Stuck on 6 down: slightly unwell (5 letters) ?o?e? (assuming pedalo is correct for small pleasure boat (8a) and soave is correct for dry white wine (11 across)
Any help much appreciated....
Did anyone else have trouble with the right-hand corner of this puzzle? 6d. gunge(5) 11a. cluster (5) I have assumed that 4d-freedom from work(7)- is leisure; 5d-kind of fish(5)-is trout; and...
Cany anyone offer a solution to this Polyword anagram - ABCENRTUY ? It beats me and am wondering whether the setter has made a mistake and intended to include an I instead of the A which would have...
Struggling with what appear to be three simple clues today. Any help would be most appreciated.
1a. cooled (6)
3a. attempts (4)
2d home (5)
Grateful thanks in advance....
10d. I'm puzzled! ?The day before Mardis Gras 6.6 I always thought this was Shrove Tuesday but Tuesday is 7 letters. What am I missing please? Many thanks in anticipation.
Can someone please tell me where I've gone wrong? 16a Dilemma (8) I've got ?a?n?a?e but cannot find a word which fits this clue. I have probably gone wrong on other solutions as follows: 13d vanilla;...
Trying again with one that 'bugged' me yesterday in this so-called 'Quick' crossword! 3d. tied-up (7) ?e?g?e? The only thing I have been able to come up with is 'weighed' Polly yesterday suggested...
Can anyone please help me with the last two? 13 across - snipe-like bird of sandpiper family (4) and
24 across - member of the poorest labouring class (5). Many thanks in anticipation. cwaddict...
Has anyone managed to come up with an answer to 6d - 9 letters - ?r?r?o?ts I've spent far too much time on this so-called quick crossword! Thanks in advance cwaddict
Can someone kindly put me out of my misery with the following? 9a Coarse file (4) - which I think is rasp 2d Destroyed (6) ?a?p?d - which I thought might be sacked but not if rasp is correct for 9a....
Despite the title 'Quick' I have struggled today! Would be glad of any help with the following: 1a: Cambridge Univ.senator (6) s???i? 8a: Rituals (5) r???s 10a: Spun round (7) w???l?d - probably...
Have decided to have a go at a cryptic crossword for a change but am struggling with two clues: 4d: Tome Ethan rewrote becoming the worse for wear (4-5) - presume this is an anagram? 24a: appropriate...
4 across has been driving me crazy! : clue: heaviness - 6 letters ?e?g?l (last letter 'l' - if the solution to 7 down (stun guns) is lasers!) but the solution to heaviness looks suspiciously like...