18d Nautical instrument adjusted to limit variable function . Ans has been given as sextant. I can see that sextant is a nautical instrument and x is a variable function but where does setant come...
He's present at part of St. Andrews about to finish. Answer has been given twice as attendee twice but without explanation and I just can't see the wordplay. Please explain. Thanks...
5a What machine gunners do seconds after bomb . Ans is strafe which is indeed what they do but if seconds =s then problem is that trafe doesn't seem to be a word. 6d he's big in Africa and may charge...
This summer we had the CH changed from storage to combi with an Ideal Logic 35 + being installed . The noise from the central heating is awful –think of a roaring furnace. Following visits from the...
Hi, I've been having difficulty connecting to my wifi on my laptop recently, i've spent hours on the phone to the service provider trying to sort it out and they have now decided that the built in...
6d Sister with degree possibly caring for old railwaymen? Answer must be registered nurse (sister with degree) but where does the caring for old railwaymen come in please?...
16a E.g squash that's pale in parts? Answer was given as "soft drink" but apart from squash being a type of soft drink, I can't see how the pale in parts works.
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2d) Skint? Raise shares - Ford's cheap surprisingly (8,3,4) 12a) Smooth round small board fit to appear in public (11) 14a) Syrup, say, seems to possess pleasing features (4,5) 16a) E.g. squash that's...
1a) Old German topped former neighbour and rival (7) 1d) Tripe pan (7) 5a) Catch amateur in gym (5) 5d) Reward system in United Nations needing treatment (9) 16d) Cortes got trounced in military area...
Sadly 90 man minutes have been spent by myself and colleagues trying to unsuccessfully work out the wordplay for: 4d May the second, Milne's penning New Statesman? Ans is Hawaiian. The statesman is...
12a Conductor typically came together with a new driver. Ans was metal. I can see that a metal is typically a conductor of electricity and that a golf driver can be metal. Came together =met + a =meta...
