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Last one and I'd be grateful for confirmation. 18a. More like Eliot's banker's fine defeat? That's right (8). FLASHIER: F(ine) LASH (defeat) IE (That is) R(ight), and reference to Bulstrode in... ...
11:06 Thu 14th Nov 20245 answers, last by Neveracrossword 11:34 Thu 14th Nov 2024
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I've been stuck since last night on SW corner and could do with a kick start, like this: 16d Earl cured, i.e. treated with hallucinogen - that's a generally accepted opinion (4.5). If correct: I?F?... ...
09:00 Sat 19th Oct 202411 answers, last by Lie-in King 09:32 Sat 19th Oct 2024
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Strode easily through this but fell, as ever, at the last hurdle. 22d. JL Carr's heroine destroyed the toys intermittently (5). What obvious thing have I missed this time?  
09:40 Thu 01st Aug 20244 answers, last by BIll 09:45 Thu 01st Aug 2024
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Last one (as ever). 21d. Lines omitting any English, after European drama (5). I assume EQUUS and can see bits of a parse but not all. Am I at least on the right ... lines? If so, would be... ...
10:36 Sun 14th Jul 20246 answers, last by BIll 10:47 Sun 14th Jul 2024
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Tls 1534

Unable to explain why this happens to me so often: stuck on last one for ages. 5d. Ever popular like Peter Pan maybe (7). E?E?E?S.
17:35 Fri 05th Jul 20246 answers, last by Lie-in King 17:50 Fri 05th Jul 2024
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Last one, as so frustratingly often. 25a. Seemingly reformed Christian pawnbroker's incomplete deal is rejected (5,5). ?N?B? S?L?S.
07:04 Thu 27th Jun 20242 answers, last by BIll 07:22 Thu 27th Jun 2024
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Tls 1531

Stuck on last one, 7d, American city I identify as mostly profane (6). Probably staring me in the face but just can't see it. Unless I'm wrong somewhere, L?I?A?
12:32 Tue 25th Jun 20243 answers, last by Lie-in King 12:38 Tue 25th Jun 2024
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Last one. 7a. Following a common character pairing in Falstaff and Mistress Quickly (4). FAST? But if correct, no sign of a light bulb over my head as to why. 
14:20 Fri 26th Apr 20242 answers, last by BIll 14:27 Fri 26th Apr 2024
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One left stumping me. 9a. Portraitist, Old Englsh, seen in torn shroud by front of tomb (9). When I first scanned this, I thought maybe anag. OE SHROUD T which does give HERODITUS but he wasn't a... ...
10:28 Thu 18th Apr 20243 answers, last by BIll 10:37 Thu 18th Apr 2024
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Tls 1520

Completed but left with one I can't parse. 6d Swift output? It gets less swift, maybe (7). SATIRES but why SA? What am I missing that's probably staring me in the face?
06:51 Fri 29th Mar 20244 answers, last by BIll 07:14 Fri 29th Mar 2024
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Would much appreciate confirmation or otherwise of my last two. 25a Like Zeus or the TLS's parent? (10) So THUNDEROUS but where does the TLS fit in? 19d. One thinking one is a painter (7) I suppose... ...
10:05 Fri 15th Mar 202410 answers, last by FleshpotsOfDevon 12:27 Fri 15th Mar 2024
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7d. Something slippery in Upton Sinclair novel hit hard (7). O?L?A?K. OILTANK parses but I can't find any confimation that it can be one word. Am I on the wrong track?
10:02 Thu 14th Mar 20246 answers, last by Toorak 10:26 Thu 14th Mar 2024
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Help with my last one. 28a Lamp lighter in house is European queen (4).H?R? hero? hera?
17:22 Sat 09th Mar 20248 answers, last by Lie-in King 17:46 Sat 09th Mar 2024
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Help please with last one as I'm making no headway. 20a First covers released, including new one in range (8). ?E?N?A?N.
09:22 Sat 17th Feb 20244 answers, last by BIll 09:35 Sat 17th Feb 2024
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Last one. 8d. One of a group Odysseus at last destroyed in heartless rage (5). S?R?N. Probably obvious but don't see it. Also problem for me parsing 1a. Regular event somehow represented in mono?... ...
07:17 Sat 10th Feb 20244 answers, last by BIll 07:25 Sat 10th Feb 2024
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Last clue to solve is 5d. Funky saxophone tone comes from this philosopher too (10). I have X?N?P?A?E? so I assume XENOPHANES. I can see SAX+PHONE there (if that's on the right track) but stumped... ...
14:03 Sat 27th Jan 20243 answers, last by Lie-in King 14:11 Sat 27th Jan 2024
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As ever one last clue to solve: 18a. Note a writer's written about Boulle's characters (6) I have A?E?E? so APEMEN but I can't fully parse it. Would very much appreciate help.
12:03 Fri 12th Jan 20243 answers, last by Neveracrossword 16:15 Fri 12th Jan 2024
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This happens to me quite often and I can't explain why. For two days and disturbed nights I've been trying to solve one last clue, namely in this instance 24d. Groan as American supports head of... ...
12:43 Sun 07th Jan 20242 answers, last by BIll 12:55 Sun 07th Jan 2024
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Help please with my last one:  21d One, OK, involved with 19 [which is OP ART], or another genre entirely (6). I have ?A?O?R
07:30 Sat 09th Dec 20234 answers, last by BIll 07:37 Sat 09th Dec 2023
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Hello experts. Yet again I'm stumped by one final clue: 20a. A novelist writing flipping newspapers, in part (1,1,4). ? S ?A?P I'm also not comfortable with (at least my solution to) 21a.... ...
17:27 Sat 25th Nov 20232 answers, last by BIll 17:37 Sat 25th Nov 2023

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