Four to go -if someone can help with three I should manage the last one. 2d Doctor absorbed in a second book.?m?? 3d Course which might land one in trouble. ?o?? 10d One flies from a monarchy ??k....
Last one. 13a Right providing the ultimate in socialist schism. R?f? . Must be rift and rift=schism. But how? R comes from right and the ultimate in socialist is t . But how do I get the if? Thanks
3oa mos ??????? and survive eighties civil defence public info series. 30d mos indoor game also initially marketed as gossimer,whiff whaff, and flim flam. . I am absoluteley baffled need these to...
1d Plant's round projection forming a lip ,incomplete. (8) L???l?a. Think it must be Lobelia. projection=lob but where does the elia come from? If that is right then 8a Arresting Crosby after...
We have a Volvo V40 and are about to trade it in for a different car. We have about half a tank of petrol left (grrrrr) and naturally we'd like to take it out. Hubby has tried a couple of different...
Last two but can't understand how two others work. 6a End of the socially superior junket for this representative (4-2) ???o-up 7d Girl gobbling large hard part of member ??n?. First letter is 2nd...
Last one. 13a Name Labour's leader lost charismatic air. (4) a?r? . I'm thinking it is someones name , we have to do something with L (being the lead of Labour) and maybe a tune is an air but I can' t...
15a Queen-like, Camilla's opening in a big way. ???p?y Camilla's opening would give us c -but can't get it. Also would someone please explain the answer to 23/14a Nazi type article;it's backed by...
Last one. 4a "Be a crawler , having lost marbles, entertaining conservative " ?c?a?b?e. Must be either scrabble or scramble. Be a crawler = either solution. Entertaining conservative suggests we have...
Finished it but why is the answer to 20d "Weakness Bill dramatically named as "Woman"" frailty? I know weakness = frailty . Usually Bill = AC but that doesn't work here. I did toy with the answer...
All done but can't work out why: 18d "Force knocks up bitches" is grouses. To grouse is to bitch but where is the force knocked up? 23a "African place forms line , pressing to s h a g boyfriends head...
I'm probably missing the blindingly obvious but here goes: 2dn. Unpleasant, being the source of an obnoxious leak (6) S?O??? (I think the 5th letter is T but that might be erroneous information). Any...
8d Sting roping in Brown and , later, Cyclops to mount a hit. t???m?h. Answer must be triumph which is a hit. But how? Cyclops is the setter and so will be "I" though I thought that because of the...
I have spent over 30 mins and can't get even one clue out. I do find it a challenge and usually only manage 5 or 6 but none? Is it particulary hard today? The only one I thought I had a chance with...
Times 23984. I do try but its off putting when you have the answers but can't see how they work Fish moves south along the coast. Sea Horse. Perhaps S for south inside shore (= coast) but where do the...
Got it all out but can't for the life of me see how the following work 21a Thus could Anglia TV be taken to be a git. Oddly. No idea I'm afraid 23d Camilla just started into strip, bar entrance....
Anyone else finding this a bit tricky? I got the top lh corner out ok and some of bottom rh corner but stuck after that. Would someone please help with 15d "Film maker's pitch "Silly b u g g e r...
Really struggling this week. Only got about half a dozen clues out. 7a Nothing on top, like a couple of old Henry's mates (8) b?l?????. First part must be bald but if answer is baldness where does the...