter of the alphabet has been omitted from the answers in each row and column.  Some solvers who posted comments noted their difficulty in getting a toehold because they don’t know which letter to omit.  If you need one of those letters, click and drag on the appropriate square below to see it,


      

Row	Omits		Column	Omits
1	O		1	S
2	U		2	E
3	P		3	R
4	N		4	W
5	M		5	V
6	D		6	L
7	I		7	F
8	B		8	T
9	Q		9	R
10	Y		10	X
11	G		11	Z
12	H		12	J
13	A		13	Z