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17D Parsing

Make a suggestion: take work into enclosure - ?R?P?U?D, propound, presumably. I can see OP inside POUND but can't account for the R - can someone show me the embarrassingly obvious thing I'm missing...
14:55 Sun 16th Nov 20148 answers, last by CrikeyMoses 15:51 Sun 16th Nov 2014
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I 1116 Saturday September 6Th 2014

19A is almost certainly QUARTET but can you please parse it for me? "Chamber group with piano ousting one without skill" (I can see skill=art as a possibility, but nothing else!)...
15:18 Sun 07th Sep 20145 answers, last by TheFrogman 15:35 Sun 07th Sep 2014
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I Cryptic Crossword Wordplay

Help with parsing 8 Down please: Bit by bit, epic broadcast turned implausible, gripping third of viewers (9) P_I_E_E_L So, Piecemeal (bit by bit): anag of epic but I can't work out the rest. Lame...
15:03 Sat 05th Jul 20144 answers, last by CrikeyMoses 15:13 Sat 05th Jul 2014
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Saturday Times Jumbo Cryptic 1089 Saturday April 26Th 2014

Hi, stuck on the parsing of the last clue and would like to end this headache. 57Ac Pair following FA rules initially acquiring such power: S?L?R - almost certainly SOLAR but just can't see why....
18:48 Sun 27th Apr 20142 answers, last by CrikeyMoses 19:00 Sun 27th Apr 2014
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The Week 886 Saturday January 25Th 2014

Down to the last clue, which I think has the answer NOT PRESENT. "Time and again new openers batting getting away" (3, 7) It fits the straight definition 'away', but beyond that I can't parse a thing....
23:27 Fri 24th Jan 20147 answers, last by scorpiojo 23:46 Fri 24th Jan 2014
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The Week 884 Saturday January 11Th 2014

Last clue, and more vulgarity from Tim Moorey! Bums are on view from behind in say, swimming costumes (7) T_E_A_S Playing around with 'state' and 'seats', and words for tramps/hoboes, but getting...
20:22 Fri 10th Jan 20142 answers, last by CrikeyMoses 20:54 Fri 10th Jan 2014
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The Week 881 Saturday December 14Th 2013

Anyone else scratching their head over 9D? Old man's traits I suspect (14) _R_D_T_O_A_I_M I can't see any further than Traditionalism, but if it's an anagram, there's an 's' too many and an 'i' too...
18:07 Fri 13th Dec 20132 answers, last by CrikeyMoses 00:27 Sat 14th Dec 2013
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The Week 877 Saturday November 16Th 2013

Down to my last two clues and time to start kicking myself no doubt. 10A One denies anger or tears (7) N_G_T_R ~ I'm thinking 'negator', but I can't parse the clue. 16D What many Ascot gentlemen have...
20:04 Fri 15th Nov 20133 answers, last by CrikeyMoses 20:28 Fri 15th Nov 2013
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Times Jumbo 1056 - Germane?

56A Cause of a disease and a pill that's appropriate - G_R_A_E. I guess it's germane (appropriate) but can't figure the second part of the wordplay, presuming 'Cause' or 'Cause of disease' accounts...
21:29 Sat 05th Oct 20133 answers, last by CrikeyMoses 21:37 Sat 05th Oct 2013
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7D Devotee(?)

Hi Like many others here I'm pathologically unable to post any prize crossword unless I can parse all the answers! 7D Fan letter opened by X D_V_T_E is almost certainly devotee, 'fan', but I cannot...
01:22 Fri 04th Oct 20134 answers, last by CrikeyMoses 11:49 Sat 05th Oct 2013
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I Cryptic 763 - Sat July 20

Did you notice the 'T' theme to the answers? Of the 28 clues, 16 of the solutions were words that began *and* ended with T; the remaining 12 either began *or* ended with T. Great fun, and it made a...
18:26 Sun 21st Jul 2013

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