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Can't parse my last three in NE corner. Kind explanations welcomed. Or maybe I have them all wrong! 10A Partners opening notice in wonder (4) -W-- Awed? 12D Was successful, saving most of wages?...
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26a. sea feeature at Acapulco or Cancun sometimes seen at soccer matches.(7,4) m??? c?? w??e 2d. having protested choose Cardinal Edward (8)??c?e??? 12d. Bring money to the house - after the tax man...
Stuck on one side. Any help appreciated. 1(d) Half (5,3,4) possibly ?i?t? 26(a) Change for the better (6) 40 (a) small cluster (4) 36 (a) Virtuous (7) s?????y 37 (d) Sway on the brink (6) ??e?e? 51...
1&5a. Holly song and Essex film. Most unlikely.(6,2,3,3) 2d.Literary practitioner (6) ??t?o? 6d.Idols drug by the sound of it. (7) ????i?e 28a. Pertaining to an alternative Non -materialistic...
Stuck on one side. Any help appreciated. 1(d) Half (5,3,4) possibly ?i?t? 26(a) Change for the better (6) 40 (a) small cluster (4) 36 (a) Virtuous (7) s?????y 37 (d) Sway on the brink (6) ??e?e? 51...
Answers are all one word, the name , whether surname or first name, of either the author or of a character in book,TV series or film of the crime or similar genre. First letters of the answer are...