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The Week 1411

It's time to get behind Prince William?  (4)  P?T?  Is this PITT referring to one of the two William Pitts?   CotW :-  Patronise all the locals turning up to fight outside clubs (3,5) P??  C???? ... ...
20:34 Tue 30th Apr 20249 answers, last by Captain2 20:41 Tue 30th Apr 2024
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TioMateo

The Times 28902

Well, at last I've got two, not just one :-   Gracious king's saving seat, lowering head (6) ?R?M?S   Apt reforms at close of busines with stock dropping (6) C???A? (The third letter is probably W),... ...
18:43 Sat 27th Apr 20244 answers, last by scorpiojo 18:53 Sat 27th Apr 2024
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TioMateo

The Times 28901

Again, just the one :-  Author in online catalogue after end of autumn (8)  NOVELIST.  I get N (end of autumn) and - possibly - LIST (catalogue), but why does OVE = online?
11:02 Sat 27th Apr 20242 answers, last by swarbrules 13:52 Sat 27th Apr 2024
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TioMateo

The Times 28900

Again, just the one. (Why is it that, so often, it is just the last clue you can't get?) :-  About to eliminate resistance in the old capital (7) Y?O?N?E.  The answer is YAOUNDE (the current -... ...
22:37 Thu 25th Apr 20244 answers, last by brainiac 22:43 Thu 25th Apr 2024
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The Times 28899

Just the one parsing query :-  Like the clappers are striking : without end? (7) R?P?D?Y.  It would apperar to be RAPIDLY (like the clappers) but, apart from a loose connection between IDLY and... ...
15:32 Wed 24th Apr 20243 answers, last by Neveracrossword 16:43 Wed 24th Apr 2024
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The Times 28895

3 clues where I know the answer but don't get the parsing :-   Collect some bread in unusual haste (has pocket emptied)? (4,5,3,3).    PASS ROUND THE HAT.  Anagram of "haste has + pt" plus ROUND? ... ...
16:07 Sun 21st Apr 202410 answers, last by Toorak 18:21 Sun 21st Apr 2024
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TioMateo

The Week 1410

CotW:-  Peers in a box (4)  (Brendan, The Guardian)
13:58 Sun 21st Apr 20244 answers, last by TioMateo 14:04 Sun 21st Apr 2024
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The Times & The Week

The Times :-  Promised Land lacking an amazing wedding venue (4) ?A?A.  Is it LALA?  Why?     Not using cipher to frame article, free from suspicion (2,3,5)  I?  T?E  ??E?R.  It would seem to be... ...
10:24 Wed 10th Apr 20242 answers, last by Lie-in King 10:33 Wed 10th Apr 2024
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The Times 28878

Just the two :-  One checking posters in government department (3)  M?D.  Looks like MOD (Ministry of Defence), but why "one checking posters"?   Porridge is cold, with no flipping goodnes in New... ...
23:53 Sun 31st Mar 20243 answers, last by JJ109 23:57 Sun 31st Mar 2024
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The Week 1407

Sorry, I forgot the CotW :-  Electric Vehicle behind a 50% reduction in carbon (6,3).  I can only think of ESTATE CAR, but that doesn't seem to take account of "Electric".
21:00 Thu 28th Mar 20244 answers, last by Captain2 21:48 Thu 28th Mar 2024
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The Week 1407

Wind up on the stage? (4) O?O?.  Is it really OBOE?   Show of modesty is often replaced with flamboyance (4,11)      ?E??  D?P?E?A?I?N.  Okay it's SELF-DEPRECATION, but why "often replaced with... ...
20:32 Thu 28th Mar 20242 answers, last by Toorak 20:42 Thu 28th Mar 2024
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The Times 28876

I managed to come up with all of the answers, but there are 6 clues where I do not understand (nor sometimes accept) the parsing :-   Arab nation reversed hold on island (7)  K?W?I?I.  It can hardly... ...
20:25 Thu 28th Mar 20245 answers, last by TioMateo 20:53 Thu 28th Mar 2024
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The Week 1406

Just the one :-  Blossom that is seen behind duck (6) D?A?I? Is it DEARIE?  If so, it seems a bit feeble if "Blossom" and "duck" are both terms of affection, being used to provide yet another term... ...
13:53 Wed 27th Mar 20243 answers, last by Lie-in King 14:22 Wed 27th Mar 2024
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The Times 28866

Were all given share of lifebelts, apparently, to join navy (2,2,3) G? T? S?A.  It's obviously GO TO SEA (to join navy), but I can't parse the rest.   Catching up with court case (11)  O?E???A?I?G. ... ...
23:01 Wed 20th Mar 20243 answers, last by donny48 11:22 Thu 21st Mar 2024
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The Times 28863

Can someone please parse these two :_   Well-adapted, efficient, and thus pithy? Not initially (9)           E?GON??IC.  ERGONOMIC - but why?   Liquid carrier's first thing needed for big run (7)... ...
00:11 Fri 15th Mar 20242 answers, last by Lie-in King 00:16 Fri 15th Mar 2024
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The Times 28862

Just the one :-  Edge has broken some pieces of glass instrument (8)  ?A?P?P?S. BAGPIPES would fit "instrument" as the definition,  but I can't parse the word play.
13:16 Wed 13th Mar 20246 answers, last by Lie-in King 15:02 Wed 13th Mar 2024
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The Times 28860

Just the one :-  Will lover possibly stop affair in due course? (10) B?R?O?A?E?
00:10 Tue 12th Mar 20242 answers, last by elliemay1 00:13 Tue 12th Mar 2024
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TioMateo

The Week 1404

Cut bottom nearly a job for me (3)  D?C.  I can only think of DIC(e) and DOC(k), both being shortened (nearly) versions of words meaning CUT.  But the "nearly" comes after "bottom" not after... ...
18:03 Mon 11th Mar 20243 answers, last by TioMateo 18:08 Mon 11th Mar 2024
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The T Imes28854

What hotel may offer for very few people or a number  (3,3,3)  T?A ?O? ??O    Why is it  TEA FOR TWO?   Centre of activity features extravagant outdoor amenity (3,3) ?O? ???   Ready to sleep, but... ...
19:01 Mon 04th Mar 20246 answers, last by Toorak 20:43 Mon 04th Mar 2024
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The Week 1402

Just the one :-  CotW  =    As in Nordic novel?  (6,4)  S?????  N???
12:22 Tue 27th Feb 20241 answer, last by Neveracrossword 12:25 Tue 27th Feb 2024

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