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Mail 15922 - 20A

No point withdrawing help for climber (4) PITON. OK, so a piton is "help for climber", and it is an anagram of "point", but how does this clue work?...

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I was hoping to post a picture but it seems I can't at AnswerBank, so here's a description of a house wall in Cambridge. Header; 2 Stretchers; Header; 2 Stretchers; and so on. The next course is the...

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Dandelion.

On a recent gardening programme I heard someone say that Dandelion seeds can travel 5 miles. How do they know?

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Week 1139 - 3

28a Big game on the way - older Jaguars must pass it (4,4) ROAD TEST, but why?

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Week 1139 - 2

13d Unrestrained behaviour from cast (5) F?I?G Presumably FLING, but why?...

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Week 1139 - 1

22a Sounds like one showing off clothes is more informed (6) A?A??R

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The Week 1139

1) Big game on the way - older Jaguars must pass it (4,4) ?O?D ?E?T 2) Sounds like German's gone for an opening (4) ?E?T 3) (This clue originally appeared in The Daily Telegraph):- Brad and Angelina...

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Guardian 27776

25a Furtive little paddler with time to board launch (8) STEALTHY. Why?

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Mail 15931 - Parsing 2

23a Small bunch of gift vouchers needed to acquire box (10) TELEVISION, but why?

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Mail 15931 - Parsing 1

19a club that stops you from buying the farm in America? (4,9) LIFE PRESERVER, but why?

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Mail 15951

Searing dust returns, asking troops (6) TORRID. Why does "asking" mean ?...

Pearl2

Daily Mail Prize Crossword 15951 Wednesday December 19Th 2018

Searing dust returns,asking troops.6 letters -i-r-d

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The Week 1144 Saturday February 9Th 2019

Any help please with 2 of the 4 I'm stuck on (which may help with the other 2!)? 5d "Mug's not up for it - shame!" (4,4) -A-E and ---N (maybe FACE DOWN but not sure); and 14d "Principal Arab leaders...

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Times 27240

Just one I can't get. 6d Play about where the voyage across the Styx ends? (7) D?S?O?T I'm wondering whether I've got a crosser wrong but I don't think so

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Where Can I Find An Old Crossword Online?

I just did the Times 24482 from years ago in The Times Cryptic Crossword Book 18. It was the best puzzle I've ever attempted, and I actually completed it all with no aids and parsed all but 2 clues...

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