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Week 1120

17a One gets caught in Russian police chief bugs (8) BACTERIA Why?
10:08 Mon 27th Aug 20183 answers, last by cracker222 10:45 Mon 27th Aug 2018
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Times 27101

23a In fashion house see foreign paper (6) PRAVDA - in PRADA [fashion house], V [see] Why is 'see' V?...
09:54 Mon 27th Aug 20182 answers, last by cracker222 09:58 Mon 27th Aug 2018
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Week 1110

12a Stick around numbers in form of shed, say (4,5) PAST TENSE. So it's PASTE around TENS, but why the "form of shed, say"?...
20:48 Thu 12th Jul 20183 answers, last by cracker222 09:56 Mon 27th Aug 2018
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Week 1110

25a No yen for going to bed in the corner (4) N?O? = NOOK presumably, but why?
20:45 Thu 12th Jul 20182 answers, last by cracker222 20:51 Thu 12th Jul 2018
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Times Jumbo 1328

7d Shopkeeper's keys snatched by her reindeer (11) HABERDASHER but why?
22:38 Thu 14th Jun 20187 answers, last by elliemay1 22:46 Thu 14th Jun 2018
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Times Jumbo 1328

45a Suddenly appearing, bloke links up with retreating army corps (8) EMERGING Why? I get REME but not the GING
22:32 Thu 14th Jun 20183 answers, last by Neveracrossword 22:36 Thu 14th Jun 2018
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Week 1108

7d No more petfood, time for a kipper (6,3) LIGHTS OUT. Can someone parse this please
22:15 Tue 05th Jun 20183 answers, last by Mamyalynne 22:20 Tue 05th Jun 2018
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Week 1086

15d Greens in charge of a plant (8) BRASSICA. Can someone parse this please
22:12 Tue 05th Jun 20183 answers, last by Sam1960 22:19 Tue 05th Jun 2018
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Mail 15,769 #2

12a Officer avoiding tenant's place (4) SITU. Why?
21:44 Tue 24th Apr 20183 answers, last by cracker222 21:49 Tue 24th Apr 2018
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Mail 15,769 #1

8a Broadcast private animosity (7) RANCOUR Can someone parse this please
21:43 Tue 24th Apr 20182 answers, last by cracker222 21:52 Tue 24th Apr 2018
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Week 1101

20a Joke cut in front of trendy joint - assert authority strongly (5,3,4) CRACK THE WHIP. I can't quite parse it: joke = CRACK cut = HEW trendy = HIP joint = HIP (again?) but I can't find the T. What...
18:19 Thu 12th Apr 20186 answers, last by Flonska 18:27 Thu 12th Apr 2018
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Times 26994

21d First of batsmen caught by seven stone player (6) ?I?E?T
21:37 Mon 26th Mar 20182 answers, last by cracker222 21:40 Mon 26th Mar 2018
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Motorway Speed Limit Signs

On a standard UK motorway there are illuminating signs with 60, 50, 40 or whatever. They are widely ignored and if I drive at 40 after a 40 sign it could be rather dangerous, being by far the slowest...
22:31 Tue 13th Mar 20188 answers, last by Hymie 23:25 Tue 13th Mar 2018
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Cryptic Definition

I'm working my way through Brian Greer's book 'How To Do The Times Crossword' and all has been reasonably OK until I got to cryptic definitions. Can people help me get my head around how these clues...
16:18 Mon 05th Feb 201810 answers, last by cracker222 16:45 Mon 05th Feb 2018
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Guardian 27418 #2

10a Item found in dock? (6) DETAIL Why?
00:19 Tue 30th Jan 20186 answers, last by cracker222 00:22 Tue 30th Jan 2018
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Guardian 27418

9a Herb wanting space in flower bed (6) ROSARY Why? ROSEMARY (herb) minus EM (I thought a space was EN?) but why the flower bed?
00:16 Tue 30th Jan 20183 answers, last by cracker222 00:21 Tue 30th Jan 2018
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Times 26941

1a Wind was single flute, perhaps? (9) WINEGLASS. Why?
23:37 Thu 25th Jan 20185 answers, last by cracker222 23:40 Thu 25th Jan 2018
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Times 26940

28a Wee poet reportedly Quaker-like? (5,1,5) SPEND A PENNY. Why?
23:22 Thu 25th Jan 201814 answers, last by cracker222 18:20 Thu 01st Feb 2018
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Times 26940

12a Namely, union's bringing in police force (7) IMPETUS. Why?
23:19 Thu 25th Jan 20184 answers, last by Helewel 23:35 Thu 25th Jan 2018
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Times 26940

Some I can't parse: 1a Relaxing journey through S American country, you say: Brazil? (8,3) CHILLING OUT. Why?
23:17 Thu 25th Jan 20182 answers, last by cracker222 23:26 Thu 25th Jan 2018

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