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The Very Large Christmas Crossword, By Dean Mayer

The very large Christmas crossword, by Dean Mayer 12d Virgin filling bank form (2,4,2,6,4) Answer is "as pure as the driven snow" (i.e. virgin) But how does the wordplay work? ... "the driven snow" is...
05:54 Tue 24th Dec 201310 answers, last by Tilly2 07:58 Tue 24th Dec 2013
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Sunday Times Cryptic Sunday December 22Nd 2013

Christmas Cryptic by Dean Mayer Only one answer eludes 43d Writer's account about a frogman heading for the surface (4,5) g?e? a?d?l...
08:54 Sun 22nd Dec 20134 answers, last by chardon713 09:07 Sun 22nd Dec 2013
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Only A Few Clues To Go ... Help Needed

2d Correct use of words - wrong stress, say (6) ????A? 5a Was party host married in this spot? (6) ?A?D??...
10:55 Sun 01st Dec 20132 answers, last by kalahari 11:04 Sun 01st Dec 2013
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Sunday Times Cryptic 4564 Sunday November 17Th 2013

The stubbornly resistant last one to go in .... 25a Century for fellow on quick pitch (4) C_S_ Might be CAST ---- synonym of PITCH --- but can't see the wordplay...
06:31 Sun 17th Nov 20134 answers, last by emeritus 07:06 Sun 17th Nov 2013
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6 Of One And Half-Dozen Of The Other ...

Or as sometimes expressed - 6 to one, and half-dozen to another (which in terms of its meaning makes better grammatical sense). So, does anyone know (a) which it is and (b) an authoritative...
06:40 Sun 10th Nov 20134 answers, last by joko 11:47 Mon 18th Nov 2013
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Sunday Times Cryptic 4563 Sunday November 10Th 2013

3 stubbornly resistant answers ... for which any help gratefully received and acknowledged 8d Hospital radio show's new offer? (6) H_T_A_ 17d Senior nurses recognise a boss! (7) S_E_L_R 26a What TV...
06:24 Sun 10th Nov 201316 answers, last by bibblebub 21:31 Sun 10th Nov 2013
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Saturday Times Cryptic 25628 Saturday November 9Th 2013

27a Redecorated skips one time in New York, say: most colourful (7) R_D_E_T This is the last one to go in. Looks like it should be /might be "REDDEST" (most colourful) - but can't see the wordplay....
03:53 Sat 09th Nov 20135 answers, last by Svejk 08:06 Sat 09th Nov 2013
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Sunday Tmes Cryptic 4560

Struggling .. and seeking help (which will be gratefully acknowledged) 1a Good to keep bowing? I'll wait (6) 17a Singer, one from New Zealand, entertains married ladies regularly(3,5) .I./..L.. 16d...
03:36 Sun 20th Oct 20135 answers, last by bateleur 06:00 Sun 20th Oct 2013
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Saturday Times Cryptic 25586 Saturday September 21St 2013

21d ... "Fish - portion of it served with bread" (6) This is the stubborn last one in; from the surrounding answers we are confident that the pattern is "_I_N_N" Any help gratefully acknowledged...
01:23 Sat 21st Sep 20139 answers, last by keithsolver 02:24 Sat 21st Sep 2013
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Saturday Times Cryptic 25574 Saturday September 7Th 2013

any help gratefully received re 3 clues .... 25a Least spacious area denied to rest of adolescents in afternoon? (9) We derive the answer as TEENSIEST (least spacious). We can see the link between...
01:22 Sat 07th Sep 20138 answers, last by trolley 07:25 Sat 07th Sep 2013
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Saturday Times Cryptic 25562

19a "Boy" band, here's a knuckle sandwich! (4,4) Answer pattern is ???E ?H?T We are stumped as to what the clue is trying to say. Any assistance gratefully received, and acknowledged...
00:00 Sun 25th Aug 20135 answers, last by cupid04 00:24 Sun 25th Aug 2013
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Saturday Times Cryptic 25562 Saturday August 24Th 2013

11a God slots back, limb and belly-button into Times cryptic Confirmed answer pattern is ????????E???M, with possibility that 7th letter is "G" ... giving ???????G?E???M PARAMAGNETISM is the only word...
06:37 Sat 24th Aug 20133 answers, last by emeritus 06:43 Sat 24th Aug 2013
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Saturday Times Cryptic 25532 Saturday July 20Th 2013

Any help in understanding the following would be greatly appreciated 10a : Mother bears carry skinned relation (9) NARRATIVE (relation) We partially understand this as Narr['carry' skinned]ATIVE ........
01:51 Sat 20th Jul 20135 answers, last by chardon713 05:06 Sat 20th Jul 2013
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Sunday Times Cryptic 4546 Sunday July 14Th 2013

17d : Novel set in outskirts of Halifax, briefly (4.5). The answer is a Charles Dickens novel (Hard Times) but we can't see how the wordplay is operating. 'Hard' = set and 'Times' = multiplication...
03:11 Sun 14th Jul 20131 answer, last by EllisB 04:45 Sun 14th Jul 2013
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Saturday Times Cryptic 25526 Saturday July 13Th 2013

4dn we have R?A? ... please can anyone assist with this clue ?
06:46 Sat 13th Jul 20138 answers, last by chardon713 06:55 Sat 13th Jul 2013

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