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Ninesome Reels?

Just the thing for Burns Night? Early maturing rodent, one spreading endless disease (9) I know there is an E at position 5, otherwise the only letters I am sure of are R and A - there may also be a...
18:12 Sun 25th Jan 20153 answers, last by TheFrogman 19:30 Mon 26th Jan 2015
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Cggeccddecc - Name That Tune? This Really Is A Crossword Question!

To complete a puzzle in this month's Crossword Club magazine, I have to 'play' the string of concealed letters in the grid, which reads cggeccddecc. Apparently this should give me a hint as to how to...
14:22 Sun 06th Apr 20149 answers, last by JayeX 14:58 Mon 07th Apr 2014
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EV 1037: Men Are Fools

Can't find another thread about this one anywhere - where are all the regulars this week? After a considerable struggle, I have completed the initial gird. I now have twelve letters with which to...
12:22 Wed 26th Sep 20122 answers, last by cinnabar 12:43 Wed 26th Sep 2012
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Gardening Club Crossword - very prickly shrub!

Clue is 'very prickly shrub!' (8) I started by writing in Berberis, but after solving the intersecting clues I have C?L?E?I? The L could possibly be wrong, but I am quite sure about the C Trouble is,...
17:49 Sat 08th Oct 20114 answers, last by cinnabar 15:08 Mon 10th Oct 2011
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Pygmalion? What does the Websters Dictionary say?

One of the puzzles in this month's Crossword magazine has several Playfair encoded entries, from which the keyword can be deduced as Pygmalion. I am quite certain about this - it solves all of the...
14:14 Tue 08th Feb 20116 answers, last by Ruthrobin 14:57 Wed 16th Feb 2011
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Guardian Cryptic 25149 set by Biggles - is this a record?

This puzzle has 28 clues. On a quick scan back over the last couple of days, no fewer than 20 of them have featured in questions on this site. Is this the most difficult Grauniad puzzle ever?
16:59 Sun 24th Oct 20103 answers, last by JustNotCricket 13:58 Mon 25th Oct 2010
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Azed 1980

Moroccan native unloading at famous end point of ME voyage (4) ARA_ Is the answer as obvious as ARAB or is the end point of the voyage Ararat, where Noah's Ark came to rest, or somewhere else?...
13:36 Tue 11th May 20103 answers, last by kayakamina 13:57 Tue 11th May 2010
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Guardian 24,719 Biggles

21D Having a defective nose, I am at fault A_O_M_A - the answer is clearly ANOSMIA. Does the clue contain a duff anagram, or is it my brain that's on the blink?
15:16 Sun 07th Jun 20091 answer, last by Laid-up-King 15:17 Sun 07th Jun 2009
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Guardian 24599 Araucaria

14a There is some way to make money on derivatives (6) Y_N_E_ This apparently has to be YANKEE but can somebody please explain why? Ta very much
19:07 Sat 17th Jan 20093 answers, last by cinnabar 19:34 Sat 17th Jan 2009
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Crossword Club puzzle

Opening with a choice of voiceless stops (4) P_R_ I assume the answer is PORT, but can somebody please explain the 'choice of voiceless stops' bit? And I promise I have tried every other source I can...
13:18 Mon 22nd Dec 20086 answers, last by cinnabar 13:55 Mon 22nd Dec 2008
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Puzzle with an extra twist . . .

. . . the twist being that the answer has to be entered in jumbled form, and the subsidiary part of the clue refers to the jumbled form Old limestone radical, not quite apologetic, follows in May...
13:28 Tue 11th Nov 20084 answers, last by cinnabar 15:46 Tue 11th Nov 2008
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Another Crossword Club poser

Start to pawn, there are no overheads with this (7) I think it starts either AP or OP, but I was completely wrong with the last one I posted here - so all suggestions gratefully welcomed!
13:06 Tue 28th Oct 20082 answers, last by cinnabar 14:00 Tue 28th Oct 2008
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Crossword Club

Zygote has round large opening (7) I am reasonably sure it starts with a Y, but don't have any other letters owing to the fact that this puzzle has no down clues (!). I have worked out roughly what a...
13:35 Mon 27th Oct 20082 answers, last by cinnabar 13:56 Mon 27th Oct 2008
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Guardian 24469 - Taupi

4 Down is 'Agreement to let live with freedom from disturbance' - but is it 'leave' or 'lease'? I can't make up my mind!
18:52 Sun 17th Aug 20082 answers, last by cinnabar 19:08 Sun 17th Aug 2008
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Logogriph puzzle in Crossword Club magazine

4 down After a change of partners, minor contact results (4) Have got LEN_ but the catch is that this clue may have an extraneous letter, so the answer may be a five letter word and the extra letter...
12:47 Wed 11th Jun 20083 answers, last by cinnabar 13:44 Wed 11th Jun 2008

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