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Tls 1566

I found too many of the clues in this week's crossword to be laboured word salads. Is it just me?

BIll

Tls 1565

Just one left which has me hesitating as it seems too straightforwad for a TLS cryptic clue. What word play am I missing? 11a. Possibly Bilbo, essentially lacking in height (6). ?O?B?T. Can it... ...

BIll

Last one: stumped so need help please. 24a Kate Atkinson's four central characters getting cast iron implement (5,5) I have all the down letters to make 'steak knife' which I suppose can be an iron... ...

Tiago

Tls 1561

23d Very experienced dance band leader on TV (4) -r--

BIll

Tls 1560

Finished this, but is it OK to refer to Kubla Khan as an emir (1a)?

teacher1

Tls Crossword 1556

Clue for 24d is missing ...... any thoughts?

BIll

Tls 1552

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... ...

BIll

Tls 1548

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?... ...

BIll

Tls 1538

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?

FleshpotsOfDevon

Tls 1537

Shaven-headed wizard with no time for Merlin? (5) A???T - ADEPT?
Apparent view of Piers Anthony's one I will put to the House (4) ?S??
Thank you.

BIll

Tls 1535

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... ...

BIll

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.

BIll

Tls 1532

Last one, as so frustratingly often. 25a. Seemingly reformed Christian pawnbroker's incomplete deal is rejected (5,5). ?N?B? S?L?S.

BIll

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?

BIll

Tls 1524

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.

BIll

Tls 1523

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... ...

BIll

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?

BIll

Tls 1518

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... ...

BIll

Tls 1518

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?

BIll

Tls 1517

Help with my last one. 28a Lamp lighter in house is European queen (4).H?R? hero? hera?

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