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Spectator 2608 - Support By Cheesecracker
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Good afternoon, this week’s Spectator offering is far from being tender for me. Hints would be appreciated for the following, thank you.
(Ten symmetrically placed un-clued lights can be entered given consistent support. )
27a Group of stars missing king’s refined irony (7) A??????
34a Late birds dance without it (5) ???T?
35a Conservative avoiding dirty red (5) ??D??
4d They repeat base tasks with delayed runs (7) : ?CHO??L
15d Old German crosses Westminster court (2,4) : A?W???
20d Unknown gunk over E. coli loosely related to mass of bacteria (9) : ?Y?G?????
26d Seabird found by sailor on boulder (7) : ?A???C?
28d Smooth expert nets fish (4,3) : ?????A? ( SAND DAB )
(Ten symmetrically placed un-clued lights can be entered given consistent support. )
27a Group of stars missing king’s refined irony (7) A??????
34a Late birds dance without it (5) ???T?
35a Conservative avoiding dirty red (5) ??D??
4d They repeat base tasks with delayed runs (7) : ?CHO??L
15d Old German crosses Westminster court (2,4) : A?W???
20d Unknown gunk over E. coli loosely related to mass of bacteria (9) : ?Y?G?????
26d Seabird found by sailor on boulder (7) : ?A???C?
28d Smooth expert nets fish (4,3) : ?????A? ( SAND DAB )
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.Hints for this last batch should see me through to the theme. Thanks in advance for your insight!
32a Worker mostly dependent upon backing (6) N???D?
40a Pipe valley running through Britain (5) ???R?
5d Making much of revolutionary PM’s no good (10):?H?R?S??N? (THORISMUND)
7d Rout out second large moulding (5): ?O?A?
8d Drummer sporting ever so terribly small garment (9): ???A?W?S?
9d Modify state lines (4): ???M
32a Worker mostly dependent upon backing (6) N???D?
40a Pipe valley running through Britain (5) ???R?
5d Making much of revolutionary PM’s no good (10):?H?R?S??N? (THORISMUND)
7d Rout out second large moulding (5): ?O?A?
8d Drummer sporting ever so terribly small garment (9): ???A?W?S?
9d Modify state lines (4): ???M
Many thanks, jazzgirl, this one is a real teaser. I’ve solved the last two Spectator puzzles in record time and without requesting any help. Thought I had cracked the setters’ technique, but Cheesecracker is a hard nut this week! I’m still left with the following for which I would like some help or confirmation.
33d Swelling, more and more grim, finally advanced (5) : ??E?A ( EDEMA )
40a Pipe valley running through Britain (5) : ?R?A? ( BRIAR )
15a Good spicy food omitting cold fish offal (5) :GS???
32a Worker mostly dependent upon backing (6) : N???E?
8d Drummer sporting ever so terribly small garment (9) ?????W?S?
9d Modify state lines (4) ????
( I see the lines, ls, the train, rail…But that’s as far as I get… )
And one bizarre entry I have for the Unclued 39: KC?R?K?AB
What’s wrong with this? Thank you!
33d Swelling, more and more grim, finally advanced (5) : ??E?A ( EDEMA )
40a Pipe valley running through Britain (5) : ?R?A? ( BRIAR )
15a Good spicy food omitting cold fish offal (5) :GS???
32a Worker mostly dependent upon backing (6) : N???E?
8d Drummer sporting ever so terribly small garment (9) ?????W?S?
9d Modify state lines (4) ????
( I see the lines, ls, the train, rail…But that’s as far as I get… )
And one bizarre entry I have for the Unclued 39: KC?R?K?AB
What’s wrong with this? Thank you!
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