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Saturday Times Jumbo Cryptic 1675 Saturday May 25Th 2024

53a .... "under control remove phosphorus and boron from copper zinc alloy" (2-5) Straight clue is "in check" No ideas as to how the Cryptic elements work remove phosphorous and boron .. drop a "p +... ...

Pheasants

How much damage can be done to your car if you hit one? I’ve seen one plastered to the grille of a Citroen C3. I really don’t want to have one stuck to my little lady. But, after this evenings...

Do We Really Want The Cheapest Flight?

As British Airways join the rush to the bottom, they say that low price is the fliers main priority. Is this really true? I was fortunate to fly at others expense when flying was a pleasure and you...

Saturday Times Prize Crossword 26814 Saturday August 26Th 2017

Your help gratefully received ... and readily acknowledged ..... in explaining word-play: 10a what green is making sacrifice ...... FORGO (sacrifice) 7d oil press for two ....MEDIA (press) 25a he had...

Help Sought With Antipodean Cryptic Crossword

Top corner of the chessboard (6) ???g?t 2 corners are white and 2 are black ...all 4 corners are occupied by rooks But this gets me nowhere! The only words that seem to fit are height or weight ......

Sunday Times Cryptic 4677 Sunday January 17Th 2016

Your help greatfully received, and acknowledged 14d Cutting through some wound not covered in some places (5,5) Letter pattern is *t*r* n*k*d leading to likelihood of "stark naked" (where "wound" in...

Sunday Times Cryptic 4675 Sunday January 3Rd 2016

Your help gratefully received, and acknowledged. 10a Everybody loves one right back? That's rare (5). From intersecting downwards clues, the letter pattern is t_i_r The only word that fits is "trier"...

Saturday Times Cryptic 26298 Saturday January 2Nd 2016

Your help gratefully received, and acknowledged. 1a Beginning to sail across Atlantic or Channel (5) Letter pattern is s_n_s ... indicating "sinus" (channel). "s" is beginning of sail .... leaving...

Sunday Times

Tie? One's not required on beach (4) I have ?o?d...

Sunday Times Cryptic 4674 Sunday December 27Th 2015

Your help gratefully received and acknowledged. 5d "Sailor eats grouse - term for game bird" (7) Letter pattern is T_N_G_R ... so answer must be TANAGER (bird) . I can account for TAR (sailor) ... but...

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Stuck On Two.

Not one of the authentic journalists overcome by remorse ? (7) A set of stories about old soldier and saint- one studies the atmosphere(10)...

Question About Uk Real Estate ..

I have seen a house listed for sale with seemingly 2 prices .... one one site the price is £700,000 and on another it shows as £600,000 freehold. Grateful if anyone might help me understand what...

Dean Mayer Christmas Special

The Dean Myer Christmas Crossword ... Your help with 15a greatfully received, and acknowledged "Making festive soup that's not filling? Apparently fish to eat" (11) The letter pattern is _e_p_n_l_n_...

Sunday Times Cryptic 4671 Sunday December 6Th 2015

Your help gratefully received, and acknowledged. 23d Seductress denied one time (4) Very sure that the letter pattern is _e_r ... but the answer remains elusive...

St 4663

Your help gratefully received and acknowledged 26a How choice list gets to me unlike an aristocrat (3,1) It must be "non u" .. the straight answer for "unlike an aristocrat" .. but how does it work...

Sunday Times Cryptic 4660 Sunday September 20Th 2015

Your help appreciated in parsing a clue ... 26a Garden feature stood out unusually in leaves(4). The letter pattern is "s_e_" ... which indicates the answer is "shed" = garden feature. I can see that...

4659 By Dean Mayer

Your help gratefully received and acknowledged 7d Blue? No time to talk (5) ... r_b_i At a very long stretch this looks like it is "RABBI" = RABBIT (talk) less "T" (time) But not convinced .. unless...

Sunday Times Cryptic 4658 Sunday September 6Th 2015

Your help gratefully received, and acknowledged. 27 a. Polish workers in Venice (10) I am sure that the letter pattern is ?o?d?l?e?s .... which indicates "gondoliers" But how does this clue work?...

Sunday Times Cryptic 4654 Sunday August 9Th 2015

Stuck on one clue. 16d Start living in new empty house with no end of joy (3,2,4) Confident that letter pattern is s_t _p _o_e ....... leading to "set up home". This is fine for the straight clue...

Sunday Times Cryptic 4645 Sunday June 7Th 2015

Your help in explaining 19a please. Clue : Musical tenor quits? Could be me? (3,7) Answer : Cat Stevens musical = cats tenor = t quits = evens But .... how does the rest of the clue (could be me)...

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