5d. Song about molester shaking occupant of bed 12 8d. The most beautiful of flowers, apparently 4,2,6 17a. Improper behaviour beats working, but manage to avoid dismissal 5,4,3 Help please, really...
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9a State proposal that is acceptable to audience (3) ??A 10a Cries in the manner of convict, meeting me affectedly (9) A?A?A?M?i 12d Orange colouring of pillar covering up brown (7) ????T?? 14d...
1a Go gliding, for example, around tree (6) S?D?A? 4a Ostler not charged for marginal note (6) ?O???L 6d Palm tree root shifted relative position (7) ??O?T?? 20a Stringed instrument, red, last to be...
2d Whereby unpleasant burden is exclusing reek, primarily. U -E-E
£d So dads starter comes on a salad? Something bad will inevitably occur S-D- L-W.
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20 ac: Head on arm bottom in the air (5) A-O-T. Is it ABOUT, ALOFT, AFOOT. Could make a case definition-wise for all three, but couldn’t fully parse any. TIA...
three stuck ons today 24a woman in power once, aEuropean, the old throwback in the news -n--/---e-- 3d selection of dishes of bland Greek character, pungency repressed t---i-g/-e-o 12d a hot suave...
Last Saturday’s Everyman: Criticised drunken topless fathead trashing Spain. (3,2) Could only be HAD AT - anag of fathead less E and F. But am I missing something here? I could accept ‘had a go at’ or...
16 ac Congregate outside right church to see bride’s fine. (7) ?e???e? 17 d Learn about one fabric and another. (6) ??e?o? 19 ac The Scots speak indistinctly, low and soft. (4) ?o?p. Is it MOOP, which...
puzzle complete - I think, but cannot parse 19d. Queen clad in a kind of silk found in cupboard(7) a?m?i?e. Must be ARMOIRE, but can’t relate this solution to silk or q/Queen in any way, except maybe...
Last 2. Church figure with shady past: he's seen in brothel (2,7) _ _ / _ A _ R _ C _. ST MAURICE??? Crossword setters are mostly unfashionable and need replacing (4,3) W _ A _ _ / O _ _ WEAR OUT??...
Two left. 1d Crumpled horseshoe missing here so huntsman shouts halloos. (5)S-H-S. SOHOS maybe. But why? 6d Fair, I am brought up as one training to be an escort. (5) M-I-O. No idea! Thanks.
Last one. 4d: Composer refitting Central part of washing appliance. (5) -I-E-. Must be either BIZET or BIDET, but which ... as according to normal Xword rules of def at beginning or end of clue, could...
Help with parsing, please. 4d: Fed up with banks, head of Exchequer quits (5) T-R-D. Must be TIRED, but why apart from def. 19 ac: Small man defending king for sire. (5) S-A-N. Looks like SWAIN (or...