WHAT A STRUGGLE TODAY (help!!) 22a Tramp's hoarding a 1000 different hats- that could be risky (4-6) ?i?? ?i?k?s 12a They'll steal equipment in groups ?r???m?s (8) 13d Scattered missiles he's got...
27a In time it's the end of the noose for this old bushwhacker?
S?ITH. I want it to be 'seith' ( (noos)E in sith (time) ) to mean an old word for scythe, but can find no reference to this spelling....
4d Massacre after all those in Mexico have left. A?O?O.
5d.Least interesting airport opening for travellers. D?A?E?T. I have 'deadest', but can't parse it....
Hello Evers, As soon as I saw this week's setter I rather sensed a rather loud sigh of resignation from Devadolly in the NW! However I found the clue-ing very fair and quite quickly populated the...
TOP INVESTMENT BANKS. HAVE TWO ANSWERS: 1 VEST (WITHIN INVESTMENT) AND VISA : V PLUS ISA(AN INVESTMENT , VISA CARDS ARE A GROUP OF BANKS.
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For a different challenge why not take a look at this year's Azed Playfair Crossword - it's OIACO QME !http://static.guim.co.uk/ni/1384858844280/Azed-2164.pdf...
Finished this excellent puzzle but have a bit of a problem with 39 across, which seems to yield an 'e' that doesn't belong to the sequence of missing letters.
Any help please?...
3d. Powerful draught that's caught round flooring. I think it is 'koing' (knock-out-ing) - because fits my other letters and seems to make most sense out of no sense. But I don't like it, and don't...
23a Truly 'thankless child', last character to move to centre scale? (5).
We have the answer, but can anyone explain the reasoning. Please see postings on www.crosswordsolver.org/forum....
27a When away simmer a lot of stew without fruit(9). Answer must be 'persimmon', but why? Looks like an anagram using 'simmer', but all my mental gymnastics have failed me on finding whence the PON......
Wordfinder: I have been playing around with these anagram letters for too long (rarely watch TV - too busy doing crosswords!). What do the letters PSHOAELLURN suggest?...
In a bit of a mess: I have AOO?? for 24a 'Stop to eat nameless, thick soup'. Where have I gone wrong, please? And 2d'Crack troops to leave excursion in Welsh festival' HA? looks like haj, but I can't...
Had our Xmas meal on Xmas Eve, spoiled by a dog fight between a female cocker-spaniel and a dalmatian bitch under the table over a dog toy. Had to break up the fight. Spaniel left the room and...
Is anyone else doing this week's? Have enjoyed struggling to the end but have one letter left to fill in at 16a... 'Birds pecking at nuts? It's dry inside'. The definition has 5 letters, including an...