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Sunday Times Cryptic 4572

Any help gratefully acknowledged 14a Half of country hampered by present decline (8) ... s?a?n??? 4d A river with new crossing? I'm honoured (8) ... l?u?e???...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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....

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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 ........

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