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Saturday Guardian

Last one, think I must have it but help with parsing, please. 13 ac. Precise playing parts later (7). T-N-G-T. Surely TONIGHT (tonight possibly being later), but still cannot see how it pans out....
13:02 Mon 07th Mar 20165 answers, last by Cryptomaniac 13:14 Mon 07th Mar 2016
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Guardian Prize 26747

25 Ac. Line retracted about idiot, with woman never believed. (9) Help with parsing please as solution must be CASSANDRA, prophetess of doom. Get the ASS bit, but how does the rest of solution work....
21:01 Sun 06th Dec 20152 answers, last by Cryptomaniac 21:09 Sun 06th Dec 2015
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Guardian Prize 26657

Can anyone explain these please - in what was generally a very easy puzzle: 11ac Stupefy with gamble taken over shipping order (6) Presumably BESET, but what does the abbreviation ES or SE inside BET...
14:16 Sat 22nd Aug 20155 answers, last by Cryptomaniac 14:22 Sat 22nd Aug 2015
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Guardian Saturday

Again, silly little one left. 11 ac- Ordinal, eighth in camp? Looks like TENTH, for an ordinal number using tent (camp) plus H, which is eighth letter of alphabet. Not really convinced by my logic!...
15:59 Mon 01st Jun 20154 answers, last by Cryptomaniac 16:55 Mon 01st Jun 2015
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Guardian Prize 26579

6d it's acceptable to block racists, true or false? -o-f-c-u-l. Must be NONFACTUAL, but although I can parse some of this, cannot see where 'racists' comes in. 24d Statue in odd places and not raised...
10:24 Mon 25th May 20153 answers, last by Cryptomaniac 10:55 Mon 25th May 2015
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Guardian 26501

Have completed puzzle, but cannot parse 22d: Ex-PM has changed sides, is sent flying (5) B-O-N. Presumably Brown, but why? Also, this could not be part of the theme as it's a defined clue. I have...
12:47 Tue 24th Feb 20156 answers, last by Cryptomaniac 13:04 Tue 24th Feb 2015
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Guardian 26394

Finished, I think, but help with parsing 3 solutions, please. 4d Gauge measurement for English city (7) -e-d-n-. READING? READ = gauge?; in = inch (measure). G?? Is Reading a city? 17d Hole in small...
17:28 Sun 19th Oct 20142 answers, last by Cryptomaniac 19:26 Sun 19th Oct 2014
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Guardian 26382

Puzzle complete, I think, but can anyone please parse for me 15d - Undefined number carried by rail, coming in to a scheduled terminus (15) t-a-n---d, which I take to be TRAINLOAD. Also, for those...
12:40 Tue 07th Oct 20144 answers, last by Mamyalynne 13:22 Tue 07th Oct 2014
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Guardian Prize

Puzzle, I think, solved - but can anyone help with parsing 3 solutions: 8d Audibly don't eat in Yorkshire? Don't listen. T_N_ O_T. Presumably TUNE OUT - but why, apart from fitting definition? 22d...
10:26 Tue 02nd Sep 20147 answers, last by Quizmonkey 11:17 Tue 02nd Sep 2014
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Gardian Prize Saturday 7H June

On-the-up Irish singer in Italian city district (6) -I-L-O. Have thought about Giglio using Gigli + O, but that's an island. Also, Cleric's title put in front of name (4): -E-N. (According to theme...
19:18 Mon 09th Jun 201413 answers, last by Mamyalynne 20:33 Mon 09th Jun 2014
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Saturday Guardian 3Rd May 2014

18 d: Initially going in. son's seen Raging Bull. T-N-E-S- (8) Just can't get a handle on this one!
13:34 Mon 05th May 20145 answers, last by Mamyalynne 13:44 Mon 05th May 2014
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Everyman 3520

Finished, but can anyone parse this clue for me, please: 9 ac Carry on about heading for Harwich, far off accommodation for ships. (8) Looks like WHARFAGE from the letters I've got. And I get the...
11:07 Mon 24th Mar 20143 answers, last by Cryptomaniac 11:50 Mon 24th Mar 2014
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Guardian Prize 26190

Just two solutions not entirely satisfied with: 1d - Exciting total one's charged for heating (8,7) -l-c-r-c -l-n-e- must surely be ELECTRIC BLANKET, but just don't get the 'total one's charged' bit....
12:26 Mon 24th Feb 20142 answers, last by Cryptomaniac 14:05 Mon 24th Feb 2014
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Guardian Prize 26172

Think it's finished, but would like someone to parse this one: 28 ac Send a message to Maurice, perhaps, for material. (7) -e-t-l-. Presumably TEXTILE, but where does the ILE come from? Is there a...
12:16 Mon 03rd Feb 20143 answers, last by scorpiojo 12:24 Mon 03rd Feb 2014
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Guardian Prize Crossword 26160

Two silly little ones left: 28d WWW1 enemy destroying British missile launch site (4) O---; 31ac Newton follows star Greek mathematician (5). -- R-N. The third letter of the down solution will be the...
17:55 Mon 20th Jan 20145 answers, last by scorpiojo 18:13 Mon 20th Jan 2014
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Can They Make This Stick?

We noticed on a trip that a district council in NE Essex had imposed a parking ban along seafronts and adjoining roads on certain vehicles. The ban applied to caravanettes, caravans, motor homes and...
19:10 Fri 30th Aug 201313 answers, last by hc4361 21:22 Sat 31st Aug 2013
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Guardian Prize 26029

One left, 19d: Gathering of the air at the centre of lying (3-2). I have F_Y-?N .... which should make it very easy, but just can't get a handle on this clue (and had trouble with a few in this...
14:35 Mon 19th Aug 201314 answers, last by Cryptomaniac 16:34 Mon 19th Aug 2013
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Guardian 25963: Can Any Of You Geniuses Explain...

how 9 ac 22ac and 21ac work? They must surely be BETHOUGHT, HANDS ON and JOBLESS. 9 and 22 seem to be part of the theme, but can't see where 'Love, old' fits in 9, almost all of the clue in 22 and...
10:48 Mon 03rd Jun 201312 answers, last by RogerBear 17:45 Mon 03rd Jun 2013
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Guardian Prize 25915

Silly little one left: 25 ac Hot stuff seen in photograph album (4) Looks like 'phal' (hidden word) but is this a word? Also 1 d must be 'belgian' - anagram of being and al, but while have found...
12:07 Sun 07th Apr 20138 answers, last by dannyk13 12:18 Sun 07th Apr 2013
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Saturday Guardian 25897

Silly little one left - 7 d: Needing to believe, see printed signs. o-e-i. Thought it must be 'omens', but couldn't parse it and 13 a must be 'asclepius' giving the 'i'. By the way. 9 d must be...
11:19 Wed 20th Mar 20135 answers, last by Cryptomaniac 16:39 Wed 20th Mar 2013

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