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Times Jumbo Cryptic 1269

Neily | 15:40 Sun 04th Jun 2017 | Crosswords

6 Answers

Really struggling with this puzzle. Very grateful for any help with these four clues please.
1dn: "Supply of coal and grub passes through here (4,5)." I. Have F---, M----.
3dn: "Valiant defence of the briefly popular wine brand (4,3,4)." I have T---,A-D,---E.
18ac: "Hawk kept in pocket, just for show? (8)." I have -I---L-Y.
44ac: "Teacher from faculty, principal of institute (6)." I have -E-S-I.

Observer Prize Crossword 3686 Sunday June 4Th 2017

Guardian Prize

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Lie-in King

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1d Food canal - anag (supply) 'of coal and' 3d Thin red line - 'th(e)' (briefly) + 'in (popular) red line' 18a Tinselly - 'sell' (hawk, in) 'tiny' (pocket) 44a Sensei - 'sense' (faculty) + 'i(nstitute)' (principal)

15:44 Sun 04th Jun 2017

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cashier

1d. Food canal

cashier

3. Thin red line

cashier

44 sensei

Lie-in King

1d Food canal - anag (supply) 'of coal and'
3d Thin red line - 'th(e)' (briefly) + 'in (popular) red line'
18a Tinselly - 'sell' (hawk, in) 'tiny' (pocket)
44a Sensei - 'sense' (faculty) + 'i(nstitute)' (principal)

PeterHillman

Food Canal
This red line
Tinselly
Sensei
It was a bit of a *** this week!!

Neily

Question Author

Many thanks all! Clearly I am all over the place this time.

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