14d Working at losing duck and winged beast such as loon or gull. (7) D?N?U?T 9 ac Port guards make fun of Roman official. (7) Presumably tRIBune. But how does the ‘tune’ wordplay work here?... ...
6a Mond odd characters in boat in dubious Welsh coastal area (9,3) ???????R? , ??Y 10a Grouse comparatively unpleasnt to hear (8) ?O?????L 16a Soldier from America, one carried in airplane? ??S???E?...
6d. Handler of hot goods to put round excellent earthenware. F???n??. 4d. Buck is feeding all others. R?s?s?. 12d. Least favourable exercise class upset the French girl. ???s???l. 14d. First to stop,...
8 ac: Once fine man, hilarious person. ??R?O?. Seen answered as HERIOT, but cannot parse or see why.
4d: Pastry caught on curved pipe ???E Second letter here would be first letter in 8ac.
Thanks...
9a Beatin chorus receives sounds of delight (12) ?????H???i?? 8a One fine man, hilarious person (6) ??R??? 11d Minute sound of beast under tea cloth (8) ????B??? 22aq Involved in case of sorcery, name...
Puzzled by parsing of this: City backing shop that’s picked up capital. N?W ?E?H? Has to be NEW DELHI and I get DELI = shop, but how does the rest of it parse? Thanks...
Soothe fungal disease with change of direction in the end. (6) m-l-e-. Must surely be mildew and there’s a definition there (in the wrong place). Can anyone parse, please....
Discredit King beginning to lose lead: r-b-t. Probably REBUT. See def but cannot parse.
And: Royal guard revered mount: — — h — s. ATHOS? Again cannot see why. TIA...
7a Sinister order given by spy boss (6) ???i?? 8a Limited range of short breadcast just uncovered (6) ??D?U? 10a Ralph performed hit (8) ????C?E? 3d Surround half of diplomas with press (7) ?????O?...
9A Tiger may be present, circling home of 19 17 (9) 17a Massive thanks, work unit from the East (5) (19 - answer is THATAWAY I think) clue is Shakespeare's wife leaving one hospital after a short...
Help with parsing, please : 30ac: Liverpool’s terminus follows a three-way interchange. The solution must be ALTERNATE as I have all the even number letters L E N T, but cannot see the wordplay at all...
Fruit exchanged in the event ?I?T?R?
Not allowing U-turns or a change in direction when reversing O?E-???
Cycling comic Dave, missing start of ride ???G? (answer is a fruit)...
Last weekend, we were delivered a Guardian instead of the Mail, and before returning the Guardian and getting the Mail, I had a chance to compare their weekend magazines. I found it interesting how...
